“Well, what’s your handle, son, and what’s your 20?” If you recognize this famous line from the 1977 film “Smokey and the Bandit,” the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) car show on Friday was the place to be.
According to Detective Pete Posada, the main organizer of the event, over 100 cars signed up for the show — 50 more cars than last year. The car show’s 20 — ‘location’ in trucker CB radio slang — was the SUDPS parking lot.
“This car show really lends itself to that opportunity for us to connect with people,” Posada said. “The public perception of the police isn’t always positive, so this is a chance for us to kind of change that narrative a little bit and be out there and engage with folks.”…