I have a friend who is in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend. He isn't getting the hint and is basically stalking her. He shows up at all hours of the day at her home. he calls her at all hours of the day. To top it off, tonight, her and I were were leaving a restaurant, located more then 5 miles from her home and lo-and-behold, he's standing outside the place waiting for her.
She gets in her car and leaves and he follows her in his car for a while. She stops for gas. Guess who is waiting for her in the parking area of her home? Not too funny, huh? Here's the punchline.... He is a cop. Yup. Apparently, in the small print under "Serve and Protect" is also, Stalk.
As my friend and I were finishing up a project we were working on, the cop came up in discussion. My friend told me point blank about his activities lately and how he was scaring her. She would open the door and he would put his foot into the doorjam so she would be unable to close it. She told me she was scared of him because of his temper and the stalking. She told me she was worried he would hurt her. He stands at her door pounding on it for thirty minutes at a time, demanding she answer her door.
Tonight, as she told him to go away and walked past him., he grabbed her arm after telling her "Don't walk away from me."
I wish I could say this is just a story i was making up just to say she needs to get a gun for protection, but this isn't a made up story. This is a woman with serious problem. A cop is stalking her. She knows that she could file a restraining order, but she also knows that something like that could totally mess up his career. She's too nice of a person to do that...luckily for him. She needs to get a gun. She needs it for nothing more or less then self-preservation. Who protects people from cop gone bad/crazy?
