Off Duty

I heard the other day that this is the warmest year on record the Earth has ever had. Unfortunately, I also heard that is the coldest winter on record for much of the southern hemisphere… Hmm.
I was driving today and saw a cop car traveling down the road. The unusual thing about this particular car is that there were two sun shades pulled down to obscure the driver and passenger windows. On the outside of the shades was the sign, “Not on duty.” So what exactly are you telling me here? If I am getting robbed and this squad car drives by, is the officer going to just ignore me? Why is there a police car driving around that is ever out of service? I remember a few years ago, police officers of a local community were lobbying to be allowed to drive their police cruiser home at night. They reasoned that the additional police presence would help prevent crime in the neighborhoods in which they lived. I tend to agree with that, but the cops can’t have their cake and eat it too. If they are going to be able to drive their cruisers home, then for as long as they are in those cruisers, they are never off duty. Now, I don’t need to see these cops going from home to work pulling over cars for going 10 miles over the speed limit, but why do you need to put out a sign telling speeders that you are off duty? Let’s let people assume that they are on duty. When I saw this cop, I was tempted to fly by him way over the speed limit and see if he was really off duty… I should have tried it out.