[COPS] The Dream Call

rockHEAD · Aug 18, 2006

This is the call every cop dreams of....

Cops hot on trail of stolen doughnut truck

RICHLAND, Wash. — When someone stole a truck full of doughnuts, police sprung into action.

An all-points bulletin was issued moments after the theft of the Viera's Bakery van was reported early Friday in Kennewick.

A Benton County sheriff's deputy quickly spotted the truck. After a chase at 30 to 35 mph, Richland police got it to stop and arrested the driver, Steve Swoboda, 19, for investigation of auto theft and felony escape.

Still intact was the entire load of glazed, sugar and cream doughnuts, as well as some apple fritters.

"In 24 years in law enforcement I've never had a call like that," Richland police Capt. Randy Barnes said.
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rimrocker · Aug 18, 2006

Reminds me of this story...

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011008/od/helicopter_dc_1.html

Monday October 8, 2001

ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) - An Albuquerque policeman and his pilot face
disciplinary measures after using a police helicopter this week to
swoop in for a midnight snack of doughnuts, officials said on Friday.

The officer and the civilian pilot were on night patrol over the city
in a Kiowa OH-58 helicopter when they landed in a vacant lot next to a
Krispy Kreme doughnut store around 1 a.m. on Thursday morning.

``The contracted pilot and a police officer landed the copter early in
the morning, ran in and grabbed a dozen, came back out and took off,''
Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Brian McCutcheon said.

``I don't know whose brain child it was, but it's quite an ugly
child,'' he said.

McCutcheon said the event was being investigated as a possible misuse
of city funds as well as for safety reasons, although he added there
was no specific protocol for this case because it had ever happened
before.

``We've been given no reasonable excuse as to why they would even
think they could do this. But there could be some very serious
ramifications,'' he said.

An eyewitness told the Albuquerque Journal that he saw the APD
helicopter circle the Krispy Kreme and land in a nearby dirt field.

``I was angry, and I'm still kind of angry. That's my tax dollars,
your tax dollars. You've got no business flying in to get doughnuts,''
said Keith Turner, who works nearby and was taking a smoke break when
he saw the chopper swoop in,

The cost to the department of running a Kiowa, including fuel and
maintenance, is $80 an hour, McCutcheon said.

A Krispy Kreme employee who asked not to be identified said he didn't
see why people were making a big deal of the unusual doughnut run.

``Cops got to eat, too,'' he said.
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ima_drummer2k · Aug 18, 2006

Reminds me of my favorite episode of COPS is when that cop starts busting out the windows of that old lady's house thinking it's on fire. Turns out, he's at the wrong house. The house on fire is 2 houses down.

VooDooPope · Aug 18, 2006

I love to watch COPS on tv. It's like watching a car wreck. I can't divert my eyes.

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