I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but Tori and Andy aren’t my only children. I have another son, older than Andy. His name is Leroy, as you probably guessed by the post title. Leroy stopped by for a short visit yesterday and I was very happy to see him, it’s been a while.

Leroy is a cop. A State Police officer with the state of NM. Early on in his career, I thought he was going to be one of “those” cops. One that just got by and somewhat of a screw up, but yesterday he proved me wrong. Leroy is now a sergeant with the NMSP. Such a good boy, he makes me proud.

As you may have guessed by now Leroy is not really my kid, but Nina and I kinda adopted him when he was transferred to this district. He lived on our property and while everyone thought that he was watching over the place in exchange for rent, we were watching over him. See above.

Eventually he moved out and bought a house in Rio Rancho, married, had more kids, and other shit. He lives in Copville. Rio Rancho has an inordinate number of cops living there. I’ve kept in touch with him and have used his name in vain to talk my way out of many speeding tickets over the years. Yes, I drive too fast.

One time, during a laser radar sting on I-25, I got caught speeding in that speed trap and the arresting officer just happened to be Leroy. I believe he had to do a song and dance to explain why he didn’t give me a ticket or even a warning ticket considering the speed I was clocked at.

Anyway, our adopted son is doing well and we feel some pride in his accomplishments.