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Wow, an officer was FIRED for speeding. That should be the headline right there. I was beginning to think it was impossible for a cop to get themselves fired.
by pavedwalden 14y ago
Wow, an officer was FIRED for speeding. That should be the headline right there. I was beginning to think it was impossible for a cop to get themselves fired.
- eterm 14y agoOne was. Out of 800 found. That should also be a headline.
- jrockway 14y agoI'm not sure you need to fire someone for driving 125mph at 4 o'clock in the morning. The punishment should fit the crime.
- davis_m 14y ago320 accidents. 21 maimed or killed. I really think this is more than a little bit of middle of the night speeding.
- fancyketchup 14y agoIs it also kosher to drive while intoxicated at 4 o'clock in the morning? I'm not asking to be snarky, I just don't understand the line of reasoning. It seems like you are saying that engaging is behaviors that are risky to other members of the public are ok as long as nobody is hurt on the specific instance in which you engage in them.
- pyre 14y agoI think that idea is that driving at 125mph is less risky at 4am because there are fewer obstacles around. Attempting to drive 125mph at, say, 4pm would be a lot more risky/dangerous. That said, I don't think that actions outside of work necessarily should mean someone is fired. Using your badge to attempt to get out of trouble, or stating that you feel that speeding is your 'right' (on-duty or off-duty) just because you are a cop, on the other hand...
- jrockway 14y agoI didn't say that he should not be punished, I said that he shouldn't be fired. If we fired everyone for every mistake in judgement, nobody would be doing any work.
- bcoates 14y agoIn most jobs where you drive for a living maintaining a clean or at least insurable DMV record both on and off the job is required.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoHave you been getting in the habit of using kilometers, perhaps? 125mph is absurdly fast.
- jonknee 13y agoHe was something of a super speeder, check out his lap times: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/speeding-cops/fl-gx-fausto-timeline.eps-20120210,0,7170986.graphic http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/speeding-cops/fl-gx-f... 120 MPH was almost double the speed limit (65 MPH) and as the data shows it was a routine. The data shows only average times, so who knows what his top speed was (he was "only" averaging 95 the day he got busted for going 120). He was very frequently averaging speeds that constitute reckless driving. He's lucky he just got fired, his license should be suspended for a long period of time just like it would be for anyone else that wasn't a cop.
- darkarmani 13y agoIsn't that an arrestable offense? How can you work from inside jail?
- dnm 14y agohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/fausto-lopez-speeding-mia_n_1884426.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/fausto-lopez-speedi...
- ndonnellan 14y agoThe officer fired was the one "who sparked the project", that is, the one that was pulled over (after refusing to stop) by a state trooper, if I remember correctly. It sounds like no police officers were fired as a result of this investigation.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoMaybe he was fired for drawing negative media attention.
- NewAccnt 14y agoLocal journalists got the cops fired. How the hell such a thing exists, I'm not sure.. Probably teens or funded by a local community college.
- brokentone 13y agoOr Pulitzer winners. One of the three for sure!
- NewAccnt 13y agoSo all I need to do to be a great journalist is to win a Pulitzer?
- brokentone 13y agoGo for it! I wish you the best in that endeavor.
- pc86 13y agoYes, and all you need to do to be a great mathematician is to win the Fields Medal. All you need to do to be a great jurist is to become the Chief Justice of the SCOTUS.
- NewAccnt 13y agoThat's the joke!