She'd gone shopping and spent too much of her husband's money, again, and he was angry.

"A pair of shoes, $150 down the drain," he said. "What do I get? A case of beer a week?"

"A week?" the wife fired back. "How about every day, you dog?"

About then, two officers knocked on the door.

They separated the couple, who continued to hurl insults at each other from across the room. After several minutes, the officers arrested the man for pushing and injuring his wife.

It's a scenario that police come across just about every day.

That's why Howard Martin and Karen Layton, who played the part of the husband and wife, were helping two Roanoke city police recruits train on Monday night.

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