We were involved in a minor wreck today. Not our fault; an unobservant driver ran into our car, which was stuck in traffic leaving some parade.
The incredible part is the Dallas County Sheriff, Lupe Valdez, was in uniform and sitting in the open bed of a Dallas County Sheriff’s truck, also stuck in traffic, no more than 30 feet line of sight from us. Because of barriers, she would have had to walk about 100 or so feet to get to us.
While my head still feels shaken 2 hours later, the wreck probably was minor. An amateur investigation of the car could only find two dimples in the rear bumper from the other car’s front license plate.
Did the sheriff bother to help? Did she even acknowledge my shouted question of whether she saw the crash?
Nope. She and her non-uniformed cohorts just sat in the truck, gave a blank stare, and did nothing.
I am floored. I guess as an average citizen, I am in her “flyover country.”
I have a picture. I can’t share it yet. But I will as soon as I can.
Maybe she was in the middle of her weekend construction job and she didn’t want her “boss” to know she wasn’t an illegal. Somebody’s got to bring in some extra dollars to help pay for upgrading the Dallas County Jail from a sewer to a dung heap.
Are you going to be able to get the picture posted?
I am allowing a site with more prominence to carry the story. I want his site to break the detailed news first. I will link to it as soon as its out.
Good idea and thank you