followed by “Over my dead body” made me fall off the bed in
shock! My father was a quiet man, hardly ever raised his voice
and he has just yelled at me. My mom and champion stayed
unusually silent.
Forbid! The quickest way to motivate me into becoming a
police officer was to forbid me. Early the next morning my
mom drove me to downtown Houston, Texas where I applied
and was accepted into the next University of Houston Police
Academy that was starting in two weeks. I was an official
police cadet.
Do you know what happens when you join a Police
Academy? I had immediately become a responsible adult the
minute my mother dropped me off at the front door of the
academy building. You may be wondering why was I, a Police
Cadet being driven to the academy by my mom? I did not have
a driver’s license nor did I know how to drive a car. I was
perfectly content with being driven around like Miss Daisy but
the real reason I did not drive was that I absolutely loved
being with my mom. It never occurred to me that I would
eventually have to drive a squad car. I did receive my driver’s
license and I did learn how to handle a police car on the road.