[fastfredracing]

So, today I had to do a state inspection on a one of the local police officers personal trucks. Seemed like a pretty good guy, real muscular ,jar head hair cut , you guys know the type. He pulled me over about 2 years ago for speeding, and make a remark that he noticed that my rear tires were bald, and he was not going to write me a citation for it.( He still gave me the speeding ticket though). No hard feelings here, he was just doing his job, and he was pretty cordial about the whole thing.
So today ,I call him and tell him that he needs rear brake rotors (rust pitted to hell and back) and a couple of light bulbs.
He comes back and asks me if I can just sticker it, and he will do the brakes himself this weekend. Now, I have no doubt that he will, He said that he just did the fronts himself, and I could see the new parts and believed he would.
However , I told him lets keep it by the book, and you do the brakes this weekend , and come back and I will sticker it on monday.
As much as I wanted to be cool to him, I think that offering to break the law to a police officer would not be real smart. I have heard that the state police have been stinging local shops for this kind of stuff. I was just kind of surprised that he asked .
I think he was o.k with it ,and who knows, maybe he appreciated that I like to go by the book.
Now, I am sitting here wondering if I have just been stung , and passed the test, or is he ignorant of the law, or just seeing what he could get away with. Kind of makes you wonder