Very Guilty Pleasure......
I never watch COPS. I mean.........COPS? I'll make an exception for Mardi Gras COPS tonight. It'll get my mind off the random snowflakes floating past my window. And it is more fun than watching the man hassle miscreants hanging out in the neighboring apartment complex.

The police in New Orleans strike me as the most calm, self-controlled law enforcement people I have ever seen. I guess they had better be, considering the chaos that surrounds them at times.

They were very hospitable when my sister and her friend (a northern Wisconsin law enforcement professional) paid a call at the French Quarter police station. Not only did they accomodate a request for a souvenir picture, but offered them a choice of cuffed against the wall or in the back of the squad car. Where was I when this opportunity arose? Probably looking for 'rare' holy cards in a voodoo shop....