Officer went out of way

Tuesday (Aug. 18) at 10:36 a.m., I waited for the light to turn green eastbound on First Avenue at Washington Street. I was directly behind a Spokane police patrol car planning a left turn. Ahead of both of us, on our right, was a motorcyclist also waiting for the light to change.

When the light changed, the officer stopped his car as soon as the motorcyclist’s phone fell from his back pocket onto the street. Running for the phone as he gave me a wave, the officer quickly returned to his vehicle and sped in pursuit of his distant target. The officer in patrol car 308 reacted quickly to the situation. He also smiled at me like he was happy to be doing the “serve” half of the protect-and-serve work police are employed to do.

It’s great when police protect the quarterback (and the rest of us), but it’s really cool to watch when they recover the ball and give it back to the guy who fumbled it. I didn’t have a dash cam, it won’t get a zillion hits on YouTube, but it made a big hit with me, and was the highlight of my morning.

Daniel Sparks

Spokane