Bad Cop Falsely Charging People With DUI's

[gatorman_07732]

This is unbelievable

http://gma.yahoo.com/former-cop-accu...opstories.html

Steed was named Utah Highway Patrol's "Trooper of the Year" in 2007 for making more than 200 DUI arrests, a reward that Studebaker says should be taken away from her.

[Swampmaster]

just the tip of the iceberg

[Dreamliner]

Totally NOT surprised.

[HALLGATOR]

"It doesn't affect her credibility. It affects the way she does things, her ability to follow instructions," Skordas told ABCNews.com in March. "It doesn't mean she's dishonest."

Uh yeah!

If all of this is true they need to put her azz in jail.

[Lawdog88]

Round up the usual suspects !


Oh . . . they are the cops. Never mind.

[wargunfan]

To protect and to serve. Yeah right.

[G8trGr8t]

we have met the enemy they are us...bad cops being covered for by other cops makes those other cops bad too, funny how they fail to recognize that..

[OaktownGator]

Originally Posted by G8trGr8t

we have met the enemy they are us...bad cops being covered for by other cops makes those other cops bad too, funny how they fail to recognize that..

Spot on. Police need to police their own, for their own good.

[rivergator]

That's a big nightmare to put those drivers thru for no reason.

[OaktownGator]

Originally Posted by rivergator

That's a big nightmare to put those drivers thru for no reason.

For sure... that officer and all of her superiors who knew she was doing it should be fired and held financially responsible along with the state. That's an egregious abuse of power.

[kygator]

It probably isn't a good idea to give a cop an award based on the number of arrests they make.

[ChartsandGrafs]

Cops are out of control in this country. Stuff like this is happening pretty much every day, and it's coming from every corner of the country, almost like it's by design. It's either cops planting drugs on innocent people, cops carrying out no-knock paramilitary raids on innocent people and carelessly shooting innocent bystanders, cops entering people's backyards and homes and shooting their leashed and kenneled dogs, cops beating people to death, cops torturing people, and even cops "suiciding" people while they are in custody and handcuffed. I guarantee we could have a perpetual thread dedicated to nothing but the shocking crimes of cops that take place every day in America, and it would never leave the front page. That's how bad it is. I know, because there are a few websites that do this, and they've got new material virtually every day.

So, is it true that cops exist to "serve and protect" us, or is that just another long-held myth by Americans? If not, who do the cops really work for and what is their function? Why are they so out of control lately? Is it all just another coincidence, or is there a method to the madness?

[DaveFla]

I have always had difficulty with the attitude that says that if a police officer claims it to be true, then it's true. That's how our courts seem to view it. Anything a police officer says under oath is beyond reproach.

[channingcrowderhungry]

Originally Posted by kygator

It probably isn't a good idea to give a cop an award based on the number of arrests they make.

Or run governments in some towns based on traffic citation revenue....

[JohnC1908]

I was pulled over for speeding (rightfully so) in rural Texas about 3 months ago. The cop tacked a charge on there of an illegal lane change. When I told him I never changed lanes he asked, "Do you want to go to jail?" My response was, "Why would I want to go to jail?" He then told me he was being serious so I shut up and have a fine of $175+ for something I know I didn't do. Plus threatened with arrest for disagreeing with a lie. Agree with others on there being too much credibility on just the word of a police officer.

[Minister_of_Information]

There are two instances in which I favor execution: treason and the flagrant violation of the public trust by government officials.

[gatorman_07732]

Originally Posted by rivergator

That's a big nightmare to put those drivers thru for no reason.

Yeah, DUI's will turn ones life upside down and to take part in falsely accusing someone is disgusting. This is a cop that was more interested in the merits from her superiors at the expense of many who did nothing wrong.

[Gatorgal04]

Isn't it odd that the only speeding ticket I every got was in Utah. They clocked someone else and pulled me over. Guy said, "I have you going ___ when you passed that car." I said "I'm following a moving van with a governor on it and haven't passed anyone since I left Chicago. If you want to wait around, my fiance driving the moving van will eventually figure out I'm not behind him and he'll come back." (pre-cell phone days)

There was no arguing with him. After I got to California I mailed them a copy of the moving truck rental agreement and they knocked the ticket down to five miles over the limit.

[Lawdog88]

Originally Posted by JohnC1908

I was pulled over for speeding (rightfully so) in rural Texas about 3 months ago. The cop tacked a charge on there of an illegal lane change. When I told him I never changed lanes he asked, "Do you want to go to jail?" My response was, "Why would I want to go to jail?" He then told me he was being serious so I shut up and have a fine of $175+ for something I know I didn't do. Plus threatened with arrest for disagreeing with a lie. Agree with others on there being too much credibility on just the word of a police officer.

It is a great irony that some innocent people are forced to lie, in order to tell the truth.

It is a greater irony to me that (most) everybody knows that the police lie, but not only is everybody expected to like it, they are supposed to roll off the log backwards and accept it as the truth.

[Swampmaster]

Originally Posted by DaveFla

I have always had difficulty with the attitude that says that if a police officer claims it to be true, then it's true. That's how our courts seem to view it. Anything a police officer says under oath is beyond reproach.

prosecutors and judges routinely rubber stamp anything written in a police "report" -- which is usually exaggerated or falsified to make citation / arrest quotas.