Recently, in a New Jersey community at the shore (remember, in New Jersey it’s the shore, not the beach or the seaside), police were called to help a couple who misplaced their vehicle. As far as we know the couple was not stoners, and we cannot speak to any level of dimwittedness, but having once lost track of our own car in a large parking lot we have some sympathy.
Anyway, officers spoke to the couple and gathered the vehicle information and what they remembered about where they parked. Patrols searched the area and were able to locate the car a few blocks away. Police then gave the couple an escort to their vehicle.
Police work, although associated by the public mostly with “law and order” issues, is to a great extent comprised of non-criminal service to the people of the community. Like this.
