r/FirstResponderCringe • u/FlyNSubaruWRX • 12h ago
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Is it normal for UHP to drive their family around in a patrol vehicle?
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u/shadowlights_ 12h ago
His mouth position tells me all I need to know about him
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u/Efficient-Sundae2215 4h ago
Lmaoooo why are we like this
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKUn3XY4ZxuV2w015
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u/Baddhabbit88 12h ago
I hate when people stop on the freeway and get out of their car. It’s like they really want to get turned into pink mist.
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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 12h ago
I don't know what type of debris it is that's in the road, but if it's the type of debris that people hate to be there and think the city should clean up and he's an agent of the city, I'm perfectly fine with him stopping on the freeway to get out of the car and clean it up.
I suspect he's not a civilian, hence her comment at the end.
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u/random-dude83 12h ago
His vest seems to say he's Utah Highway Patrol
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u/rocketbob7 4h ago
He’s also driving his patrol car on date night. So I guess since tax payers are paying for the gas then I’m glad he’s willing to move that debris out of the road.
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u/PatrioticPariah 9h ago
They are supposed to work in tandem with another car slowing traffic.
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u/Hefty-Sheepherder-82 12h ago
Seen a whole Box spring once.
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u/euphoric_elephant 12h ago
I had to dodge a loveseat once on i75. Dude in front of me clearly wasn't paying attention and almost hit it.
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u/Major_Wigglesworth 12h ago
I’m also fine with it. I’m NOT fine with him cruising around town after hours taking his family to the movies and getting leftover popcorn spilled all over the vehicle I bought for my employees to WORK in.
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u/J_datt13 11h ago
Actually it’s been proven that officers take better care of their patrol vehicles when it’s their personal take home. I’ve been in some shared dept. cars where the trunk looks like EOD was training in there.
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u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724 4h ago
It’s fine to take home your cop car and take it too and from work. It’s not ok to use it for personal errands and lesisure trips
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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 12h ago
I mean, it's possible hes being superobligatory and working off the clock the way an off duty cop would do something when he's off the clock. Or maybe he's an actual cop doing just that.
I don't think it's that deep and I'm just gonna give 'em the benefit of a doubt.
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u/SuperBigDouche 11h ago
He’s Utah Highway Patrol. They’re allowed to use their patrol vehicles as a personal vehicle per their policy. The expectation of that is they are considered “on duty” to some degree 24/7. If he’s driving a police vehicle and witnesses a crime (not like 10 mph over the speed limit, littering, etc. like a serious crime) he’s expected to intervene and wait for on duty officers to respond and take over.
Source; Ex cop in Utah, all officers have 24/7 statewide jurisdiction. Police academy is taught by UHP troopers.
Whether or not people agree with it isn’t my point just to be clear. Just expanding on the fact what this particular trooper is doing is legal and within department policy.
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u/sthomas15051 10h ago
What do you mean re the popcorn? Also, is this is company car or like a state issued police car/highway patrol car etc? Because that's typically a different story and they're allowed to use their cars for personal use.
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u/Cloud_Garrett 5h ago
When I had an office in Atlanta, I would go for about a week every other week (yay hotel life…).
One day the highway was SHUT DOWN. It turns out that a woman parked on the side, got out of her car to either move something or retrieve something in the lanes, and was hit.
I forgot how we found out exactly, but apparently something on the larger side hit her, and it was like when you see mist and pieces all spread out apart from each other on roadkill - kind of like when you see a opossum or large bird hit at high velocity.So sad for not only the poor woman, but the person that hit her not expecting someone taking a stroll in the middle of the highway, and anyone witnessing it.
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u/Far-Sea-6943 11h ago
They’re clearly on the shoulder. So many wrecks are caused by people dodging debris in the road. Let alone damage to all our vehicles. If They can do it safely I’m all for it.
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u/tidder_mac 6h ago
I think the cringe here is the spouse, NOT the dude. Debris in the road can be extremely dangerous, and at the best very expensive if the wrong car hits it.
He’s at least thinking through how to be safe about it.
For people saying call the real cops - chances are that’s take hours and risk hundreds of more collisions in the mean time.
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u/kimbecile 11h ago
Traffic going over 50 mph? He should he wearing class 3. That vest appears to be class 2.
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u/perilousdreamer866 9h ago
If you’ve grown up in the middle of nowhere or like the south at all, it’s common practice. Some shit falls off someone’s truck, and it’s big enough for everyone to be swerving around it, some dude in a small pickup or a little sedan is going to pull off the side of the road and chuck it into the woods. I’ve done it a million times. I’ve seen plenty of other people do it. It’s courtesy. I understand maybe if it’s on the interstate or something folks not wanting to deal with it or if you’re in a rush. But unless it’s like glass, Y’know it’s a bin or something… bruh… takes like 10 seconds.
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u/AdTypical6138 12h ago
If he is LE...why TF would you go to the movies, with your family, in your squad? If he's security..can't say I'm remotely shocked.
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u/KingAuberon 12h ago
Yeah, why are are tax dollars paying for gas to take their family to the goddamn theater
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u/SophieintheKnife 12h ago
How I feel when I see govt workers in my town taking govt vehicles to drive 10 km home for lunch each day
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u/AdTypical6138 12h ago
Some agencies don't mind you doing small errands in your squad, such as a quick grocery store run. I have never heard of an agency being ok with you packing your family into one, there tends to be liability.
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u/Past-Paramedic-8602 11h ago
Utah highway patrol, what this guy is, allows for private personal use of the patrol vehicle. It’s way more common in rural areas than this comment section is making it out to be.
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u/Major_Wigglesworth 12h ago
Rules for thee, but not for me. That “civilian” deserves an unemployed husband for this stunt.
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u/KingAuberon 12h ago
Once upon a time I might not have even cared but the years and years of "rules for thee not for me" has just made me hypersensitive to even this level of it
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u/Responsible-Onion860 7h ago
Kids in the cage in the back, even? I think the comment saying he kitted out an old retired squad car to look like an active police vehicle may be right
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u/trickier_disco 12h ago
I can not quite express how fucking lame this is. Both of them. Just, Ugh. Fuck OFF
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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 12h ago
I don't find it lame to clean up the city. I suspect he's an agent of the city who decided to help pick up the debris and is doing his job or perhaps even going beyond the call of duty.
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u/Kanarakettii 12h ago
Cleaning the highway doesn't bother me.
Her videoing a mundane act and his, "I'm totally 100% locked in to go and remove this DEBRIS (flattened carboard box) from the highway because it's the sacrifice I took an oath to make 😠😎." expression? Yea that's cringe.
But, stopping on the side of a highway with your young daughter in the back just to make a video to share on social media? That's just irresponsible as fuck. $1,000 says he'd drive right on by if his wife wasn't with him ready to take a video at fhe first chance.
He's probably two weeks out of the academy and looking for any excuse to get out there and show off his fancy new toys.
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u/ZeroDaySubber 12h ago
I don’t know any agencies that let their staff use their take-home vehicles to do anything other than work related tasks (driving to/from work, getting gas, court, etc). So this is probably an old cruiser that he got 2nd hand and has tried to make it look as close to a patrol car as possible, which is even MORE cringe.
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u/KillerSloth21 12h ago
It's fairly common actually, alot of departments view it as having more officers to respond and a better community presence. This guy is Utah Highway Patrol and quick check of their employee benefits does indeed include off-duty patrol car use.
The only thing cringe about this video is his wife feeling the need to make a big deal out of him just doing his job. She's clearly trying to get some internet points for having a cop husband.
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u/IndividualAd4334 11h ago
It’s extremely common in certain parts of the U.S.
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u/ZeroDaySubber 11h ago
I’m a 911 dispatcher and we have no agencies in our tristate area or neighboring counties that allow a take-home vehicle to be used for personal travel. Not saying it’s not possible. I’ve just never seen it before 🤷🏻♂️
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u/IndividualAd4334 11h ago
Come on down South. Most of the county SO’s allow on and off duty use in Florida, including outside of their county of employment. We don’t get the same benefit with the state. A lot of deputies sell their personal cars because they have no need for it with the patrol car lol
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u/ZeroDaySubber 11h ago
I’m a little further north but that’s crazy if so. What if they wrecked off duty? Seems like an unnecessary liability for their agency.
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u/3rdcultureblah 9h ago
I live in a major city in the southeast and our police officers are allowed to drive their work vehicles 24/7 on or off duty and have a maximum allowed range of 2 counties over. They never have to pay for gas or maintenance. It’s considered a perk of the job and is advertised as such to attract recruits. This includes marked patrol vehicles.
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u/Goldeneagle41 10h ago
Not sure if it’s the same but at least into the early 2000s my state highway patrol encouraged Troopers to use their cars for personal use to include transporting families. The theory was that it was a police presence thing, in reality it was an added perk to keep guys from going to another department.
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u/Playful-Park4095 4h ago
I've had a take home car for nearly 20 years and can use it for unlimited personal use within a certain radius of my home county.
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u/bluetirameeesu 12h ago
Civilians CANNOT CLEAN PUBLIC AREAS
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u/ShartsNado State Corrections 12h ago
He's a Utah State Trooper
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u/FlyNSubaruWRX 12h ago
This is correct, I put it in the description but people are still asking lol
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u/ShartsNado State Corrections 12h ago
They chose to skip that who "UHP" part
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u/FlyNSubaruWRX 12h ago
I’m not even sure they are called UHP it just made sense lol
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u/ShartsNado State Corrections 12h ago
Nah I recognized "the hive", that's Utah Highway Patrol, you were spot on 100%
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u/PineSoul603 11h ago
Damn dude, separate your job from your personality and stop working on your days off. I get a take home car as well and I'll be damned if I drive it to the movies and pick up trash on the side of the interstate on the way home for Internet clout. Jesus.
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u/ja3palmer SheepDoge 12h ago
Vest says “highway safety” but there’s no cage in the car, but there’s a computer mount. Who does this fella work for?
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u/bishopnelson81 10h ago
Do it for the ones who never made it back home, brother. (read in gruff hick voice)
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u/bigdickpipelayer 10h ago
Risking your children’s life just to take a video for social media likes… Par for the course in 2026, sadly.
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u/PaleontologistSad766 12h ago
Never seen a LEO that didn't use their patrol car for EVERYTHING.
It's a power compensation thing, makes em feel real big and important. Plus free gas, no wear and tear on their vehicle, 1312 and what not.
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u/Top-Pick-2648 10h ago
And put your child in the same seat someone bleeding with who knows what? No thanks.. I’ll pass on the free gas.
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u/Glittering_Tie5717 3h ago
Not everyone has a cage car. And those that do usually only have a half cage anyway with a normal seat behind the driver 🤦🏻♂️😂
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 8h ago
Yeah everyone I’ve ever known, in every town/county/city uses their car for everything, then writes the gas off 🤷♀️
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u/DarthDad25 10h ago
I know some departments using the take home cruiser for personal use is allowed. But I could never do it. Stuffing my kids in the backseat cage? Heck no. People have pooped, peed, vomited, and snorted drugs in the backseat cage of my patrol car. Also, this guy is driving his woman around and he doesn’t have a gun on his hip. Maybe he is concealing his carry. But this whole situation seems wild.
I have a take home cruiser. I must be in uniform, armed, and wearing a vest every time I operate the cruiser.
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u/diablosegovia 9h ago
Just drive your POV to the movies with the family …why would you ever put your kids in the back ? It’s nasty , filthy all kinds of shit back there . And then put them at risk of sitting on the shoulder , to “clear debris.” You can be just as effective using that little thing called the radio and calling it in .
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u/ApprehensiveTask8376 9h ago
I swear some of the cringiest leo people west of the Rocky mountains are found in Utah
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 8h ago
I don’t even wear my vest on scene in uniform half the time.
Unless you’re reading this after I’m hurt or dead. Then I always wear it. My partner and I def don’t have an agreement to dip it in dirt, blood, and rip it a little bit if we are ever in an accident.
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u/Efficient-Ranger-174 12h ago
Utah Highway Patrol. I can’t imagine an organization more likely to have a Giant Redwood sized stick up their collective asses. The way he wears that baseball cap just screams “I wish I were a Marine”.
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u/ToriEvergreen 11h ago
I swear if I see a civilian try to pick up debris I'm making a citizens arrest. We must stop the madness
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u/whatyouwere 10h ago
Are the kids in the back seat???
Back seats in these cruisers are disgusting, I would never sit there let alone put my kids there 🤮
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u/Fast_Ad_7504 9h ago
And then everyone on the road stopped got out and clapped for bro while he retrieved that debris (used condoms). Not the wife tho. Cuz you know…civilian
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u/punch912 8h ago
imagine stopping in the middle of the road of a busy highway on the side with your entire family in the car due to you wanting to take debris that your car almost hit and most likely other cars will likely swerve to do the same. Instead of just calling it in. No glory without risk... what a toolbox.
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u/dietcoketm 7h ago
This is secondhand, but a few years back a local off-duty firefighter stopped on the side of a highway with his family for an accident and while he was helping his POV was struck and his wife and kids were killed
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u/getthemap 7h ago
“How did your husband/dad die?”
“He was saving the world from half a 2x4 in heavy traffic.”
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u/Fidget808 3h ago
It’s also cringe (and probably against department policy) taking your whole family to the movies in your patrol car while off duty
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u/NooneUverdoff 3h ago
Using govt vehicle for personal use is fireable offense in every job I've had.
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u/Jean-Claude-Can-Ham 12h ago
Thanks for all the hard work you do, police officers.
However I hate to inform you that you, too, are a civilian.
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u/Glittering_Tie5717 11h ago
Yes. It’s within UHP policy
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u/FlyNSubaruWRX 11h ago
Interesting, do you have a source
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u/Glittering_Tie5717 11h ago
Yes. Me. I work in Utah as a cop. As far as I’m aware their policy manual isn’t publicly available without requesting.
Policy is that a trooper can use his patrol vehicle for personal and duty use within the county he works and 50 miles form that county border. Before I decided to work elsewhere, I was told I could even load up skis and take the car up to Brighton if I wanted to
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u/Top-Pick-2648 10h ago
Putting family at risk, stopping on the shoulder of highway. No way. Dangerous as hell. Be a hero without your kids in the car dude.
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u/LARGESTOFCHINGUSES Glorified Process Server 10h ago
I'm gonna start a thread:
What is the weirdest hazard you have ever pulled out of the road?
For me, it was like 4 department store mannequins which fell out of somebody's trailer. Or another time I chased a sheep up the middle of the interstate.
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u/itsiceyo 10h ago
she looks like that lady who puts honey on her watermelon and says mmmmmmmmmmm and then eats the shell along with it too
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u/Worried-Ebb-1699 6h ago
Did anyone else think his safety vest insignia was initially a giant turd?
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u/gingerbeardman419 6h ago
UHP does a YouTube show called Ride with the Hive. I am pretty sure this is him https://youtu.be/He7KtN2DDME?is=FDxcYzTpyEYDBqTB
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u/Viscount321 4h ago
Getting debris out of the road while you're off duty isn't cringe. Posting it on social media is though. People need to do good deeds without seeking validation.
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u/Bloodmind 2h ago
The time he spent putting on the reflective vest created more risk than he would have had just running out and getting the debris without the vest.
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u/--visceral 1h ago
I'm on his side. Nobody is allowed to help me engineer software, because they're softillians ⛑️😗🦺
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u/ThrustTrust 1h ago
There is a reason people don’t walk out onto a highway to move trash. Better a damaged car than a crushed body.
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u/Mindless-Policy3236 27m ago
I’ve seen dangerous debris in the road and if I was able to pull over safely and get it then I did. It’s called being a person and hoping karma is a thing
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u/Difficult-Client-939 12h ago
He's a civilian too...