Originally Posted by billwatson58

So I'm riding to work at 11:30am when a cop passes me and turns right just after he passes me. It wasn't super close as far as me hitting him, but it caught me off guard that a cop would do that. He saved about 3.5 seconds with his move. He had his windows up so he didn't hear my wrath. I'm guessing he didn't think he did anything wrong, but failed to realize I ride faster than most. I get to work and I'm still kind of upset that a cop would treat me like I didn't exist, so I called the cop shop. The dispatcher got the short story and said that maybe he was on his to a crime and that might be the why he did it. I told her that he was not driving with any urgency that a cop would have when driving to a crime scene, and could I please talk to someone who handles officer behavior. She put me on hold and the supervisor came on the line. I explained what happened and he tells me he's a cyclist, tells me about how he's had run-ins with cars, and was totally understanding about what happened. I couldn't believe it. I told him that I think it's important his officers understand how they should treat cyclists and he completely agreed. He said he would talk to the officer and appreciated my letting him know what happened. It really made my day the way he handled my complaint.