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A new tattoo shop opened up in the downtown area. The owner of the corner walk-up coffee stand next to it gets upset over all
the cigarette smoking going on now next to his coffee place. It comes to a head one day and the coffee shop guy loses his shit
over all the cigarette smoke and he storms up to the city hall, police front counter, and demands action. I was on duty and in
the office, so that made me Action Man that day. I walked down to the corner with the guy and try to talk to the tattoo shop
owner. First I encounter one of the tattoo artists outside, smoking away. I point out that he about 12 feet away from the front
door of the coffee shop, totally violating state law, and deserves a ticket but I’ll let him go with just a warning since he appeared
to be genuinely sorry and apologetic, now that the police are yelling at him in his face. Then I go find the owner of the tattoo
parlor. I explain things to him. Like, the law. “Hey listen I can’t control my customers or employees if they choose to smoke
outside,” he told me. I was not impressed and let him have it, and end with “..there will be no more warnings after this, from
now on anybody caught smoking out here will get issued a ticket.” Then I left. Figuring it would be a matter of when, not if the
first ticket gets issued to a violator. Later that night, I was off duty and driving through town in my personal car. I look ever and
see one of the tattoo artists – the same guy I had caught earlier in the day – smoking nonchalantly outside their door. “Did that
guy forget what Officer Hoke told him earlier today?!?” I asked myself. “Or maybe he thinks Officer Hoke wasn’t serious?!?” I
drove by two more times, to make 100% sure it was a cigarette and not a vape. Yeah, I was sure. Next morning and on duty, I
wrote out a ticket and tracked dude down at his apartment. When he answered my knock at the door I told him “Normally I’d
say “good morning” but this is NOT a good morning for you, because you are being issued this civil infraction ticket for breaking
the law again.” I handed him his $205 dollar ticket and left. Hey. Guess what. Guess where I never, never saw anybody smoking
again after that? Needless to say, the coffee shop owner was quite satisfied with my help.

The career criminal with an impressive rap sheet who tried to elude the police by starting a car chase; it ended in a crash. He
was not injured though so he went to the jail instead of the hospital. But first he had to get processed for a DUI. It was a warm
summer day, he was wearing shorts, allowing the whole world to see his giant tattoos on the front of his legs. On his right shin,
in giant bold outlined letters: “FUCK” and on his left shin: “COPS.” Of course I took a picture! Here it is!