Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Officer Woody on duty


You're driving into tiny Alma, Colo., and your radar detector goes off.
You reflexively stab the brakes and slow to the posted 30 mph.
Then you start scanning for a police vehicle.
Sure enough, there at the curb is a blue Chevy Blazer with a light bar. Through the heavily tinted window, you see the figure of a police officer inside.
More likely than not, it's Officer Woody, a mannequin dressed in police shirt and cap with stylish sunglasses masking his sightless eyes.
Officer Woody has been a member of the Alma Police Department for several years. His partners put him in a police vehicle and turn on his radar gun while they go off and attend to other police duties. They pull radar duty themselves often enough to make drivers on Colo. 9 unsure whether it's Woody or a real cop checking their speed.
I found Officer Woody parked on the south side of the highway near the west end of town this afternoon and he graciously posed for these photos.


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