Officer Steven at Pack Meeting

Last night our Cub Scouts had their monthly Pack Meeting, and the theme was careers. We had a Boise City Police officer come and talk about his 22 years as a policeman. He's done a lot in his career, including SWAT (a sniper in that unit) and currently a motor(cycle) officer. To the right here is Steven sitting on the police motorcycle - did he have fun with this, or what?!

A funny part of the evening was when the officer was showing us a sniper rifle. The rifle was on the ground, and Steven was sitting right in front of the business end of the .308 rifle. During Q&A, one of the cub scouts asked if the officer could show them what one of the bullets looked like. The officer said, "Sure. In fact, there's one right in the rifle." I said, "Um... Steven... can you move, please?" Everybody laughed.

Of course, it was perfectly safe, as the officer meant there was one in the rifle, but the round was not chambered and there was no way the rifle could fire. :-)

To check out all 20 of the photos from the Cub Scout Pack Meeting, including the kids all sitting around the sniper rifle, please click here.