Turn on the TV during primetime and it probably won't be long before a police
officer pops up on the screen. From high tech forensic equipment on CSI to
reports of shootings on the nightly news, police work seems populated with high
speed car chases and "heat packing" confrontations. But is that the way it really is for someone on patrol in
Birmingham? WBHM's Andrew Yeager rode along with a police officer and has this
glimpse of the day-to-day routine.