NJ Trooper Wasn’t Prepared to Meet the Man He Pulled Over

Shared Experiences

It turned out that the driver, Matthew Bailly, had not only been a police officer, but he had been an officer in Piscataway. Piscataway is a small township in New Jersey. One of the kinds of towns where everyone knows one another.

Patterson, a little taken aback, told Bailly that he was from Piscataway himself. Interesting, but not quite odd.

Shared Experiences 

With their new-found connection of a shared stomping ground, the two talked about the town and the force.

They went back and forth sharing stories, Patterson being particularly interested in stories from the retired officers rookie days.