Cops, what is the craziest 'you'll never believe me' story a suspect said that was true?

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[Cassiopea]

So my grandpa was a cop and loved to tell this story. He was just on the highway when a sports car goes rocketing past him. He lights and sirens and the moment the guy is over he’s holding his I’d out the window. My grandpa was confused but goes over and takes the ID. As he’s looking it over the guy says he’s the top heart surgeon and was on call when he was called about a urgent incident. He is desperate to reach the hospital. My grandpa has doubts, but the guy looked so panicked my grandpa says, “Tell you what. I’ll keep your license and let you go, and call other cops along here but after that surgery you are picking up your license and the ticket at the station, and I will be checking on this story. The guy agrees, even says he’d happily take double if he can just get to the hospital. So my grandpa takes the license back to the station. Station gets a call from the hospital after a while. The staff thanking him for letting the surgeon go and saying they got the patient stable and the doctor will be on his way to the station. Doc shows up looking exhausted, but presents his hospital ID, saying he appreciates being allowed to rush there, and asking for his ticket and license. First time such a wild excuse was true, and first time the person being issued the ticket didn’t want out of the ticket, just wanted to get there in time. He had already written the ticket but told the doc to take it to court and he would tell the judge what happened and recommend it be taken down to a warning.

[jennismith]

My male grey tabby cat (who i had raised from a kitten) developed what later turned out to be acute urinary blockage from a bladder stone. Poor guy was crying and in pain. it was the middle of the night. We jumped in the car and my husband (who is a paramedic and trained ambulance driver) drove WAY over the speed limit across town to the veterinary ER.

On our way there we were (rightfully) pulled over by a cop. We told him we were so sorry and we’d happily take a ticket, but our cat might be dying. He took one glance at the cat carrier in the back seat and immediately provided us a police escort to the vet! No ticket either! Luckily, we got there in time and (after emergency surgery) my sweet kitty recovered and went on to live many happy years. I will forever be grateful to that officer for helping us!

[stephaniecuzner]

A story that was used in our training for why you send on every call (911 dispatcher). The trainer's department had a frequent flyer who was an old woman who was lonely. She called at least once a week for really small things that she would exaggerate. One day she says she has accidentally left her front door open when she went to the grocery store and when she came back there was a cougar in her living room. Since she's a frequent flyer, the officer assigned put her at the bottom of his list and it took him an hour to get to her. He gets there, she's in her living room in her rocking chair and yep, sitting on the couch, an adult cougar. He got her out of the house and called animal control.

[DrummerrDuckie]

Bruh, that kidnapping can't even be called a "prank, " that was literally a straight up crime

[Foxxiekun]

Imagine getting your car worked on for FREE at a really nice dad-and-son body-shop and getting so upset about the timeliness of the free work that you make a false complaint against the guys who are working on your car FOR FREE!

Ungrateful doesn't begin to describe it. Glad the responding authorities got to the bottom of things.

[sazashleigh]

Not law enforcement related but back when I was in high school I was running almost an hour late to school and then had to go explain why to my dean.

The reason I was running late was because a chicken had gotten loose in our house.

It had run in through the door as I was leaving the house and I had to catch it and take it back outside before I could leave so it wouldn't just be loose in the house all day (the rest of my family had already left for work/school before me). It kept hiding under stuff so it took me almost fifteen minutes to actually catch it and by the time I had I had already missed my bus. I lived in a rural area where the buses only ran once an hour, but I went to school in the city so this is not the kind of story they were expecting. My dean said it was the most ridiculous excuse for being late that she had ever heard but fortunately I had realised how ridiculous it would sound before I left home so I had taken a photo of the chicken hiding under our dining table for evidence!

[kyze]

I’ve heard of two from the other side. One was a grandfather who had just been called to base for an emergency, got pulled over. Computers were still early, but the report came back “do not detain for any reason” and the cop was VERY lucky the military did not arrest HIM for obstructing an officer’s military duty, during a military emergency, while basically at war

Another one was my friend in his younger years got pulled over, asked if he was fighting zombies or something with all the weapons strewn in the back. “I’d listen intently to your radio for a minute”while holding his ID, apparently when he was pulled over he had someone important and needing his own emergency equipment. Radio crackles maybe two minutes later with an “all units along [road], vehicle with [model, color, plate, name on ID] is moving with replacement arms for [government group], if seen do not detain, an escort will meet them at area near [landmark]”

Things be wild sometimes

[amymarie]

So, my brother (RIP) was admittedly speeding one day and gets pulled over. He gets pulled over. The cop (mind you we live in the south) comes to his window and says “boy I’ve been waiting for you”, my brother (never one to be without a comeback) says to the cop “well I got here as fast as I could”. The cop ended up laughing so hard he told him to slow it down and walked back to his patrol car without a ticket. That boy got out of so many tickets by not even trying to make the cops laugh. But it worked every time.

[Rockshadow]

My brother use to work at a local restaurant and bar. He was helping change a keg and it started spraying beer everywhere. He got soaked. On his way home at about midnight, ran into a ride program. Had the joy of explaining to the officers that even though he reeked of alcohol, he had not had anything to drink. They called his boss and had a good laugh.

[Heymrk]

I was allowed to squat on the shoulder during a traffic stop. I'd been speeding, hoping to get home. As I'm squatting, crapping my brains out in a bush, the cop makes me sign the ticket, leaves my license and the ticket on the trunk of the car and says, "God damn son, eat some fiber."

[sagiren]

For the loss prevention story: when someone was apprehended at the store I used to work at, regardless of who they were, a female employee was required to sit in the room with them as a witness. I sat in once and there was a mother with several young children and the cart she was trying to steal was diapers, formula, baby clothes, etc. He took the report and gave her the whole rundown. Then he left for a short while. Came back and had paid for all of the essential items in the cart... Warmed my heart.

[jaycooper]

The story about the elephant reminded me of an incident that happened with my uncle and I. He was an animal trainer for Wringling Brothers Circus and trained tigers. After the Circus went out of business he ended up keeping a tiger that he had raised from a 2 day old cub after it's mother rejected it. This cat weighed around 600 pounds and was the biggest baby on Earth. My cousin and I used to walk this tiger down Main Stret on a leash. Imagine the looks a couple of 12 year olds walking a 600 pound cat on a leash in the middle of town. After we grew up my cousin was a waitress in a bar and these 2 guys just wouldn't leave her alone. They kept trying to get her to go back to their hotel despite her repeated refusal to do so. She finally got tired of their crap and agreed to spend time with them on the condition that she could bring her cat along for protection. She had them meet her at the park just outside of town and when they got there they asked "Where's your little pushy cat? He won't be able to protect you." As one of them grabbed her shirt to try and remove it. My cousin whistled and called "Timmy" and the tiger jumped out of the bed of her truck, ran up and knocked the one holding onto her shirt to the ground. They both tok off running into the trees and she never saw them again. Their open topped jeep was still sitting at the park when my uncle, now the county sheriff, arrived after she called him. The funny part of it was that the tiger had climbed into it and tore up the back seat before taking a massive crap in the driver's seat and eating the 2 steak dinners that they had ordered to take back to their hotel room. The Sheriff's department got a phone call an hour later from a resident who claimed that 2 drunk guys had tried to force their way into her house screaming they had been attacked by a lion. My uncle went out and arrested the 2 idiots for attempted sexual assault and kidnapping. They really freaked out when they were led out to the Sheriff patrol truck and the tiger popped his head up from the bed of the truck. They were so traumatized that my uncle thought he would have to admit them to the hospital psyche ward instead of taking them to jail. The judge laughed so hard when they were brought into court that he had to call a recess to the hearing because he couldn't stop laughing. He let the idiots off easy with a 60 day jail sentence on the condition that they left town and told them that if he ever saw them again he would have them thrown into a cell WITH the tiger. It's been 20 years since then and we've never seen tem in the county again. The jeep was impounded because they never went back to the park to retrieve it and sold at auction after 60 days sitting in the impound yard. A couple of years ago a young lady came to the bar (owned by another cousin) asking if the story she heard from her father was true at which time my cousin told her the whole story of what happened that night. The young lady was very upset when she learned about them attempting to have their way with my cousin but laughed for about ten minutes when she was pointed to pictures on the wall of the bar of various family members and the tiger. She thought her father deserved everything he got that night and wanted a copy of the photos of my cousin and I walking the tiger down Main Street on a leash and one of my cousin and the tiger posing next to her dad's abandoned jeep. She said her father still had alcohol issues and that the next time he got drunk she was going to pull out the picture of my cousin and the tiger with his jeep.

[valkyrie]

I can personally attest that many of the "paranormal" events heard about come down to human gaslighting. Someone who wants your home, your land, your possessions, your money; may be tempted to use deception. All too many. Didn't waste our time; exactly. Among our crew were an attorney and a cop, who were able to handle it from there. We are stronger together.

[rogueashes]

My family went to Cozumel with some family friends a few years ago. We are waiting for our luggage and we notice a couple K9s hanging out nearby. As we collect our bags, the handlers walk over with the dogs and start letting them sniff the luggage coming off the plane, as well as our carry-ons. They get to the family friend and... the dog sits. Which is what they are trained to do if they smell drugs. The family friend then has to explain that he is also a K9 officer and had accidentally used his dog's training bag as his carry-on. Showed his badge, got his bag searched, and we were good to go. We still make fun of him for it.

[largolt]

Not the cop here but my college friend remarked the funniest thing happened to him visiting friends in Canada. He was on the highway out in the middle of nowhere with his friend and another guy who was a math genius. There were heading to or out of Quebec because one of them went to the university in Laval. The road trip took a while so the math genius amused himself by calculating the distance between the telephone poles and tells the driver (forgot who was driving) to speed up a little. They were driving a rental car and the speedometer only went up to 85 mph so he floored it. After a few minutes, the third guy is quietly crunching the numbers in his head when suddenly BLOOP BLOOP BLOOP! The police busted them. They couldn't believe it. There was nothing for him to hide behind and he literally caught them with their pants down. They pulled over. He walked up and asked the famous question: "Do you know how fast you were going?" The guy in the back seat is so nervous he blurted out "I'm sorry, officer! We were doing 115!!" The officer was shocked and stared at the speedometer. Seeing the rental car's instrument panel, he was speechless. Then he recovered and admitted that it was PRECISELY what registered on his radar gun! He asked them where their hidden speedometer was. They all denied it and said the guy was a math wizard and he was able to calculate their speed by timing the movement of the phone poles. The cop was astounded and could tell they were not kidding him. He had never heard anything like that before. He let them off with a strongly worded warning, pointing out that in this part of Canada, it was very dangerous to have a wreck because they were pretty far from "home" and the next town was a long drive. If they crashed, it would take some effort for paramedics to reach them. They promised they would slow down and he let them go.

[shadowman]

I have to agree with the whole prank call thing i am glad he got charged.

[HimitsuYami]

Hi, I'm not a cop or anything, but that story about the guy swerving really hit home for me. As bad as driving drunk can be, driving while tired is legitimately worse. If it's just alcohol, you might be able to focus through it if you haven't had too too much. But if you're tired, do NOT get behind the wheel. I very nearly died because I was driving while tired cus I was running late for work.

So my advice for you all, if you're really tired, don't drive. You are a much greater risk to yourself and others than you think. Your job is not worth your life. Visiting whoever you are planning to visit isn't worth it. *_NEVER_* drive while tired.

[joergschmidt]

The Key part reminded me of a situation that happened to a friend some years ago. She was working for a state agency and did such a good job that she was invited to lunch with the governor's wife. She got a car from the motor pool and drove to the capital. After the lunch, she returned to the car, got in, and drove to the outskirts of the city when she realized the car had grown a fire extinguisher. She returned and saw a state police car next to the exact same car she was driving. Another state employee was telling the officer that someone had stolen his car. Sure enough, both cars used the same key. The state had bought a large number of this model of the car, and they were common in motor pools for several years.

[The_Metal_Mechanic]

If the Devil starts talking to you, see if he can teach you some music theory. The dude knows his music.

[JalnorTheGreat]

The "right key, wrong car" thing happened to me once. At work. Third year in the job, I parked in the car park and went in, started my day... lunch time, I went to drive to the next town for a bite, walked out the door... hey, there's my car, a bit closer than I thought I'd parked. I got in. Damn, it's dusty, how did this happen? Steering wheel feels wrong somehow, seat and mirrors are mis-adjusted... and where is my stuff?
Something is wrong. I got out and checked the outside. Tax disc was wrong (this was before UK road tax went digital) and the registration number was also wrong. Right year, wrong everything else. I had gotten into someone else's car. Mine was one row back and eight spaces along, parked the same way. I noted the registration number and, when I got back from lunch, emailed everyone in the building asking to speak to the owner of the car. Colleagues all assumed I had hit the car and needed to exchange insurance details or something. The owner was an old lady from the other side of the building who had worked there even longer than me and had the car since it was new. I'd never noticed the clone before and neither had she. Wasn't sure if the keys were identical or just similar, so I said it wasn't such a great idea to try it the other way round in case the lock or key could be damaged - and if her lock had been damaged, I'd pay for repairs.
Telling my colleagues the story, their most common question was how the alarm button worked on the wrong car, or why I didn't cotton on when the remote didn't work on it. Except the car alarm's remote hadn't worked since I bought the car; manufacturer wanted a week's wage to replace the entire alarm system because they "wouldn't be able to just do a new remote without a working one to interrogate." So I was using the manual lock every time.