{"id":11779,"date":"2016-08-21T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2016-08-25T06:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T10:15:53","slug":"surrounded-by-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11779","title":{"rendered":"Surrounded By Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Coprider.jpg?resize=266%2C350\" alt=\"Coprider\" width=\"266\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Coprider.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Coprider.jpg?resize=114%2C150&amp;ssl=1 114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Coprider.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>In closing my staycation this year, I continued my service as a judge for a motorcycle police riding competition, otherwise known as a &#8220;motorcycle police rodeo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This event was held on Friday and Saturday, and I rode there on my own Harley each day.  I am glad that my spouse has recovered enough from his illness such that I could leave him alone.  <\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;the camaraderie of the motor officers we were working with, especially those from my own county.  I am friends with two of the six cops from my county who participated in this event, and enjoyed talking with them about our community.<\/p>\n<p>The photo below kinda says it all.  I <del>am in the process of<\/del> <strong>have finished<\/strong> selecting from the more than 350 photos that I took the photos to crop and post for this year&#8217;s contribution to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/galleries\/\" target=\"_blank\">cop galleries<\/a> on my website.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mapcop2016.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" alt=\"Mapcop2016\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mapcop2016.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mapcop2016.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mapcop2016.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mapcop2016.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Note:  the new photos are <del>not<\/del> now posted on this gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  serve those who serve you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In closing my staycation this year, I continued my service as a judge for a motorcycle police riding competition, otherwise known as a &#8220;motorcycle police rodeo.&#8221; This event was held on Friday and Saturday, and I rode there on my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=11779\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}