Transvestia

but, you never can tell...

When I was in his noble presence and the door was closed, Chied Harn said, "Jim, I don't know if you got started on the right foot around here but I think you have good stuff in you and I want to give you a chance to see the force as you may not have seen it before. You think we have a pretty easy job here and I want you to know we have a good force. The boys are working harder in this town than in any other town I know of. We have had city slickers down here before and we have had to show them we aren't a bunch of hicks. I think you are a right guy and I want to see if I can convince you that my boys are the most devoted of any on any force any where.

"I called you in because you seem to be the leader of the "Blotter Boys", so I'm going to make a proposition to you. Nothing will be said outside this room if you decide not to accept this proposition, and if you do ac- cept, I'll not want you to say anything either. I will authorize you to ride with two of my boys in a squad car each night for a while and you can see for yourself. I don't care what squad you decide upon, I'll not try to influence you on this but I want you to feel you have seen an un-prompted squad in action in their day to day activities. You give this a little thought and give me your answer. in say, about 2 minutes."

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I did not know what to say as I did not know what my editor would say about this deal. Maybe the Chief was getting me out of here so that they could pull some- thing. I told the Chief, "well, I don't know, what if something breaks while I am out on a call with one of your squads?"

"Well, I can only promise you I will give you a personal report or advise the desk seargent to do every- thing possible to cooperate with you, was all the Chief replied.

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I thought I'd take a chance and let my editor know the first time I had a chance. So I went along with a squad for the rest of that night. I checked in with my Editor before going home and told him what I had agreed to do and he ok'd the idea and said he would send someone

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