The drowning cow...

[kermit]

So there was alot at steak when the call when out!

[OakLeaf]

You're really milking this one for all it's worth.

[kenyonchris]

Oh, how I wish I had added those to the radio traffic!!
Also, I wish I had told them I was already enroute....having heard about the cow through the bovine.

[snapdragen]

Alright, these bad puns are making my moderator's hat twirl, I should ask to have the lot of you banned....

[bmccasland]

Moooving right along.

[kermit]

That's utterly ridiculous!

[snapdragen]

[Trek420]

Alright, these bad puns are making my moderator's hat twirl, I should ask to have the lot of you banned....

Send us to the punitentiary

[kenyonchris]

We really should be more on topic. Jerseys anyone?

[OakLeaf]

We really should be more on topic. Jerseys anyone?

OMG how did it take us so long to get to that one! Good one.

[beccaB]

I might have been a real heifer if not for the biking. sorry.

[Geonz]

Okay, but alot is not a word and it is not a pun. (it was almost voted into the dictionary but didn't make it.) Travesty!! Horrible!! I am shocked and dismayed! Sweet bovinity, I think I shall just have acow!

[snapdragen]

I've got a bike ride for y'all

http://www.wmss.org/holstein/

[wannaduacentury]

So I was on bike patrol the other day, usually when we are on patrol on the bike, we do park checks, ride through neighborhoods, but seldom respond to 911 calls unless we happen to be right there. I have done a few traffic stops on the bike and actually did a DWI from the bike, but as a general rule, we are background officers while on the bike.

So dispatch called me to a call regarding a cow. It seemed that the cow was pretty much submerged in the creek. A citizen driving by saw it and called it in as a cow that had "fallen" in to the creek, she was afraid it might drown. NOW, envision me. On the bike, fully equipped, vest on, gun belt on. Armed with....a bike. HOW am I supposed to solve the drowning cow problem? Well, that is not dispatch's problem...its mine. Since I was close, I was on.
I couldn't resist. As a general rule, we say minimal amounts on the radio...it is public record and anyone with a scanner can hear. But I couldn't help it.
So I came out with the following:

"12-dispatch. Not sure how I can help but I will try to steer him in the right direction."
"12-dispatch. I am on scene and the rancher is not home. I knocked but I don't think he herd me."
"12-dispatch. I have eyes on the cow in question. I think he is just tanning."
"12-dispatch. I have made contact with the rancher. He advises that the cow is genetically disposed to swimming." (he really did advise that...he showed me pics on his phone of the cow in questions mom and dad...swimming)

The dispatchers, generally appalled by me anyway, were not amused. I was told to go back to bike patrol.

And yes, the cow was just doing a hippo routine... it walked out into the creek to cool off. Totally unimpressed with me and my bike, it eventually re-emerged on its own.

Cute story

Those dispatchers should enjoy stories/calls like that. In contrast with the serious calls that really do come through. Enjoy a chuckle occasionally(former vol. firewoman here). Jenn

[smilingcat]

I've got a bike ride for y'all

http://www.wmss.org/holstein/

Oooo holstein 100. I dumped that ride two or three years ago after only 30 or so miles. I was pretty sick. I would like to go back there and try it again. Love the area, beautiful and REALLY loved the Pointe Reyes blue cheese. I could almost drive all the way up there just for that cheese.