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I was juggling this idea for a bit and wondered, actually it'd be best if i offered a scenario.
your driving home from work, store, or a strip club for that matter, and you see a man eating another man in the bushes on the side of the road. The man doing the consuming is has blood oozing from his right wrist. Instantly your mind thinks "oh my god, it's begun". Without noticing the stop sign in front of you; you rush through it trying to get home. A police officer sees you rushing but not the 2 in the bushes and does the right thing and turns on his lights and stops you. He get's out and you try to tell him the man is a zombie as you point to the undead that is now standing and moving towards you. All he does is laugh at your or tell you to be serious as he looks at the calm citizen out for a stroll that must have cut himself not noticing the blood on his face. perhaps thinking it's ketchup or something insignificant. You get out of your car in fear to see the man, the person that was eaten is not visible from this position and the zombie closes in.
do you attack the zombie and pray the cop doesn't put you down, do you wait for the zombie to pounce on him and then attack hoping he doesn't arrest you for excessive force, do you let him get bitten because there's no other way to prove it?
just a few options
if you just take off or never stop then the officer will follow you to your residence and might not take kindly to your sprinting into the house loading your rifles, shotguns, etc
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Well I guess I'll duck and dodge the thing until the cop figures it out... If it attcks the cop I'll do what I can till... If it attacks him and he still doesn't figure it out let him try to put it down when it trys to bite him. Sure I'll tell him but how many people will believe that until they've figured it out...?
Either way however, the said Zed confronted will have to be destroyed as well as whoever it was muching on. It only takes one to start things up after all...
My score is 3776, what's yous? http://ww2.zombieinitiative.org/node/2515
Wow, what a scenario. I think if you said that the man was a zombie as opposed to you saw a man attacking another man over by the bushes then yes, the cop would think you are nuts (unless of course he is "one of us, one of us"). I know that at least one of the members of this forum is a police officer, but anyway, the cop may then want to search your car for drugs considering you are talking like you are on something if you mention the "zed word." Now, any reasonable officer is at the very least going to check on the situation and you could say that the "fight" is what made you run the stop sign. It may be all the lee way you need to get his/her attention off you for a minute. Probably the most intelligent thing to do would be just to take the ticket and admit you went through the sign. Some officers will actually let you go with a warning if you just fess up and admit that you were wrong. Then again, you could be dealing with a seasoned cop with an attitude problem that does not care about what you have to say because he has "heard it all" and then you may not feel so bad about letting them find out about the zombie.
Thing is though, if you attack the officer, he/she is going to arrest you (or try to) and that is just a position you do not want to be in. If you attack the zombie in front of the officer, then you are going to either get tazed or arrested. Neither of those choices I think will do much good.
When dealing with the officer, you might want to make it perfectly clear by remaining absolutely calm and keeping a calm tone of voice, that you are not crazy. This will make the officer view you as a non-threat. Also, be careful of your body-language. Do not give the officer a reason to see you as a threat.
Running would be the worst thing that you could do. When people run police assume that they either want to "hurt the officer or someone else" or because they are "trying to hide drugs or other criminal activity." Do NOT run, just pull over and take the ticket. If you believe that the officer is one of the level headed ones, tell them about the "fight" down the block. Mention the word zombie only if the zombie is coming very close. If it is in touching distance of you, you have the right to defend yourself if it tries to grab you. If it is trying to grab or pull at the officer, you may want to try and help the officer (remember, cops have guns). If the cop gets bitten, then you may have a bigger problem to deal with.
To all members who may be police officers (you do not have to say who you are), if someone asks you "ZPI?" then I hope you will know what's up. To all other members, if the above scenario happens to you, you may want to ask the ZPI question after you tell the "fight" story (just in case the officer is a member, I know this is a very slim chance, but it's still a chance). If not, just say you were asking if they were a detective too? Sure, you will sound ignorant to the officer, but civilians are "not supposed to know officer ranks" so it may seem legitimate enough to the officer. Just some ideas.
"They drew first blood not me..." (Stallone in Rambo: First Blood)
ha ha! cops are funny.
i'd warn him twice, tell him it's diseased and not to let it touch him. maybe say it has ebola or something to scare him into being cautious (everyone's scared of and believes in ebola and visible blood and lethargy/lack of coordination would be both be indicators of advanced disease in some circumstances).
after that he's on his own. then, oh! how i'll laugh.
"Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up."
Wow Box,
this is a good one. I had some nascent thoughts about the consequences of killing neighbors and strangers before the police really clued in.
This is tough. I think I'd work the angles: triangles specifically.
A. I'd make sure the cop is Always closer to the zombie than I am.
B. Make sure I'm never behind the cop. That would be significantly threatening to him.
C. As long as Officer UhOh is closer to the zombie, then I'm complying with his orders. Hands on head, etc.
D. Keep a calm voice, stating the obvious, "He's going to try to bite you. He's going to try to bite you." The zombie will not act with restraint. The situation should soon escalate with the cop having to react to the zombie's attack.
E. I would Not try to explain that it's a zombie. Waaaay too confusing in that moment of stress.
Beyond that, I don't know...
I messed with Texas.
Another thing is if you point out "hey popo there's a fight going on over there" my first impression as an officer is "nice try, it'll take more than that to trick me" and i meant like the zombies maybe 75 yards from you. I would assume that the zombie would be lured by the bright lights and sounds of the police car and move toward you. Now in my experience of one ticket XD the officer takes maybe 10 minutes to go through the full process of a ticket. If a zombie can't make 75 yards in 10 minutes then the apocalypse will be short lived heh. I would just hope that after the zombie tries to bite him, then he'll realize he didn't come from a BBQ and was having the other white meat behind the bush.
Hey, whatever you meant,
It's definitely a big deal. There will be a percentage of unbitten people getting shot and arrested as the proverbial SHTF.
The first few hours if not days, will be rife with potential conflict. Everyone will be scared, confused, and in denial.
I messed with Texas.
I have no problem resisting arrest on a normal day. Therefore, I would punch the cop and run. Maybe he gets eaten, maybe not.
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this is a good one. I had some nascent thoughts about the consequences of killing neighbors and strangers before the police really clued in.
This is tough. I think I'd work the angles: triangles specifically.
A. I'd make sure the cop is Always closer to the zombie than I am.
B. Make sure I'm never behind the cop. That would be significantly threatening to him.
C. As long as Officer UhOh is closer to the zombie, then I'm complying with his orders. Hands on head, etc.
D. Keep a calm voice, stating the obvious, "He's going to try to bite you. He's going to try to bite you." The zombie will not act with restraint. The situation should soon escalate with the cop having to react to the zombie's attack.
E. I would Not try to explain that it's a zombie. Waaaay too confusing in that moment of stress.
Beyond that, I don't know...
Sounds like a good plan to me. Course i don't drive or have a license so if i'm stopped i'm already getting a ticket.
Course i happen to see a zed mauling a body i think i'd try to sneak up on it and take it out while its busy with its meal.
Winning isn't a reason to get a reward but one less poke in the eye, while losing gets you two.
That presents a whole new problem Odessey, because now the cop follows you and tries to arrest and or shot you for attacking/killing a "drunk civilian." It just makes more sense to listen and comply with the officer and hope you have a clean driving history.
"They drew first blood not me..." (Stallone in Rambo: First Blood)
I can't say exactly what I'd do if I couldn't talk my way out of the situation on an open forum. Let's just say it ends with one zombie dead, a future zombie dead, me hoping like hell there aren't any traffic cameras around, and not saying the "Z" word.
Of course I do like the idea of saying there was a fight going on. Of course there is always the option of saying someone was brandishing a gun. I'm sure they'd believe you if you said that was why you ran said stop sign since no one would want to stick around for that.