[DavidI]

The ride along is no ruse at all. I will show someone what police work is like with "the bark on." It is 50% boredom, 45% routine, and 5% sheer terror. I can show you first hand what the aftermath of a driveby with an AK47 looks like. You can see first hand the despair in the mother's face as we tell her, or she sees for herself, that her "baby" had half his head torn away and brain matter is splattered over the cold street. To say it is a "ruse" is childish and naive. Come on out, I'll introduce you to the reality of what we see and deal with daily, David