Trooper Extremely Drunk

I know there's no double standard at work here!
I'm sure that those nice officers would have done the same thing 4 any of us civilians!!!
Once again the thin blue line closes ranks and protects 1 of their own!
Equal enforcement of the law my ###!!!
If that was 1 of us our lives would have been ruined and our careers over.

 

I know there is a lot of politics and favoritism in police depts. I have several friends in different agencies and I am well aware of what goes on between them. I do not think it is right, but one dept in a big city no officer would write a ticket on a wife of a officer. I have also had 2 friends that was 20 year veterans and one got caught up in political wars and was set up by the dept.

I have another friend who in fact was wrong in what he did, but they through the book at him and he got 6 months jail time when someone else on the street would probably have not got that much time. They will make an example of an officer, but I think a lot of that depends on whose enemy you become within the dept.

I have another friend who is retired. He was a IN master trooper. When him and his boy was out on a fishing trip they was traveling through a sleepy little town. He was speeding a little bit and the officer that pulled him over was over bearing and being a jerk. Big fish little pond syndrome. My friend could have gotten out of the ticket, but had just gave his son the man up speech. When you do something wrong you take responsibility for it. He looked over at his son that had his arms crossed watching dad handling this situation and took the ticket and did not try to talk his way out of it. He said it would not have been so bad if the cop was not such a jerk.

The problem with this issue is this cop was drunk and driving. I think the penalty should be up and above what it is for a civilian who is stopped for the same offense.

 

Isnt That special? $100 for getting a flat tire. holy cow!
I wonder what the fine is when you blow in a motor? Maybe they would consider that a hazardous materials release so they can charge you twice as much!
It's probably a capital offense to have a heart attack in north carolina!

 

Nice. I checked into joining the michigan state police. I'd love to be a diesel bear. Anyway, you cant even have any moving violations in the last two years before going to their school. WTF?

Maybe i need to just move to north carolina!

Edit: Ok, you can have up to 3 moving violations. But still, in NC it's ok to drink and drive if youre a cop!

 

Small towns have the same problem, and not just with the police department, itself.

Where I lived years ago, there was a judge who routinely gave even first time drug offenders (talking users here, mostly)the stiffest penalties law allows. which, in itself, is not a bad thing...
UNTIL, you know that the same judges wife is a meth head, and is routinely pulled out of meth houses, given a ride home, while everyone else in the house is arrested.

Judi Kay

 

One of my sisters used to be married to a local LEO who eventually was named chief of police of a small town.

He and his buddy on the force used to drive to another town, 40 miles away, for nights out on the town with their wives. They didn't bother getting a DD. As my sister said to me one time, they believed their badges were all they needed to get home.

 

I think they refer to it as "professional courtesy". Yep -- REAL professional, in my book..