I went on a police ride along yesterday.
I felt like I was a ghost throughout the experience. A casual observer. It started at 4:30 pm and ended at 10:00 pm. The officer was a quiet guy. We didn't talk much, and when we did it was in low tones. I didn't even get to wear a bullet proof vest. :( When it first started out he said that we would be patrolling the "out skirts of Monterey" by that I assume he meant the county not the city. But along the way to Prunedale when he was asking me about what I knew about police work he notice that a guy in front swerved on to the oncoming traffic lane. He said, "What the fuck?" the swerved around to chase him. He zoomed towards the car at the speed of a rollercoaster and signaled the driver to pull over to the side of the road. I stayed in the car as he got out to question the driver a "Hispanic" guy with a face tattoo. He cuffed the guy and put him in the back seat, and searched the vehicle under the chairs, in the trunk and under the trunk fabric. Finding nothing he un-cuffed the guy and let him go. It turn out the guy was on probation and was driving without a license so he left him to be picked up by his mom who was the owner of the vehicle. It turned out the guy had the exact same birthday as me 10/10/90.
Then we went to reservation road, where a guy was sighted aimlessly walking in the road. It turned out he was walking to Marina, walking being his only method of transportation. Then we drove to the small town of Chular where he transported some Indian they arrested for having warrants. There was something weird going on with the guy's shorts though. As we drove him to the county jail they found that he was wear numerous shorts at the same time. As well as numerous shirts as well. They figured that was for a quick disguise change so if he was identified as having blue shorts he could change to green shorts. The booking took about an hour.