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Officer Casey took off his external tactical load bearing vest while typing in the office. He thought it would be okay to leave it
unattended in my presence. He was wrong about that. When I noticed it on the work counter all alone, I thought it would
hilarious to add something heavy to it. I quickly started looking around the office for something heavy I could add in it; ideally
something flat and unobtrusive. Another officer bemusedly watching me helpfully suggested that the tool chest out in the motor
pool garage would be a good source. I ran out there and looked at some heavy wrenches and decided that for some reason,
several smaller, but equally heavy rachet sockets would work. I quickly stuffed them into one of the inside pockets of Casey’s
vest and I was greatly rewarded a few minutes later when he came back into the squad room, put on his vest, and did not notice
the extra bulge and weight in the middle on the inside, and walked off. It actually took him several days to notice those things.

A couple weeks later, Casey has stupidly left his vest on the counter again while he was taking a load off in the office. As soon as
he left the room I sprung into action; no time to get any tools from the garage but there was always an-on hand supply of large
dog biscuits in the work room; donations from citizens to the K9 program. I quickly loaded up his vest with milkbones; one in
an outside notebook pocket, and one inside in the hidden pocket.

He found the one in the outside pocket but never felt or found the one inside. He didn’t even check that pocket when he emptied
his vest of all the gear and equipment and threw it in the washing machine a week later. We learned that dog biscuits in tactical
vests will survive a washing machine experience; it’s going to be in the clothes dryer when they fall apart and make a godawful
mess. To the extreme displeasure of his wife. Who divorced him a short time after that.