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I was told this by a driver at work today as we chatted while he hooked-up his load.
He used to be a police officer. He didn't say where. He loved his job, until one night. He got a call of a car crash. He got to the scene and found a car had crashed through the side of an office building at about 3am. The car was on the 4th floor. Yes, it was going so fast off an exit ramp that it flew into a building! He got up to the office where the car was wedged and found an older lady no worse for wear having a tantrum. She demanded he move 'that desk' so she could drive away and complained about the quality of the roads. He then realized she was sh*t faced. By this time he had back-up, including a female officer. He got her out of the car; she was unhurt due to driving a huge cadie, and had her blow a breathalizer. .186. He didn't know how she was still conscious! Then she turned into a raging tigress and began fighting him so he had to cuff her and put her in the back of his squad car, after being searched by the female officer. Where she puked. Luckily she had a lovely mink stole to wipe-up the worst of the mess. He brought her to the station and booked her. There he found out she was the local judge's wife!
Several hours later his chief called him in and asked if he knew who he had arrested. He said he did. The chief then said that he had to 'make this go away.' He told his chief that HE was not going to make it go away, because even if the lady was lucky not to have killed someone this time, she was probably going to do it next time. He said she could have her day in court like any other person. His chief sighed and said that he couldn't force his officer to do it and he went home for the night. Sometime during this time the judge's wife bailed herself out.
Several hours later he was woken by knocking on his front door. He opened it to find 4-state troopers stating he had a warrant out for his arrest for sexual assault. Yes, the judges wife filed charges against him, saying he had grabbed her breast during the pat-down, which she stated happened in front of the police cruiser. Only...He was able to prove that it was the FEMALE officer who did the pat down and it was caught on dash cam; so either she was so drunk she didn't realize he wasn't the only officer there or she just wanted to go after him.
While he was being booked on his trumped-up charges, the judge husband himself was escorted into the booking room and told him point-blank 'This can go away if you make THAT go away.' Again, he refused to let the judge's wife off.
In the end, the sexual assault charges against him were dropped and he continued pushing forward the charges against the judges wife. He made sure every news reporter in the area knew about the upcoming case so it couldn't be swept under the rug and they were all present at her trial. The judge let him alone after there was no way to keep the case quiet anymore and ended-up losing his position. The officer went to the local media with his personal story, but it never ended-up being published. He then resigned and got into truck driving.
I thought this was a terrible story of horrible bosses, abuse of power and how it seems drunk drivers never seem to want to pay for their actions.
He used to be a police officer. He didn't say where. He loved his job, until one night. He got a call of a car crash. He got to the scene and found a car had crashed through the side of an office building at about 3am. The car was on the 4th floor. Yes, it was going so fast off an exit ramp that it flew into a building! He got up to the office where the car was wedged and found an older lady no worse for wear having a tantrum. She demanded he move 'that desk' so she could drive away and complained about the quality of the roads. He then realized she was sh*t faced. By this time he had back-up, including a female officer. He got her out of the car; she was unhurt due to driving a huge cadie, and had her blow a breathalizer. .186. He didn't know how she was still conscious! Then she turned into a raging tigress and began fighting him so he had to cuff her and put her in the back of his squad car, after being searched by the female officer. Where she puked. Luckily she had a lovely mink stole to wipe-up the worst of the mess. He brought her to the station and booked her. There he found out she was the local judge's wife!
Several hours later his chief called him in and asked if he knew who he had arrested. He said he did. The chief then said that he had to 'make this go away.' He told his chief that HE was not going to make it go away, because even if the lady was lucky not to have killed someone this time, she was probably going to do it next time. He said she could have her day in court like any other person. His chief sighed and said that he couldn't force his officer to do it and he went home for the night. Sometime during this time the judge's wife bailed herself out.
Several hours later he was woken by knocking on his front door. He opened it to find 4-state troopers stating he had a warrant out for his arrest for sexual assault. Yes, the judges wife filed charges against him, saying he had grabbed her breast during the pat-down, which she stated happened in front of the police cruiser. Only...He was able to prove that it was the FEMALE officer who did the pat down and it was caught on dash cam; so either she was so drunk she didn't realize he wasn't the only officer there or she just wanted to go after him.
While he was being booked on his trumped-up charges, the judge husband himself was escorted into the booking room and told him point-blank 'This can go away if you make THAT go away.' Again, he refused to let the judge's wife off.
In the end, the sexual assault charges against him were dropped and he continued pushing forward the charges against the judges wife. He made sure every news reporter in the area knew about the upcoming case so it couldn't be swept under the rug and they were all present at her trial. The judge let him alone after there was no way to keep the case quiet anymore and ended-up losing his position. The officer went to the local media with his personal story, but it never ended-up being published. He then resigned and got into truck driving.
I thought this was a terrible story of horrible bosses, abuse of power and how it seems drunk drivers never seem to want to pay for their actions.
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