Full-time Chief, Part-time Doctor, Full-time Clown

An officer who was injured on the job sometime ago, had to have his knee surgically repaired. Due to a manpower shortage, the chief was less than pleased about one less on the schedule but with the full knowledge and cooperation of the primary care doctor and even the city manager, the injured officer scheduled the procedure for as soon as possible. The day before the surgery, the officer received a call from the doctor's office asking him when he wanted to re-schedule. After he told the caller that the surgery was slated for the next day, she told him that their office received a call from a man identifying himself as the patient who cancelled the operation. The officer had the woman at the doctor's office call the department and ask to speak to the chief. She identified his voice as the caller who cancelled the surgery.