It's not the kind of vehicle that just blends in. He spotted the Jeep heading south, and by his own eyeball estimate guessed aloud it was going 60 mph. His radar tells him 59 mph. Jordan didn't learn she was from New York until he pulled up behind her. Seeing a license plate on an oncoming car, he says, is almost impossible, and he plays no favorites.
Many drivers spare no expletives in voicing their objections to being stopped.
The officers carry small tape recorders that take down the transactions in case anyone wants to complain about the way they were treated. The stops can also reveal surprises, like the time Jordan walked up to a car and noticed the driver had a Uzi weapon sitting on the seat next to him. Most of the time, however, a day's patrol is routine - up and down the highway with the radar beeping, swinging through the neighborhood, checking to see if anyone is up to mischief. It's a town he knows well. Jordan grew up there, went to Waldo Community School and graduated from Eastside High School.