more 'only ones' double standards of treatment

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SmarterthanYou

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if any of you cop lovers can explain WHY there needs to be a difference, i'm interested.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/256748341.html

An Albuquerque police official says investigators waited more than 48 hours before they interviewed the officer involved in the troubled department's latest shooting.

Deputy Chief Robert Huntsman tells KOB-TV there were several reasons for the delay in interviewing the officer who killed 19-year-old Mary Hawkes on Monday. Huntsman says the case investigator had to testify in a murder trial the next day, there was a homicide on Tuesday, and the department likes to give officers time to de-stress after a shooting.

Professor Maria Haberfeld of the John J. College of Criminal Justice in New York says it used to be standard practice to interview officers immediately after a shooting, but more departments are now waiting to give officers time to recover.

“We need to give the officers time to de-stress,” Huntsman said Thursday afternoon. “It’s a critical situation that could have ended in the officer’s death as well. There’s a lot of research out there as to what the proper amount of time is to get a good, accurate, thorough statement.”
 
danielpalos said:
What is the double standard?
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The double standard is that if I shoot say an intruder, I am not given a few days to destress before I'm questioned. I think there could be a kind of PTSD in that situation and who knows what you might say, but if ordinary citizens are pressured into incriminating themselves in highly stressful situations why are cops handled differently?
 
http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...sborough-deputy-in-road-rage-incident/2177406

A former Hillsborough County sheriff's detective who pulled a gun on a schoolteacher during a road rage incident is poised to avoid jail time or a criminal record through a deal offered by prosecutors, the deputy's attorney said.

Thomas Pettis, 55, has been approved by the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office for its misdemeanor intervention program, according to his attorney, Norman Cannella Sr. of Tampa. As a result, a misdemeanor battery charge against him will be dropped if he completes community service with the Salvation Army, Cannella said.

The resolution is a mild one for Pettis, who initially faced potential charges of battery and aggravated assault with a firearm, the latter offense a felony punishable by at least three years in prison. It likely will stoke further questions about whether Pettis, a veteran homicide detective and state witness on dozens of pending cases, has received unusually favorable treatment.
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and the kicker here is the following, because us lowly civilians are just not smart enough to follow the 'intracacies' of the law like the government is......

"Everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, the state attorney is the one whose opinion counts," Cannella said. "Seasoned assistant state attorneys obviously have greater insight than the average citizen, who's not steeped or learned in the criminal justice system."
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but just so we all can see how really stupid the gov thinks we are, here is the facts of the issue.....

On Feb. 15, Pettis' car rear-ended Rees' car on Interstate 4 in Seffner. Rees and his wife, sister and niece had been at the Florida State Fair. During a subsequent shouting match outside their cars, Pettis and Rees grappled with each other and tumbled to the ground.

After they had been pulled apart by bystanders, Pettis drew a handgun from his ankle holster and pointed it at Rees. Several witnesses said the detective threatened to kill Rees, an accusation Pettis later denied.

After reholstering his gun, Pettis moved through the crowd that had gathered along the highway and punched Rees in the head.

After reviewing the incident, the State Attorney's Office decided to charge Pettis only with misdemeanor battery, asserting that the evidence did not rebut Pettis' claim that he aimed the gun at Rees in self-defense.

On Tuesday, responding to a public records request from the Times, the State Attorney's Office released a cellphone video shot from inside a car at the crime scene by a teenage girl whose father helped break up the fight.

The video corroborates the events first reported Sunday in the Times, after the newspaper obtained previously undisclosed investigative records of the incident. Pettis can be seen pointing a Glock pistol at Rees after the teacher is pulled off him, then holding the gun at his side for about 30 seconds. He can also be seen speaking angrily to Rees, though his words were not captured in the video.
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so they think that we can't even judge the facts for ourselves through video
 
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/99694b379a5147fc811bfedd62cd8313/TX--Police-Officer-Drugs

BRYAN, Texas — A former Central Texas police officer has been sentenced to five years of probation for having drugs planted in his ex-wife's vehicle during a 2011 custody dispute.

A jury in Bryan last week convicted ex-Madisonville police Sgt. Jeffrey Covington of retaliation. Covington on Monday reached a sentencing agreement for probation and also must serve 30 days in jail, plus give up his peace officer's license. Drug and official oppression charges were dropped.

Laura Covington was charged with drug possession following a November 2011 traffic stop. Investigators say Jeffrey Covington arranged for a police informant, who later cooperated with prosecutors, to put methamphetamine under his ex-wife's vehicle. Charges against her were later dropped.

Jeffrey Covington resigned from the police force and gave up custody of his two children amid the investigation.
 
http://members.jacksonville.com/new...ice-deputy-reprimanded-latest-several-mishaps

A Clay County deputy with a history of bad driving has been suspended for three days for crashing his patrol car into a vehicle involved in a fatal accident in December.

The crash was one of a dozen patrol car-related incidents involving Deputy Joseph Bryant Wiggins, according to Times-Union news partner First Coast News. In four cases the department determined he was driving carelessly.

Wiggins, 24, was issued the suspension and other punishments on April 7 following a review of the Dec. 21 crash, according to documents obtained by First Coast News. Two women had been killed in the crash moments before Wiggins ran into one of the cars in the 8:43 p.m. crash on County Road 209 near Sandridge Road.

Wiggins also was slightly injured. A prisoner he was transporting suffered a forehead scrape. A civilian observer in the patrol car was uninjured, according to authorities.

In the initial accident, two cars traveling in opposite directions on 209 collided head-on when one of the vehicles crossed the center line, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Both drivers — Stacey Renee Peternel, 37, of Green Cove Springs and Shanice Sadi Johnson, 23, of Middleburg — died at the scene.

According to a Sheriff’s Office investigation, Wiggins was driving 66 mph in a 55-mph zone and did not have the prisoner seat-belted. The investigation found he was driving carelessly and violated agency procedures by not having the prisoner in a seat belt.

Earlier cases that resulted in findings that Wiggins was driving carelessly were in May 2010 when he struck a curb during a U-turn, in December 2010 after swerving into a ditch, in February 2012 when he drove over a median and bent a car rim and a July 2012 case in which he rear-ended a moving pickup truck on Blanding Boulevard. He was not wearing a seat belt in that case, the agency found.

Wiggins also has struck a mailbox to avoid hitting a deer.

About $6,000 in damage was done to department vehicles, according to the TV station.

Wiggins, who was hired in 2009, remains on the road, First Coast News said. The Sheriff’s Office declined to comment to the station due to the possibility of a lawsuit.

Wiggins has not been ticketed but has received disciplinary points within the agency.

In addition to the three-day suspension without pay, Wiggins will not be permitted to take a patrol car home for 15 days, must take remedial driving training and is required to have an eye exam that includes tests for night vision and color blindness.

In an earlier document notifying Wiggins of the intent to hold a disciplinary hearing, the sheriff wrote:

“I note from your record that all of your disciplinary history involves improper operation of an agency vehicle. You have received informal counseling, formal counseling and a written reprimand. None of these prior disciplinary actions has successfully modified your conduct.”
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no ticket, still has his job after a 3 day suspension, yet two women are DEAD!!!!!!!
 
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