Damn guys! 94 post of wining, bickering, and shit house lawyers. All this thread really boils down to it some people don't like the police and when one screws up everyone jumps on the band wagon. Where are all the 94+ post threads where the drunk doctor, lawyer, steel worker, dock worker, officer manager, house wife, and so on kill a rider? Hell, where are all the threads about the drivers that killed a rider and had a great lawyer and got off?
Okay, the officer was wrong for being drunk and driving. He was also wrong for leaving the scene. Officers are human too and they do make mistakes just like the rest of us. After reading all these post I kept thinking about how many hypocrites there may be here. I know some of you all (at one point or another) had a little too much to drink and drove home.
Being a police officer is like any other job, it puts food on the table and a roof over his head. None of the officers I know (and I know a lot) became an officer to save the world. None of them were beat up as kids, and none of them have a god complex. Most of then did it because there father was an officer, they wanted the excitement, or they were ex-military and thought it would be fun. By now you should have guessed it; I'm a police officer. I became an officer because of every one of the reasons above. I follow the laws and do my job well. Every day at work is like a movie. Some days it a drama, some a comedy, and some an action flick. I'm a very lenient officer when it comes to traffic stops. I'll mainly use it for PC to look in the vehicle. With that being said I feel its okay to cut a guy a break too (when you can and should. ie traffic stops).
The other officers involved should have done their jobs and followed the oath they took because the bottom line is its their ass too then the shit hits the fan.
Have we all beat this dead horse enough? Flame on bitches! HAHAHAH!