Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe June 15 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin police department shared the story of how a would-be drunken driver's "safe choices" helped them avoid a parking ticket. The Wausau Police Department shared a photo Mondayon Facebook of a note parking control officer Jim Hellrood found on a car that had been left overnight in a metered lot. Advertisement "Please take pity on me," the note reads. "I walked home... safe choices!" The note, which also included a drawing of a smiley face, was successful -- Hellrood left his own note on the car, reading: "Pity granted, just a warning." "Parking Control Officer Jim Hellrood can appreciate people making safe choices, and a good sense of humor," the Facebook post said. "That's why he recently issued a warning to a vehicle left in a metered lot overnight." Read More Connecticut library gets book back 52 years late Oregon gov. 'pardons' boy who apologized for taking pen, hazelnut Boy writes apology to police for 'testing' 911
