Dale CRESSWELL:  

Well, after 28 years in law enforcement I pulled the plug and retired. I am now a pensioner and a rookie in the "grey movement". After College I started off with 2 years working at the Canada/USA border as a Canada Border Services Agency Officer and then completed 26 years of policing starting off with the Delta Municipal Police Department, then with the Matsqui/Abbotsford Police Department. I enjoyed my years in law enforcement and have many good memories, but also have a lot of memories I wish I could forget too. One of my highlights while working at the border was around 1987 or 1988 when David Rossignol and a friend drove up to the booth I was working in at the Douglas Border Crossing on Hwy 99. Dave did not recognize me, but I recognized him. I thoroughly enjoyed questioning Dave and seeing him wiggle in his car seat as I asked him a variety of questions that only someone would have known if they had lived in Smithers and had grown up with him. Poor Dave thought the bloody government had a file on him and had been watching him since he was a teen. Fortunately I introduced myself before Dave had a heart attack. Dave was a good sport and we had a pretty good laugh. One of my highlights in policing is when I had arrested a drunk guy for being "Intoxicated in a Public Place". While booking the drunk into our jail cells he demanded to know why he was being arrested. I told him with a very straight face that he had been arrested for being "Ugly in a Public Place". Of course he started to swear at me and say, "How the F*#* can you arrest me for that. I politely told him to please quit looking at me as he was very ugly and it hurt my eyes to look at him. He then looked at my Sergeant and slurred to the Sergeant in a very loud voice , "He can't F*#* arrest me for that!" The Sergeant with a very straight face told the drunk not to look at him either as h...Expand for more