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My uncle used to be a Nacodoches police officer while he worked his way through college back in the '70s. He told me this story one day.

He was parked on the side of the road one night both running radar and studying his school work when he saw an ambulance running Code 3 and hitting about 80 miles per hour. The ambulance passed him and he didn't give it another thought. Then, about 10-15 minutes later, the ambulance came Code 3 in the opposite direction. Now, having worked scenes where medical attention is required, he thought the short time frame was a bit suspicious, so he followed the ambulance.

The ambulance returned directly to the station, turned off its lights and siren, and parked. The driver came out of the ambulance with a 12 pack of beer under his arm. Turns out, the guys at the fire station ran out of beer and sent the ambulance driver on a beer run. My uncle wrote him a ticket for speeding.