Police misconduct 2

[DolfanBob]

OHP Trooper gets a DUI and arrested. He's on leave of absence. I'm sure that it's probably paid. He totaled out a 65 thousand dollar boat that had been confiscated. 8 years on the force. Can anyone say hand slap?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/trooper-arrested-after-collision-involving-ohp-vehicle-towing-boat/article_67297149-6b6a-5992-a63e-b678f904df48.html

[heironymouspasparagus]

In a rational world, he would be unemployed as well as facing criminal charges.   But this is Oklahoma....

[heironymouspasparagus]

News just said he is on paid leave.

[patric]

In a rational world, he would be unemployed as well as facing criminal charges.   But this is Oklahoma....

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday evening that a request for a report on the Thursday arrest of Trooper Joshua Davies could not be fulfilled because the arrest report does not yet exist.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/report-of-trooper-s-arrest-doesn-t-yet-exist-officials/article_035e2743-1ff4-5e0d-af7c-57882277b674.html

[heironymouspasparagus]

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday evening that a request for a report on the Thursday arrest of Trooper Joshua Davies could not be fulfilled because the arrest report does not yet exist.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/report-of-trooper-s-arrest-doesn-t-yet-exist-officials/article_035e2743-1ff4-5e0d-af7c-57882277b674.html

Takes some time.  Had a friend killed in a wreck and it was about a week before the report was available to family.

[Conan71]

Takes some time.  Had a friend killed in a wreck and it was about a week before the report was available to family.

The reporter on KRMG made it sound as if it was taking an unusually long time to produce the report.   The arrest itself was hushed up for four days until someone in the media was contacted.  OHP is almost as secretive in it's inner workings as the OTC.

[DolfanBob]

I would have loved to seen the rock kicking at the accident scene by his OHP buddies trying to figure out how to spin this. Must have been a witness or another story would have been told about that boat slipping off the trailer on it's own.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The reporter on KRMG made it sound as if it was taking an unusually long time to produce the report.   The arrest itself was hushed up for four days until someone in the media was contacted.  OHP is almost as secretive in it's inner workings as the OTC.

That's KRMG.  That bastion of RWRE mis- and dis- information in Tulsa!


Tomorrow is a week.  I wouldn't expect it before next Monday.  But I am not a Murdochian trying to make a name for myself in local lack-of-news channel...

[DolfanBob]

Now this report is more like it. 0.27 Blood Alcohol level. I did not know that it was a OHP boat. No wonder they valued it so high. The picture I saw looks nothing like a 65 Thousand dollar boat. But if taxes are going to pay for it. What the heck. 65 Thousand it is.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/trooper-threatened-suicide-ran-from-authorities-before-being-arrested-records/article_051d8277-1b02-5cf8-9dfe-7b84865fc5ee.html

[Conan71]

Now this report is more like it. 0.27 Blood Alcohol level. I did not know that it was a OHP boat. No wonder they valued it so high. The picture I saw looks nothing like a 65 Thousand dollar boat. But if taxes are going to pay for it. What the heck. 65 Thousand it is.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/trooper-threatened-suicide-ran-from-authorities-before-being-arrested-records/article_051d8277-1b02-5cf8-9dfe-7b84865fc5ee.html

It was actually a seized boat is what I've read, so the department likely had no more money in it than what it cost to outfit it for lake patrol duty and I suspect much of that equipment would be salvageable.

H- KRMG does a great job at reporting local news.

[AquaMan]

It looked like a 65k boat to me. Especially after having aftermarket stuff added to OHP specs. Boats like that are expensive.

[heironymouspasparagus]

H- KRMG does a great job at reporting local news.

Yeah, I gotta agree with you for the most part.  And they are the ONLY weather station (radio) in northeast OK.  They could be a good station again if they got rid of all their RWRE debris.... 

They need John Ehrling back.

[patric]

Now this report is more like it. 0.27 Blood Alcohol level. I did not know that it was a OHP boat. No wonder they valued it so high. The picture I saw looks nothing like a 65 Thousand dollar boat. But if taxes are going to pay for it. What the heck. 65 Thousand it is.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/trooper-threatened-suicide-ran-from-authorities-before-being-arrested-records/article_051d8277-1b02-5cf8-9dfe-7b84865fc5ee.html

"Our troopers will be highly visible this fourth of July weekend in an attempt to reduce collisions and dangerous behaviors both on our roads and waterways throughout the state," said Colonel Ricky Adams, Chief of Patrol. "Troopers will conduct DUI special emphasis and saturation patrols while looking for violations of law that contribute to collisions every day."

Thats  "sat·u·ra·tion"  not  "sat·u·ra·ted"
Hmmm, going undercover as actual drunk boaters.  Insidiously clever.

[Conan71]

Hmmm, going undercover as actual drunk boaters.  Insidiously clever.

I could just hear Hedley Lamarr saying that.

[DolfanBob]

I love it. How do you like being treated like a common citizen Lieutenant? Thrown to the ground and knee on the neck. And that was just for speeding.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2693888/Cop-suspended-brawl-combative-speeder-turned-superior-officer-trying-pull-rank.html