The same CH(I)P (California Highway Patrol) officer that handcuffed a fireman for refusing to move his engine on Highway 101 has now gotten clonked on the noggin’ in a bar fight near Bakersfield, California at 2AM in the morning.

The first part of the bizarre story happened when a fire battalion chief said he wouldn’t move the fire engine until his men were out of jeapardy at an accident scene on the coastal Highway 101. So he was handcuffed until cooler heads arrived to release him.

Now it seems the same CHP officer got into a dustup in an inland Bakersfield bar in the wee hours and had a beer bottle unceremoniously emptied over his head. The CHP says he doesn’t remember the incident, and he may be right since having a beer bottle busted over your head has a way of truncating your memory.

No one was arrested since no one can seem to remember what happened – memory is often the first casualty on such occasions.

The combined incidents remind me of a mentors advice to me many years ago while serving with the Ohio Highway Patrol. “If you go where there’s trouble and look for it – there’s always someone who’ll supply it.” Cops call guys like the CHP - "badge heavy."

Bakersfield Police say they are investigating