So last year (different thread) I have police show up in my own City while I was doing a removal job. Luckily, I knew one of the officers and was able to convince them that everything was good.
Yesterday, I did a pickup about 25 minutes away. Got all loaded up and was heading home. For my full time job, I oversee a District Bridge Section for the State DOT. One of our projects was located a stones throw from where I just did my pickup. I pulled off the State Highway and onto a side street. Got out and walked from one end of the bridge to the other. Turned around and there was another pickup truck (unmarked, personal vehicle)behind mine. Guy gets out and is walking towards me asking who I am and what I'm doing. Flashes a MSP badge. Told him who I was and he's asking for a badge or something. Being a Saturday and having my personal vehicle, all I had with me was a vest and hard hat. Now he is asking for my license and taking pictures of my license plates. I even gave him my bosses name and number. Now keep in mind, all I did was walk from one side of the bridge to the other. Now he comes out with some sort of comment like "I'm going to come back later and see if anything is missing." To which I said, Are you F***ing Kidding Me!. The A-hole is implying that I am stealing. Then he starts asking me if metal is worth it and where I take my stuff. Didn't think anything of that question until later on. Now I'm thinking that if something is missing, he is going to be checking the yard I told him.
This all seems like a huge waste of time and money. He's going to go back on the clock, check the site, talk to the company, call my boss, run my information, all for what? I walked on State Property from one end of a bridge to another. To make matters worse, I work for the State and it is a project that My staff put out and some oversight on. I'm not one to bash police, but this seems a little ridiculous to me.
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