And Speaking Of Police...

A week or so ago, we had a cop in our city get killed in the line of duty.

Seems a 14 year old girl called 911 in the middle of the night saying her father was smacking her around, and the cop was responding. He was scurrying to the girl's house and T-boned a pick-up truck that had begun a left turn in front of him.
The driver of the pick-up failed a field sobriety test, and was arrested for DUI, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, as well as whatever else the cops thought he deserved at the time. I'm not sure of all the charges.

What a dick, right? Well, let's not be so hasty in our judgment here. Seems some new facts have come to light:

DEADLY CRASH: Officer was driving 109

Flashing lights, siren were off, sheriff says

First, the cop was doing 109 in a 45 zone, no lights and siren. Like the article said, he could travel the length of a football field in two seconds. That's fucking fast. Especially in the middle of town where other cars are. With no lights and siren.

Second, the dude in the pickup was fucked up too! Can you blame him for failing a field sobriety test after just being plowed into? I can't.
If I got broadsided by a car doing 90 - which the police report said the cop was doing by the time he had hit the brakes and tried to veer - I'm quite sure I would be doing some staggering too.
This guy's blood alcohol level was 0.035. The legal limit in Nevada is 0.08. The dude was only half the legal limit.

Third, the girl who made the 911 call was exaggerating a bit. Turns our her dad did smack her, but wasn't beating her up like she claimed. She's a teenager. She probably need the smack.

It's bad enough when someone gets killed like this, but I'm glad to see the police department actually releasing the facts and coming clean on the investigation instead of just covering it up and protecting their own. Kudos.



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