Aspen’s ‘Dragnet’
Dear Editor:Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007On Duty: Sgt. Joe Friday and Detective Jan SmithDOM DE DOM DOM …Driving up Mill Street and turning west on Main,TIME: 4:25 p.m.Two brief stops along Main to S-curvesTIME: 4:31 p.m.Finish S-curves, all clearDetective Smith: “I see good moves around the roundabout””Just the facts, Ma’am,” replied Sgt. Friday.Three traffic lights go by, arrive at AABC to pick up police dog Sweetie.TIME: 4:39 p.m.Time from the Hotel Jerome: 14 minutes.Sgt. Friday “Where was all the congestion?”Detective Smith shook her head. “It must be a holiday or maybe a contradiction.”Charles T. CollinsAspen

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