Lawmen of 'The Modest Land'

Meeting the Captain

Life, sometimes, throws an unexpected curveball and if you're lucky, you catch a trophy.

My name is Storm and I am an observational journalist.  This means I'm sneaky and often tag a person with my spy-cam, and follow their day without their knowledge. Two days ago, late evening, I walked into a police station ... He didn't see me there you know - and I didn't know he was a copper.

Walking right up to a locker, the tall, broad-shouldered man whipped his tee off and replaced it with another. Black. The signage read "Sheriff; Gang Unit" in bright orange. What is a girl to do right? I mean he's here, I'm here and I always have a little cam. AL.WAYs.

Going about his business, the man signed in - I assume - for duty. Another officer joined him and as they made their way outside, I made sure I'm at the door, 'bumping' my way past them.

What followed ... I can only describe as the most interesting hours of my life. I sat in the station, with my vid-pad and watched their every move. "Captain Jamie" one of the other officers sort of greeted sort of mocked.  At least now I had a name right?

I must admit, the good Captain's charm paired with a cocky gait, totally kept my eyes on the screen. Hey, don't judge!

As a police vehicle rolled up, the traffic officer insisted on earning his wages and 'ticketing everyone'. Captain Jamie's good-humoured response was "Ahwiight, I  know this place like the back of my hand, we'll get you all the tickets you can handle Princess, just relax."

It was in the way he said it which made me sit upright and pay closer attention. Somehow, I didn't think they were talking about parking tickets ... It sounded more ... Involved, for a lack of better wording.

Scarcely the pair set off on a side-road when a distress call came in and they had to turn back. To my surprise, things quickly took a turn and the next thing I knew, I was sky-high in a helicopter which 'Ticket Officer' was flying!

Boy oh boy, I hit the motherload with this one and yet --- I felt sick to my stomach watching the two navigate over the town! To his credit, 'Ticket Officer' (so named because at this point, I didn't know his name) was an expert flyer! Hell, the man landed that copter on a strip of a beach the width of a little girl's hair-ribbon, without a wobble or a scratch! I'm not easily impressed, but that... was some flying - considering the grey rock jutting out at random all over the place!