Rookie Cop Reportedly Berated, Called 'A Rat' For Arresting Off-Duty Officer
But after the Nov. 28, 2009 arrest, Vanderburgh was "harassed and berated" by fellow officers for seemingly violating an unwritten code among officers to remain loyal to each other, the Toronto Star reports. Other officers reportedly called Vanderburgh names, including "rat."
The off-duty cop, Breton Berthiaume, was charged with impaired driving and
having a blood alcohol level of more than 0.08 percent, according to an internal
police disciplinary ruling.
Berthiaume reportedly had been driving erratically when Vanderburgh (pictured
above) pulled him over. The arresting officer then took Berthiaume to the
nearest police station where his blood alcohol level could be tested.
Some officers witnessing the arrest "took exception to a police officer being charged or investigated," prosecutor Mary-Anne Mackett told a court that heard Berthiaume's case this week.
A judge who previously ruled in the case in a pre-trial hearing said that an officer witnessing the incident "refused to assist Constable Vanderburgh in the arrest and preparation of paperwork at [the police station]."
Later that evening another officer, James Little, followed Vanderburgh as he left the station in his patrol car and pulled him over for purportedly running a red light, giving him a ticket.
The ticket was eventually dismissed and Little pleaded guilty to "discreditable conduct" and was ordered to forfeit 20 days' pay.
Two other officers, including a staff sergeant who failed to intervene during Little's retaliatory action, were also disciplined and were docked as much as 20 days' pay.
Original story here.
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We had a local police officer stop another officer here for DUI a couple of years ago. The guy was drunk as a skunk. He was arrested and taken to jail. He was found guilty and, contrary to state law, given probation. No loss of license, no high risk insurance, no drunk driver class. Probation. Never even suspended. I never could figure out how that works...
Stay safe.
Some officers witnessing the arrest "took exception to a police officer being charged or investigated," prosecutor Mary-Anne Mackett told a court that heard Berthiaume's case this week.
A judge who previously ruled in the case in a pre-trial hearing said that an officer witnessing the incident "refused to assist Constable Vanderburgh in the arrest and preparation of paperwork at [the police station]."
Later that evening another officer, James Little, followed Vanderburgh as he left the station in his patrol car and pulled him over for purportedly running a red light, giving him a ticket.
The ticket was eventually dismissed and Little pleaded guilty to "discreditable conduct" and was ordered to forfeit 20 days' pay.
Two other officers, including a staff sergeant who failed to intervene during Little's retaliatory action, were also disciplined and were docked as much as 20 days' pay.
Original story here.
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We had a local police officer stop another officer here for DUI a couple of years ago. The guy was drunk as a skunk. He was arrested and taken to jail. He was found guilty and, contrary to state law, given probation. No loss of license, no high risk insurance, no drunk driver class. Probation. Never even suspended. I never could figure out how that works...
Stay safe.
The Obama administration has in turn been secretive about its use of targeted drone strikes, boasted about the program's success, and fended off critics who say the strikes are killing and injuring too many civilians. A New York Times story published Tuesday has the administration's human rights critics buzzing again. A key revelation comes near the end of the article, written by Jo Becker and Scott Shane, under the heading, "'They Must All Be Militants.'"
Read the rest here.
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I guess it means that if you can't "surgically" remove your target, you just kill everything around it and call it good.
I wonder how he feels about Patriots?
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