Leather boots may still be in style for manly footwear in Muskogee, but police officers in Trenton, Florida, will no longer be allowed to wear smooth-soled cowboy boots on the job. Sure, such boots give the wearer added authority, but they tend to slip off the brake pedal of a Crown Vic... which is what happened to Officer Michael Herko when he plowed his Police Interceptor into front doors of al Smokers Express convenience store. [Gainesville.com]












![Whitney Houston Is Dead at 48 [UPDATED]](http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/39/2012/02/micro_fa4358642720f23d058deffdd319f0d2.jpg)




Follow carsfairieswearboots on Jalopnik