My now deceased, one time policeman uncle once said to me, “There is one sound that all thugs, thieves and “no gooders” recognize and fear and that is when a policeman jumps out of his squad and racks a shell into the chamber of his shotgun. All you see is the north end of a horses ass heading south. There is only one sound like that and it works every time.”
Father in law was a cop before he went to the District Attorneys office. He used to tell a story about when he and his partner chased someone into a metal warehouse. His partner racked the shotgun and 2 seconds later the perps came running out with their hands up. lol
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I work for an Engineering firm that sometimes does government work. Some of this work is classified so we have an alarmed vault. Occasionally lightning strikes nearby will set off the alarm. We had this old guy who opened the office in the morning and opened the vault. One morning just as he arrived lightning set off the alarm. He was walking down the hallway toward the vault when the police arrived racking a shell into the shotgun. The old guy told me he couldn't take a crap for two days because his sphincter was so tight.