Carrie Petersen

It’s 5:30 a.m. in the newsroom and I’m the only one at work. I’d normally still be sleeping but I got this crazy idea to get up early and join the Oregon State Police for a ride-along. My photographer was crazy enough to go with me.

I was talking with the Albany police chief Wednesday morning when an officer came by and said there were some people out front that wanted to see him – and how opportune that I (the media) was there.