Interview: I got stopped by a SWC cop
Interviewer: Mayra Niebla
Interviewee: Lisbeth Niebla
Me: “Why did you get stopped by the police Officer?”
Elisabeth: “I was going the wrong way in the parking lot, even though I saw the Do not enter wrong way sign I didn’t care because I didn’t think I was going to get caught.”
Me: “And what happened?”
“I did get caught. At first when I started hearing the sirens and I didn’t stop because I didn’t think that it was for me. I switched lanes because the policeman was behind me and I thought he was after someone else, until he used his speaker to tell me to stop, it was so embarrassing because people I knew where passing by starring, it was right at the school exit everybody could see me.”
Me: “What did you do?”
Lisbeth: “I didn’t resist and I pulled over like a good citizen, as soon as I saw the cop opening his car door I started crying uncontrollably I thought about what my parents would say and the amount I would have to pay and if that would end up in my record, I tried to stop crying but I just couldn’t. Before I realized the cop was next to my car window and he asked me to roll the window down, he told me to give him my license and registration and so I did as instructed. Then he asked me if I knew why I was getting pulled over, I lied and said no I asked him why. I started thinking that maybe he didn’t know and was pulling me over for some other thing.
Then he told me I was getting pulled over because I went through a do not enter sign, I lied again and I told him I did not read the sign and thought it was just a yield sign so I yield. The police officer asked me why I was crying, I told him that my parents where very strict and they would get really mad, hoping that the police officer would feel bad for me. I guess my tears paid off because the police officer let me off with a warning and told me that my windows where very tinted and I should take the tint off, I told him I would and thanked him.”
Me: “What did you learned from this experience?”
Elisabeth: “I will always respect the stop, do not enter, yield, etc. signs at school, because now I know that you may never know when a cop may be near (laughs).”
Me: “Do you think the cops at Southwestern College are doing a good job?”
Lisbeth: “I really think they are doing a great job, even though I was upset that I got stopped, it’s good that they are always on the look out because some people are always on their phones, or not respecting the traffic signs and well that way they learn their lesson, also I heard that a long time ago in this school some students were racing and one of them hit a mom with her kids, she was crossing the street, she died and one of her kids also, it was very unfortunate, so it’s nice to feel like there are cops setting order on campus”
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