Results: Calling all cars!
1.
1.
In 1975 I was robbed at Jack in the Box, and found it difficult to keep showing up to work. An officer stopped by to see how I was doing, so I asked if he could come back later for me to talk to him. He came back and we went driving around, then parked so he could talk to me about the robbery. In short, he gave me permission to quit the job and go back to school to get my diploma. To this day, I have never forgotten him. I owe him a lot for returning to school and seeking better employment. He went above and beyond what he needed to do. I have shared the story with current law enforcement (LE) and of course they are shocked because that scenario would never happen today. Have you ever ridden in a LE or peripheral service vehicle?
Yes
28%
•
408 votes
No
59%
•
859 votes
Undecided
4%
•
56 votes
Not Applicable
10%
•
143 votes
2.
2.
If you answered yes, what kind?
Police vehicle
22%
•
321 votes
Police helicopter
3%
•
43 votes
Police motorcycle
2%
•
28 votes
Fire engine
4%
•
60 votes
Ambulance or paramedic truck
15%
•
226 votes
N/A
66%
•
967 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
5 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.12% | 2 | |
| Ambulatory helicopter | 0.06% | 1 |
| military police car | 0.06% | 1 |
| airport security car | 0.06% | 1 |
3.
3.
Please answer why, if it applies?
Ride along program
5%
•
78 votes
My job
4%
•
56 votes
Training
2%
•
36 votes
Arrested or taken in
9%
•
133 votes
Sick
13%
•
185 votes
Needed a ride
7%
•
97 votes
To ID a perp
3%
•
42 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
•
78 votes
Not Applicable
64%
•
938 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.56% | 11 | |
| Car Accident | 0.43% | 3 |
| Accident | 0.28% | 2 |
| witness | 0.14% | 1 |
| car broke down | 0.14% | 1 |
| Was called to help at the hospital but had no car | 0.14% | 1 |
| going to police station | 0.14% | 1 |
| needed help | 0.14% | 1 |
| Car wreck | 0.14% | 1 |
| i was fire chief | 0.14% | 1 |
| Car broke down, and they stopped and gave us a ride. | 0.14% | 1 |
| dui | 0.14% | 1 |
| friend | 0.14% | 1 |
| Friend's mom picked us up from school | 0.14% | 1 |
| Accompanied sick friend in ambulance. | 0.14% | 1 |
| OUT WITH THE GUYS UNMARKED CAR - DETECTIVES | 0.14% | 1 |
| Riding bicycle and got tired; my friends asked for a ride and he us and our bikes home | 0.14% | 1 |
| Someone stole something off our car | 0.14% | 1 |
| they had to escort people to safe location as they were arresting my neighbor | 0.14% | 1 |
| Looking for grandmother with Alzheimer's. | 0.14% | 1 |
| My dad needed to be taken to the hospital. | 0.14% | 1 |
| Many years ago the kids in our small town were given rides in the fire truck for fire prevention week. | 0.14% | 1 |
| Injured | 0.14% | 1 |
| Taken a daycare child to hospital having seizures | 0.14% | 1 |
| guys helping me | 0.14% | 1 |
| Husbands a Deputy Sheriff | 0.14% | 1 |
| was in a bad wreck | 0.14% | 1 |
| friend was ill, so i went with her to the hospital | 0.14% | 1 |
| Boyfried | 0.14% | 1 |
| transporting a delusional patient | 0.14% | 1 |
| Late brother, was a Fire Fighter. | 0.14% | 1 |
| MVA (motor vehicle accident) | 0.14% | 1 |
| Went in the ambulance with my mother. | 0.14% | 1 |
| it was a parade | 0.14% | 1 |
| rescued from a blizzard | 0.14% | 1 |
| because i could, hubby cop | 0.14% | 1 |
| My dad was a motorcycle cop | 0.14% | 1 |
| HOSPITAL TRANSPORT | 0.14% | 1 |
| knew the officer | 0.14% | 1 |
| ride to hospital | 0.14% | 1 |
| sick relative | 0.14% | 1 |
| rode with my boyfriend and brother (firedept) | 0.14% | 1 |
| when in ambulance | 0.14% | 1 |
| victim of a car accident | 0.14% | 1 |
| could not find my car at the races. | 0.14% | 1 |
| Kid | 0.14% | 1 |
| birth of brother | 0.14% | 1 |
| talk to LE | 0.14% | 1 |
| contest | 0.14% | 1 |
| friends with an officer | 0.14% | 1 |
| someone was injured | 0.14% | 1 |
| Going to the hospital with family | 0.14% | 1 |
| Had an accident, rode to hospital in back of ambulance | 0.14% | 1 |
| Parade | 0.14% | 1 |
| friend of the family | 0.14% | 1 |
| For fun | 0.14% | 1 |
| Husbands a cop was in a parade with him. | 0.14% | 1 |
| car on the freeway, had to run across freeway to callbox | 0.14% | 1 |
| My Foster brother ran away and I got to ride in the front sear to look for him. | 0.14% | 1 |
| personal | 0.14% | 1 |
| transport my daughter to the hospital, LE took me home after a car wreck | 0.14% | 1 |
| police car drove my brother & I to the hospital when our Mum had been in an accident | 0.14% | 1 |
| victim | 0.14% | 1 |
| look for a stolen bike | 0.14% | 1 |
| Friend was an officer. | 0.14% | 1 |
4.
4.
Has anyone from the above agencies (Police, Fire dept, other ancillary civil services) ever done something nice for you (other than the obvious, that they show up on a daily basis to protect and serve)?
Yes
22%
•
328 votes
No
37%
•
546 votes
Undecided
7%
•
104 votes
Not Applicable
33%
•
488 votes
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