Originally Posted By: GiveMeAVowel
Originally Posted By: hatt
Your feeling meter calibration is way off. Or likely broken.
Actually, it isn't. The media loves to make it appear as if the system never works, but many times it does. This time I believe it will too.
Sorry, but I've got to disagree with you. My money is he gets suspended for a few weeks, gets sent to training classes, and worst case, gets busted for a few months of his detective position. Six months from now he'll be back to full duty, full wages, and doing the same fool hardy things. They won't change the stripes on this boy. He is one of those who thrives on having authority over others. Nothing can be done to change that unless he wants to change.
I think there are some real good cops out there. The kind that honestly care about the safety of the community and it's citizens. I love to see stories of cops that spend their own money to help a homeless family. Or change a tire for an elderly woman on the side of the road. Or put themselves in harms way to protect the public. Just a couple weeks ago here in Utah, there was a news report of an officer that stopped to get gas for his car after getting off swing shift. He noticed a man that was filling up a gas can, and asked him if he could give him a ride to his car. There is much more to this story, including a threat by another, on the life on the man who the officer stopped to help. But my point is, there are good law enforcement officers that do good for others because that is what they are. It's how they are.
But I also believe there are a lot of cops that are cops because they get to carry a gun. And they get to drive a car with flashing lights. And they get to intimidate others. I also believe that way too many law enforcement agencies are good old buddy systems. And it's rare that a bad cop is let go, unless he wasn't part of the good old buddy click in the department.
So, my money is that this guy will never be before a judge. A disciplinary hearing, yes. But never a court of law.