I was actin suspecious at a city park

[mextallion]

I have been metaldetecting this park for over 20 years. Yesterday it was kind of raining so i sat in my truck for an hour waiting for rain to stop. A cop pulls right by my truck knocking on my window for me identify myself cause someone called the cops on me for acting suspecious. You see, im out there with my metal detector and shovel and no one says a thing but when i rest at a park that is acting suspecious. There were at least 10 people in their cars but im the suspecious one.

 

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[Kray Gelder]

Well, don't act suspicious, BE suspicious.

 

[Kansas_Jayhawk]

Tell the cop you are there to steal the dandelions to make a salad.

 

[RustyRelics]

Some snobbish busy-body decided you looked like a good enough target.

 

[old digger]

''Dang!'' If there was some person getting mugged or the sort, nobody would do anything, but if your minding your own business then you are suspicious.

 

[RustyRelics]

''Dang!'' If there was some person getting mugged or the sort, nobody would do anything, but if your minding your own business then you are suspicious.

Yeah, I noticed that! If a crime is being committed, folks stand there like deer in the headlights, or whip out their phones and go live on Facebook, but if somebody is minding their own business, here come the boys in blue!

 

[SeabeeRon]

Were your windows fogged up?!?

 

[CoinHunterAZ]

Don't those cops realize that people that metal detect don't mug old ladies? Sheesh!

 

[Toecutter]

I would think something is up if i seen a guy shaking one arm and looking up while sitting in the truck....jerkin the gerkin...

 

[gold-dog]

I'm not surprised My stepson rides a bike to work with an umbrella in a backpack and has been stopped several times because people calling in and saying he has a rifle in his backpack. Takes a gunstock and no one calls in I guess he just looks suspect.

 

[Slingshot]

I'm just glad you weren't shot by a nervous cop. Being suspicious is all it takes to get a one way ticket to Paradise, so be careful out there...

 

[b3y0nd3r]

just a mis-understanding. move on. it happens.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I'd have to see a photo of you in the truck before judging the situation. Heck, I've had cops called on me for "a man with a gun;" "a man with a knife;" and my favorite, "a suspicious guy burying something in the park."

 

[tinpan]

Hi, Do you have beady eyes.? TP

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

That's crazy! I was driving by that park and saw you sitting in your van.




Snapped this picture. Don't know why they thought you looked suspicious.

 

[Clad2Silver]

While people are being beaten, mugged, robbed, murdered, kidnapped, or raped, we can feel safe because the cops are busy checking for seat belt violators and detectorists sitting in their vehicle.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

While people are being beaten, mugged, robbed, murdered, kidnapped, or raped, we can feel safe because the cops are busy checking for seat belt violators and detectorists sitting in their vehicle.

Well if someone called in a man acting suspicious in a park and they didn't check it out and a kid was kidknapped or a jogger was assaulted....it would not be good at all.

They have to respond to calls.

My bet is if they got a call about the above mentioned crimes, they would prioritize their resources.
Jeeze, it's always been this way.

I guess they could sit around and wait for someone to get kidknapped or mugged and respond to only those calls.

 

[ticndig]

hunt the woods , the blue hairs won't call the cops if they don't see you.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Geez, Maybe you should unhook the trailer with all the junk in it, take the tent and duffel bag of clothes out of the bed of your truck, shave your 2 foot long beard, comb your hair, take a bath every now and then, don't smirk when you are trying to smile, remove your hands from your pockets, hide the "Please help I'm Homeless sign", and stop trying to give little children candy, and you may not look suspicious. Then again, you could just get out of your truck and go metal detecting !!!

 

[smallfoot]

Well, try not to act so guilty...