I sometimes deal with the police... If there are guests making my life miserable and I have no choice but kick them out of the motel, I call the police. I use the non-emergency business line, explain the situation and have a couple stop by to get rid of the problem people. If there is a fight or a threatening person is the problem, I call 911. It happens a couple times every season but not too alarming anymore. I work at night, on weekends, in a vacation/resort area so I get the alcohol-fueled idiocy people have saved up all year. Like most people in the hotel/motel business I have some stories. The cops are always very nice to me, fax / e-mail reports etc. "Cops" won't get filmed here.

In the summer, the population doubles in size and weekends can triple or quadruple. The police hire a few Summer Cops, usually college students studying criminal justice. Bars close at 1am here and there is no public transportation. The "Bewitching Hour". Cars are pulled over for ANY small violation (drunk driving checks). "Come on vacation, leave on probation." Officially, the police don't pull over just anybody, but it's really a source of income for the town/state. ONE drink within one hour and you are busted. Since I'm driving home from at that time, I get pulled over 2-3 times a summer. It can be a pain in the ass if it's a new cop trying to go by the book but OK if I know him/her.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.