Summary:
Matt VanVliet and Samantha
Labo first met their freshman year at Colby-Sawyer College when they were
arrested at an underage drinking party. They both passed the Breathalyzer test
and so were released, and they’ve been dating ever since. So four years later
Matt decided that he would get the cops involved with the proposal since their
arrest was the reason they met in the first place. So in September of 2013 Matt
called Police Chief Andersen, the same police officer who has arrested him 4
years before, and explained to him the polices involvement in his and his
girlfriend’s meeting and requested that he pull the two over while they are on
their way to a dinner with friends. Chief Andersen, who made the arrest on his
own time, said he “felt honored to do it for them; it's nice to do something
fun.” Anderson said he's never done anything like this in his 20 years on the
force and it would take a unique situation to do anything similar. In a
dash-cam police video that recorded the encounter and was posted by the couple
on YouTube, New London, New Hampshire, Police Chief Edward G. Andersen and his
partner approached the vehicle and asked Matt for his license and registration.
Samantha asked on the police officers why they were being pulled over and was
answered with a rude remark. When the police officers came back to the vehicle,
they said that there was an arrest warrant out for Matt and told him and
Samantha to step out of the car. So Andersen pretended to handcuff Matt and
Samantha began bawling hysterically. Then Andersen patted down Matt and pulled
out the ring box which Matt then took and walked over to Samantha, bent down on
one knee and proposed to her. Then all of a sudden her friends came running out
too, and she said yes. “I had no idea why. They weren't answering my questions.
They made me step out of the car, too. It was just crazy, the whole
experience,” Samantha said. "I was just in shock, I wasn't expecting it at
all," said Samantha. "He just put so much planning into it and the
fact that he planned everything with the cop was just amazing, I was completely
ecstatic." The couple has set the wedding for August 2015.
Analysis:
All I can say is that I hope
my future husband, whoever he may be, comes up with something creative like
that when he proposes… I mean I’m sure I won’t complain but that would still be
pretty cool! She went from complete confusion, to horror, to utter disbelief,
and then to joy!!! She must have been completely flabbergasted and just lost
for words; I know I would be! And then to see all her friends come running out,
wow what a perfect proposal!!! And I think that is so neat that they’ve been
together since their freshman year of college, I can guarantee they’ve been
through a lot together so that is just really cool. I hope one day that I will
be able to have such a great relationship; everyone deserves to be loved by
someone unconditionally. This was such a cute story and just really made my
day.
Here is the link to my
article:
That is a really sweet story, but surely that is against police regulations, especially if they were on the clock and using the force's equipment. If not against regulations, the same prank could be used for less savory purposes.
ReplyDeleteIt was the chief who did it for them, so he was basically able to do whatever he wanted. And he was not on duty at the time; He did this on his own personal time.
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