Tweet
My department helped me propose to my girlfriend!!!
Here is how it went down...
I convinced my girlfriend to do a ride-along with me. I wasn't working today, but I came into the police department to change into my uniform and "pretended" to work while she was there.
Here is the cool part. My Sergeant was able to get our police dispatchers involved in it as well. So when I gave him the "thumbs up" to proceed, our dispatcher "dispatched" a large loud party with multiple drunk and disorderly people at a park. My Sergeant suggested that ALL of our available police units respond by having a meeting place prior to getting to the park.
I took the lead and arrived at the park. My girlfriend still thinks that we are going to a loud party with drunk people all over the place. She was afraid to exit the car and I told her to get out of the car with me and that she will be protected because there was 5 additional police units behind me. She exited my car and we walked into the park. The rest of my police co-workers followed.
Soon, my girlfriend noticed some familiar faces. I had about 15 members of our family and friends hide in the park until we showed up. My girlfriend saw them and was surprised to see them. She was wondering what they were doing there. My co-workers lined up behind me and I got down on one knee and proposed to my girlfriend.
She said yes!!
I informed dispatch that everything was good. Our dispatcher asked my girlfriend what the answer was and she stated "Yes." Our dispatcher congratulated us over the radio and what was unique was that other departments and the county were monitoring our frequency. The other departments and the county also came on the air congratulating us. I told my dispatchers that I would like to get a copy of the transmissions and they will make me a tape.
Also, the proposal was videotaped...although the videographer wasn't a good videographer, it's better than nothing.
All in all, with the immense planning and stress, it was well worth it. I was happy that my Sergeant let it go as far as it did along with the rest of the shift that was there to congratulate me.
So now, I need to get used to calling my girlfriend "My Fiancee" now...
I convinced my girlfriend to do a ride-along with me. I wasn't working today, but I came into the police department to change into my uniform and "pretended" to work while she was there.
Here is the cool part. My Sergeant was able to get our police dispatchers involved in it as well. So when I gave him the "thumbs up" to proceed, our dispatcher "dispatched" a large loud party with multiple drunk and disorderly people at a park. My Sergeant suggested that ALL of our available police units respond by having a meeting place prior to getting to the park.
I took the lead and arrived at the park. My girlfriend still thinks that we are going to a loud party with drunk people all over the place. She was afraid to exit the car and I told her to get out of the car with me and that she will be protected because there was 5 additional police units behind me. She exited my car and we walked into the park. The rest of my police co-workers followed.
Soon, my girlfriend noticed some familiar faces. I had about 15 members of our family and friends hide in the park until we showed up. My girlfriend saw them and was surprised to see them. She was wondering what they were doing there. My co-workers lined up behind me and I got down on one knee and proposed to my girlfriend.
She said yes!!
I informed dispatch that everything was good. Our dispatcher asked my girlfriend what the answer was and she stated "Yes." Our dispatcher congratulated us over the radio and what was unique was that other departments and the county were monitoring our frequency. The other departments and the county also came on the air congratulating us. I told my dispatchers that I would like to get a copy of the transmissions and they will make me a tape.
Also, the proposal was videotaped...although the videographer wasn't a good videographer, it's better than nothing.
All in all, with the immense planning and stress, it was well worth it. I was happy that my Sergeant let it go as far as it did along with the rest of the shift that was there to congratulate me.
So now, I need to get used to calling my girlfriend "My Fiancee" now...
Comment