“I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE YOU YESTERDAY,” the pregnant woman lying in the hospital bed said to me, “but when I watched the news this morning, I remembered. I’m Nicole Moore, the psychologist who evaluated you after your accident.”
Another mind fuck!
Two weeks into my Police Explorer training I had been invited on a Ride Along. This was something I had been very excited about, seeing it as a chance to witness action firsthand out on the streets.
The first couple of hours were relatively slow, the two cops I was driving around with telling me stories of some of their past adventures, talking on their radio, and joking around with me.
When we answered a domestic disturbance call they even let me turn on the siren, but it wasn’t until after lunch when the incident happened that ended up changing my world.
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