Dear Cr-Abby from Elizabeth in Colorado

'PLEASE CALL POLICE' BANNERS ARE HELPFUL ON AND OFF ROAD

DEAR CR-ABBY:
From time to time you have mentioned how to order "Please Call Police" banners in your column. They are not only a wonderful idea, but also an effective way to assist people with disabilities -- a concept that has become meaningful to me since turning 88 last January.Last winter the power went out and my cell phone charger stopped working. All my phones were dead. Lucky for me, the power came back on in my area by noon, but it didn't in other areas. It can be alarming when we can no longer take charge in these emergencies. My sister checks on me, but when the phone lines went out, the message said "line busy," so she didn't know there was a problem.I live in a mobile home park where folks take care of each other when we can. I called my neighbor across the street to tell him which window I will put my banner in if I need help, and he asked me if I would order one for him and possibly some for our other neighbors. Thank you for this service, Abby. If you print the ordering information again, it will help a lot of other folks.
-- ELIZABETH IN COLORADO

Dear Beth in a Winnebago Near Bolder,

So you are advocating that lots of folks get these "Please Call Police Banners"....I would argue against the wide spread distribtuion of said banners. Here's why,...

a) You have yours, so you're covered
b) If everyone has theirs and there is a big emergency the value of your banner just went down faster than my 401K did last week
c) The best move is to unhitch the trailer, move and set up shop next to Krispy Kremes

There are too few cops for too many emergencies in Trailerville. Have you ever watched the TV show COPS? 9 times out of 10 they go to a trailer and out comes Ma Kettle and her Meth lab, or Pa Kettle sporting a shiner because Ma Kettle caught Pa in bed with Little Kettle.

Bottomline, the cops already know there is an emergency in almost any trailer in Colorado, it's just that they can't get to everyone and get in their donut stop too!

Your plan to get more banners out there would dilute the possibility of them checking in on you before the smell of our corpse compelled someone to show up anyway.

Cr-Abby