Perturbed In Nebraska

Sunday afternoon, I was pulled over by a State Trooper
on my way back from the farm.

Not for speeding, or driving recklessly, just expired tags (two weeks).
Rylee was in the back seat.
The trooper told me to get out of the car.
I did.
He told me to get into the patrol car.
I was shocked, as I had never been asked to do that.
Rylee was very worried.
I asked him why I had to get into his car.
He said for his safety.
I asked him why it was okay to take a mother out of the car and leave a child
unattended, in a running vehicle along side of the road, with no explanation.
He asked how old she was – I told him.
He said he thought she looked like she would be fine in the car.
I said he didn’t know anything about her.
He made me sit there while he called everything in and then just gave me a warning.

The next day, I called his lieutenant, to speak with him about this incident.
I said that I don’t understand why this happened,
but believe everything happens for a reason
and since I have 5 daughters, I thought the reason was so that
I could inform my daughters of what might happen and what their rights were.

I told him that my daughter, who was left in the car, suffered anxiety
at having her mother being told to get out of the car and then having
to get into a police car, with no explanation.
I wanted to know if this was routine, why it was done, and what my rights were.

He told me I did have the right to tell the officer (nicely and respectfully)
that I did not want to leave my daughter alone in the car and that she suffers anxiety.
He said the officer did have the right to request that I go to his vehicle at,
his own discretion.  And he did have the right to insist.

So there you have it ladies.
They can tell you to get out of your car and get into theirs.
You can ask nicely not to, but that doesn’t mean they have to grant your request.
He told me most officers would respond to someone talking respectfully
to them about a situation.
I said it makes it very hard to talk nice to them when they talk the way they
do to us. He said they were just doing their job.
Hmmmmmmm.

My job is to protect the physical and emotional well being of my child.
When that is threatened, I have a certain way of doing my job also.
And nice is not the first thing that comes to mind.

Sincerely,

Highly Perturbed in Nebraska.


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