To protect and surf

Who is your best companion? Nope, not your dog or your budgie. I wouldn't have guessed it either. It's the police. Really, according to their own slogan. I must admit that the answer put me on the wrong foot too. I remember vividly the last time I was stopped by the police. Friends? I didn't think so. The image that is solidly stuck in my mind is that of rather overweight people draped over the front seat of a police vehicle with their arm dangling out of the window, slowly driving through town. It will take a horse to pull them from their beloved patrol car. Or a 'Big Mac'. Thinking of it, I have a theory why police officers alternately drive a patrol car. It is obviously aimed at equally tanning both arms. Yep, otherwise it would be practically impossible for a police officer to be involved in an undercover operation. They would be found out instantly having only one tanned arm. Too bad because 'practice makes perfect' and it would save the taxpayer a lot of money. Things are different in Canada though. Patrol cars are not chasing their own tail around the town square but are parked and ready to go, should the need arise. Police District 3 in Surrey is obviously a very safe neighborhood as quite a few patrol cars

actually are in the starting blocks. And it wasn't supper time either nor was there a McDonalds in sight. Not so much in white Rock. To the untrained eye it may appear to be a tranquil little village. However, the RCMP are not that easily lulled to sleep and put their patrol car to its intended use. Patrolling. Patrol cars thus can be
frequently spotted cruising the busy center of White Rock. And their 'modus operandi' proved to be very effective too. Nothing happened while I watched. Police officers even take the effort to climb out of their patrol car
to mingle with the public. No horse or 'Big Mac' needed here. To 'protect and serve' is taken very seriously. With the police being this effective there is not a lot to do to keep them occupied all the time. Spending the time thus saved to wash ones car would be overkill. Not to mention the wear on the paint that it would cause. Rest assured, I have the perfect solution that would kill two birds with one stone. Have the police persons take up surfing. Not only would it make them quicker on their feet but it would also mean an expansion of their hunting ground into the pacific. Much needed with al them paddle boarders cluttering the waterways. Inevitably the slogan would need a slight modification to express clearly what proper and effective policing is all about. It would ideally read 'to protect and surf'...