."...sounds like the job of a Highway Patrolman...."

Yes, kind of, but sometimes they get into "the weeds."

Responded to an accident call. No accident, she shot him dead.

Another accident call, no accident she ran him over when he got out to open the gate.

Another, yes the car was dented, but she had been gang raped. Five guys got 85 years each.

Stopped a convertible flying black lace panties from the radio antenna (remember those?). Turns out to be a stolen car with some really expensive furs in the trunk, stolen from Montreal.

Or how about a safe in the back of a van late at night?

Or a load of oil field drill stem moving late on a back road.

Or devising an enforcement plan around apprehending a mass murderer?

All in a day's work riding around in a cruiser.....and for a lot of that time packing a 4" 28.

Jack