Officer Trades Squad Car For Flintstone Rig

PALO ALTO, CA -- Good thing city police Officer David Tchang had time off last weekend. It would have been difficult to catch the bad guys since he was using a vehicle out of the stone age. Still, Tchang won first place for his rendition of a wagon-turned-car resembling the Flintstones' car for the costume contest at the California Avenue Trick or Treat and Blossom Halloween Carnival.

His family even backed him up -- including his six-month-old daughter as a spittin' image of Pebbles.

"And we didn't even know about the contest," Tchang told Patch.

The festival ran Sunday between Birch Street and Park Boulevard on California Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. Next year marks a quarter century of fun.

--Images courtesy of David Tchang