"Take me home!"

An unfortunate mistake cost a Brantford man a night in the drunk tank Saturday, after he got into the back of a police cruiser thinking it was a taxi, looking for a ride home.

According to Brantford police, an officer was parked on Murray Street around 4:45 p.m., when he saw a man staggering towards him.

Then, without a word, police say, the man went to the cruiser's door and got in the back seat.

When the officer spoke to the man, he indicated he believed the cruiser was a taxi and demanded a ride home," a police news release reads. "Police attempted to located a sober person to take the man to, however were unable to do so."

Instead, the man was taken to the police station, where he was held until he was sober.

Read more here.

"The officer was afraid to use her gun."

ABC reports from Chicago,

A Chicago police officer who is hospitalized after she was severely beaten said she was afraid to use her gun because of the scrutiny she would have faced, Supt. Eddie Johnson said.

On Wednesday morning, police responded to a car crash at Roosevelt and Cicero on the city's West Side where officers encountered a man that police allege was violent and under the influence of drugs.

Three officers were hospitalized in the incident. One officer who was severely beaten told Supt. Johnson she was afraid for her life and afraid to use lethal force with all of the attention on the police department's previous actions and fatal incidents.

"She thought she was going to die. She knew that she should shoot this guy, but she chose not to, because she didn't want her family or the department to have to go through the scrutiny the next day on national news," Supt. Johnson said.

Concealed carry saves an officer's life in Ohio

Bob Owens reports at Bearing Arms,

A concealed carrier in Ohio has been presented with the Citizen’s Award of Valor for stepping in with a drawn handgun to stop a meth abuser who was fighting a Mount Vernon officer for control of the officer’s gun.

Read more here.

Turns out, the guy was wanted for homocide

h/t Donald Douglas, who has two thoughts:

(1) This is an outstanding example of why police officers to wear bodycams, and (2) I sure wouldn't want to be a policeman (they've got really difficult jobs).