somebody help me out here. Does the Knoxville Police

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The people behind Cedar Bluff Towing are well connected. I have never lived anywhere that tows like they do in Knoxville.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Sounds like a case of Locked keys in the car
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No. My stepson was trying to come home a back way from his new job and wound up at a dead end. Backing up he let the back wheel get off the road into the edge of a man's yard. Tire was in a pile of leaves. Owner of house comes out and calls the law.

Police show up and call Fountain City wrecker service. Pulls him out. About ten feet total. Charges him $100. Operater of truck told him that if he'd called it would have been around half of that. Something isn't kosher about that.
 
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76vol said:
No. My stepson was trying to come home a back way from his new job and wound up at a dead end. Backing up he let the back wheel get off the road into the edge of a man's yard. Tire was in a pile of leaves. Owner of house comes out and calls the law.

Police show up and call Fountain City wrecker service. Pulls him out. About ten feet total. Charges him $100. Operater of truck told him that if he'd called it would have been around half of that. Something isn't kosher about that.
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I feel like there's something missing from part of this story.
 
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volsarelife1 said:
I feel like there's something missing from part of this story.
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He's not a teenager. Thirty seven to be exact. Police weren't part of the story after wrecker arrived. What's missing is the extra forty or fifty dollars.
 
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76vol said:
No. My stepson was trying to come home a back way from his new job and wound up at a dead end. Backing up he let the back wheel get off the road into the edge of a man's yard. Tire was in a pile of leaves. Owner of house comes out and calls the law.

Police show up and call Fountain City wrecker service. Pulls him out. About ten feet total. Charges him $100. Operater of truck told him that if he'd called it would have been around half of that. Something isn't kosher about that.
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That's the way it works in Blount county. They make the wrecker call and the price triples, but the cops do tell you this before they make the call.
 
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76vol said:
No. My stepson was trying to come home a back way from his new job and wound up at a dead end. Backing up he let the back wheel get off the road into the edge of a man's yard. Tire was in a pile of leaves. Owner of house comes out and calls the law.

Police show up and call Fountain City wrecker service. Pulls him out. About ten feet total. Charges him $100. Operater of truck told him that if he'd called it would have been around half of that. Something isn't kosher about that.
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What was he driving, a Power Wheels?
 
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I agree, when my son had a wreck a few years ago he let the cops make the call. The bill was nearly three hundred bucks for a 5 mile tow.
 
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76vol said:
No. My stepson was trying to come home a back way from his new job and wound up at a dead end. Backing up he let the back wheel get off the road into the edge of a man's yard. Tire was in a pile of leaves. Owner of house comes out and calls the law.

Police show up and call Fountain City wrecker service. Pulls him out. About ten feet total. Charges him $100. Operater of truck told him that if he'd called it would have been around half of that. Something isn't kosher about that.
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Some departments (actually, it tends to be the entire city government) are under contract to call a specific company. However, they also (should) allow you to call someone of your own choice.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Some departments (actually, it tends to be the entire city government) are under contract to call a specific company. However, they also (should) allow you to call someone of your own choice.
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Somebody in the local government is getting money out of this. Policing for profit.
 
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The owner of the yard ought to have his lawn sprayed with RoundUp.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Why does it cost more depending on who makes the call? That's the very definition of racketeering.
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You can't insinuate that about our law enforcement agencies and local governments. They are beyond reproach. Just pay your fine, sheep, and let these people do their jobs...
 
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