Cops Bring Humor Amid PG&E Shutdown: Pleasanton, San Ramon

PLEASANTON, CA — When all else fails, laugh. Power outages that did — and didn't — happen, a crashed PG&E website, spoiled food, and other general chaos in Central and Northern California this week.

Serious questions are being asked about how PG&E's Public Safety Planned Shutoffs have unfolded, but there was some light humor to be found.

The Pleasanton Police Department had a little fun during the week with this Facebook post that offered outage advice like, "Remain calm. Use your cell phone light to search frantically for the one flashlight you think you have in the house. It will be dead of course." Or, "Please do not call 911 and ask when the power will come back on. Our dispatchers are very good but they cannot see into the future. They will tell you they do not know and then disconnect so they can answer the other hundred calls from people asking about the power being out."

Pleasanton cops aren't the only ones with funny bones. San Ramon police sent a "subtle" reminder to residents about 911 calls. Raise your hand if you are guilty!

And because sometimes we need simple, easy-to-understand messaging, like this from San Ramon's Captain Denton Carlson:

But the post that probably best sums up what cops have been going through this week comes from Carlson. Here's to all law enforcement and first responders.