Got a blowout on a drivers side tire on my pickup near Livington, Montana- busy highway, not much shoulder, so I drove down a fairly steep grade on the side of the road to a flat spot on the bottom, probably 10 feet below the highway grade, and 50 feet off to the side. Was changing the tire, and a cop pulled up. He came down and checked me out pretty good- he thought I had run off the road, might be drunk, etc. I told him what happened, and that the shoulder was just wide enough for the pickup, but my rear would have been hanging out in the road. Seemed to satisfy him- he held a flashlight and gave me a little help with the tire, then waited to make sure I could get back up to the highway (4WD, no sweat), then wished me a good evening.
Had a gun drawn on me once, when I was in college. Going back to WSU on I84, east of Portland, cop went by from the other direction, spun a U turn in the middle of the road, came roaring up with lights and siren (overkill for speeding, I was thinking), started screaming at me to "show my hands", I looked in rearview mirror and he was crouched behind the open door of his car, with pistol aimed at me! (Definite overkill, says I). I stuck both hands out the open window, eventually got out of the car without being shot, "hands on the roof, feet back and spread 'em". Turns out a kid had broken out of Rocky Butte jail in Portland, stolen a car that looked a lot like my bronze '57 Poncho. We both eventually calmed down, he asked me what my route would be, said he would put it out over the air. I did get a long look somewhere west of Walla Walla, but then that cop smiled and waved (after looking in his book and scoping out my license no.)
Sorry I can't add to the discussion with a bad cop story, but I've had pretty good luck with them. Even the state trooper who gave me a speeding ticket on 101- she was such a looker that it was almost a pleasure!
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