Last Tuesday, I was working traffic duty on the interstate.
- I hate having to sit on the interstate to watch for speeding cars, but every officer has to perform the duty at least one time throughout the week.
There’s a lot of traffic in Denver, and I usually catch about five or six speeders during the morning and afternoon. The speed limit on the interstate in Denver is 65 miles per hour, especially when traveling through the city. On Tuesday, I pulled over a blue sedan that was traveling 80 miles per hour in the middle lane. The driver wasn’t passing cars or being aggressive, but the speed was high. I ran the driver’s plate before I got out of the car. The owner of the car appeared to be the driver and there were no warrants for her arrest. I asked the driver if she knew that she was going 80 miles per hour. She told me that she was a cannabis budtender and running late for work. She worked at a cannabis dispensary about 2 miles from the area where she was speeding. I should have given you a cannabis budtender a ticket that day, but I felt bad that she was running late for work. She was also very friendly and cute and that certainly helped her case. The cannabis budtender was really cute. She told me the name of the cannabis shop where she works, and I might find an excuse to go to that place sometime next week when I have a few days off work.