Unlucky 7: Policeman Crosses the Line
A police corporal has been suspended and ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation because he writes the number seven with a line through the downstroke.
Brian Yinger said he tried to break the habit when he was ordered to six months ago. The police chief had him brought before a department disciplinary board when he forgot while writing some reports.
“The way he was writing them was confusing for the typist,” said Police Chief Robert Deziel. “He defied the order to stop. He was told he would face disciplinary action.”
The board suspended Yinger without pay for three days. He also was ordered by Deziel to undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the old sevens are out of his system.
“I have been making these sevens for 30 years,” Yinger said, including his more than 15 years on the Dearborn force.
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