Bicycle Cop

I saw the most amazing thing on Wed. It truly was a YouTube moment but happened so unexpectedly there was no time for a camera. I work in an old Mall that had been left to ruin until it was converted to state of the art Vanderbilt Health Clinics. Wed. afternoon I was standing outside in the back ONE-WAY alley smoking a cigarette with my friend Karen. A VUPD police officer rode by us on his police bike. We waved and he rode on by waving back.Next thing we knew a big SUV sped by us going the wrong way in the alley. Behind the SUV in hot pursuit was the bicycle cop pedaling as fast as he could with a little blue light flickering on the front of his bike. I mean we are talking a little light the size of a mini mag flashlight, just flickering away. Karen and I died laughing. All that was missing was the cop making siren noises. They apparently don't put sirens on police bikes. I wonder if he was radioing ahead to headquarters located around the bend in the alley to throw down the spike strips in the alley! Vandy's finest at work. Got to admire that cop for giving it all he had, sadly I doubt the SUV could even see him in the rear view mirror. Close your eyes and try to get a visual on this as there are no pictures of this awesome event.
Just to make it perfectly clear, this was a very funny moment but our Vanderbilt Police do an incredible job. They have reduced the crime in the area of this old mall to almost nothing. The retail stores on the street level have <3% shoplifting since the VUPD arrived and the movie theater next door is now a safe place to visit, where in the past there was guaranteed at least one shooting a night on the weekends. They might want to consider giving the cops horses instead of bicycles though. Yee Haaw!