Our Favorite Stories of 2016: Thin Blue Line Meets Blinking Red Light

by Ansel Herz
A Seattle police officer's dashcam was unknowingly turned on for a whole shift. We watched the whole thing—a day in the life of a cop who hates his job—and reported back on the surprising things we saw and heard. This is one of our staffers' favorite stories in 2016, and it's republished below.
"Do you ever want to punch anybody in the face?"
Officer Salvatore Ditusa is sitting in his patrol car at Northgate Mall on June 18, 2014. He is on duty, meeting a friend in the