Ada County Sheriff Deputy Cited

[carracer]

Didn't know where to post this.  Thought it interesting.  I'm sure anyone else would have been cuffed and stuffed.


     
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/08/25/1315192/ada-county-sheriffs-deputy-cited.html

[Grumblecakes]

I have friend who got his cwp revoked for simliar reasons. He was not arrested however

[carharttfarmer]

did u also see the article about the off duty emmett cop that shot a woman and 2 kids early this month?

[WTF]

nothing to see here folks, please move along....

[Scarecrow]

Carrying a glock and riding electric bull... who says alcohol doesn't impair judgement!

[broncovan]

What an idiot.  I'm sure he knows the rules about carrying while intoxicated.  He went to Notus H.S. and was a jerk back then.  He's 47 and at Dirty Little Roddy's riding a bull, drunk?  You can't fix stupid.

[agunforeachhand]

  He's 47 and at Dirty Little Roddy's riding a bull, drunk?  You can't fix stupid.

if someone would have had the mechanical bull on high they might have lol

[Valhalla]

If that was one of us ..

We'd be fined, cited, cwp revoked, charged with trespassing.

[GrayWolf]

If that was one of us ..

We'd be fined, cited, cwp revoked, charged with trespassing.

... and anything else they could think of.

[mopeman440]

Yup, he's the definition of asshat...

[Precise]

Carrying a glock and riding electric bull... who says alcohol doesn't impair judgement!

  Wow, carrying a Glock, he must have been high...

[birddog1989]

If that was one of us ..

Nope your the only one on our list. 

[Valhalla]

Nope your the only one on our list. 

What?  I think I'm missing something here.

[9Shooter]

Nope your the only one on our list. 

What?  I think I'm missing something here.

 

[Bill, Idaho]

Just to put thing into an often overlooked perspective:  In MANY (granted not all) cases, when John Q. Public gets charged with something and has to pay the piper, he pays the fine, maybe does some time in the gray-bar. Done.
   When the cop does the same thing, and gets a similar sentence, in additon to the fine and time.................he loses his job. And the possibility to ever get another job in that profession. ( POST yanks the certificate.)
   A simple speeding ticket, off-duty, in some agencies, CAN get a cop fired.
   Pretend you work at a local store and get a speeding ticket on the way home. You pay the $85 (or $150 if you are really a leadfoot) and no one is the wiser (except maybe your insurance company and wife-hopefully not in that order).  You go to work the next day and whine about getting a ticket. 
   Now pretend you are an off duty cop and get the same ticket. In some agencies, you pay the ticket, and get fired the next day. 
I am not passing any judgment on what the Ada County Deputy or the Emmett Officer did or didn't do. Or how any judgement was passed.
 
I'm just sayin'.

[carharttfarmer]

i know a cop thats had 3 ADs shot himself ,a dog, and a building still is a cop dective now i think

i doubt many leo's get fired for speeding
but drinking and guns got to be pretty ignorant to not know thats "not good"

[Bill, Idaho]

Not many, but I know for a fact one did. I was in-the-loop in that event, and there were no other factors. (No, I wasn't the deputy that wrote it!)
    At the very least, in-house job-related things. Such as days off, loss of rank (= pay), letter of reprimand in their file, transfer to a crappy position, etc. Bottom line is, on many occasion, when a cop gets in "trouble", he gets it on both ends.
 Most agencies cannot afford the TORT claims, law suits, complaints, media bashing (more so than usual on that one), etc, that a cop brings an agency when they goof up. They are usually dealt with with a "firm" stance. I have seen in the paper where a cop would get his name (and therefore eventually his agency's name) in the paper for something he did wrong. It finally comes out where he got a seemingly "slap-on-the-wrist", based on the general public's perception.  Because the matter was dealt with internally, what the paper won't mention is what he got from his agency. Such as the days off, loss of rank, etc.
 Don't get me wrong, if a cop goofs up they get what's coming. I am NOT sticking up for them. I am just wanting people to consider what the ramifications are, looking at it from the other side.    That's all I'm saying.

  We don't call them "AD's" (accidental discharge) anymore.  Lately the term has been adjusted to "ND's" (NEGLIGENT discharge"). 

[carharttfarmer]

bill you forgot to mention the shit they would get from there fellow officers

[Scarecrow]

Gosh darnit Bill, quit trying to humanize police.  We never want you around until we need you and then you're never around!

[Bill, Idaho]

Yeah, I've never understood the double standard.  A fireman can bust down your front door, fill your house with water, rake out every window and cut a hole through your roof. He's a hero.
  I drive up and they hate me before I get out of my car.

[Joey]

We don't hate you guys Bill?
Well unless you see me before I see you, when I'm running late for work

I see you on Robinson rd on occasion, but I've been good lately and we haven't gottin to talk.

Be safe Bill, and THANK YOU for doing a thank less job!

[Bill, Idaho]

(Joey, Robinson is probably going to go back down to 35 mph---too many locals bitching about it getting raised up to 45mph.)

[Joey]

DAMN IT 

[birddog1989]

too many locals bitching...

Isn't that always the case?

[Bill, Idaho]

I realize this has been partially hijacked, but ........it doesn't make any sense.  (The Robinson Road speed thing)  The locals bitched about all the speeders. They call in constantly about everyone going too fast (it was a 35 mph zone). We spend a bunch of time there writing tickets-with absolutely no shortage of clients. Over the years, the traffic and sheer number of people living around there has increased a bunch.
    So, in someone's infinite wisdom, they RAISE the speed limit to 45 mph, and we're still writing tickets for 20 over. 
Now, the locals are calling asking why in the hell did it get raised in the first place.
 

Ok, temporary thread hijack is complete. Resume normal traffic.
  I just heard the cop in Emmett officially resigned.