DARE

It was one of those mornings again hearing my alarm clocking going off at 5:50am and slow rolling out of bed to get to the bathroom to take a warm shower before I leave. After I took my morning shower, I got my uniform on and went down stairs looking for my winter coat. Today wasn’t a normal ride along day. I was riding with the DARE officer today! But first things first, we were helping out with a seat belt detail just down the road from Metamora High School. I got to the Sheriff’s Office around 6:30 and meant up with Deputy Painter. After she got what she needed from her office we were off to Metamora Police Department to meet up with 2 other deputies and 2 city police officers. After we came up with our plan of attack we got set up. I was a spotter. My job was to stand down the road away from the signs and look for anyone putting their seat belts on and if they were off I would just radio down to the deputy and tell him a description of the car and they would talk to the driver. I stood there for 2 hours and froze to death until school started and then we left. Deputy Painter and I went to Riverview Grade School in Spring Bay to talk to the students. She answered question they had and I talked to them about what the Explorer program is. After being there for a few hours we went for lunch with the other road deputies and then headed back to the Sheriff’s Office to do some other work before going home for the day.