A sergeant with the Albuquerque police department who was found, not just "impaired", but passed out drunk, in his vehicle on the side of the road was given special treatment by a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy. After being taken to the command center and failing a Breathalyzer test, he was sent home. Of course the drunk cop couldn't be put in the jail with "the general population" (who might have had a grudge against this particular "bad apple"). He might get hurt by people he had previously harmed in the course of his "job". The deputy has "discretion in these matters" and it isn't "uncommon", according to the sheriff.
My suspicion is that if it really is common practice, this means Albuquerque area LEOs run across a lot of drunk cops, because you can bet they would never exercise that "discretion" if it were you or me. They would fall all over themselves throwing us in a cell.
Now, don't misunderstand me; I have no problem with drunk (or otherwise sick or incapacitated) people being helped off the road and taken home or to a hospital until they recover. Not just passed out drunk LEOs. I think everyone who is "arrested" for "drunk driving", but who has not harmed anyone, is the target of an irrational vendetta and is an easy mark due to the statist brainwashing that has been going on for decades. This just goes to illustrate the "Only Ones" attitude that has taken over the "law enforcement" gang.
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This is what's known as professional courtesy. It is only possible--note this--when both parties are in the same business. And, when that business is a racket, well, what do we expect?
That answer is bull. The law is the law, no matter who it is, and letting one man slide just because he wears a badge and then let the rest of us go to jail. Police and others who work specifically to serve the people should be held to an even higher standard than we are. We're lucky nothing happened this time, but what if he hit someone, decided to fool around with his weapon and discharge it on someone, I know cops are people too (sometimes) but this is not the kind of behavior for someone to do while wearing the badge.
Unfortunately, Ashley, your opinion matters not a bit. You have no say. They will continue to do as they please. This is the system in which we currently find ourselves.
Wishing that the guys with all the power would behave themselves never got it done. They are not bound by ethics, they are bound by the law, and they are the ones who interpret the law.
This example is the rule, not the exception, and no one should really be surprised. You are not their customer, you are their subject, and they do not have any motivation to give you good (or any) service.
Your votes and your tax dollars support, but do not control, the system. That is exactly why Statism is a violent and corrupt philosophy that will one day be replaced with a better one based on actual liberty and voluntary cooperation.
Don't let the current state of affairs get you riled up. It is just doing what it was meant to do—take your money in order to support its monopoly on force and its PR department.
Well, Ashley, it's reality. "The law is the law" is only used by police and/or prosecutors as the reason they're pressing an unpopular case. Otherwise, it's forgotten as mutual back-scratching and patting takes place amongst law enFORCEment professionals.
I'm with you on this Ken. If someone is passed out drunk on the side of the road I might think that they did the responsible thing by realizing they were drunk and then decided they needed to stop. Of course if they did drive drunk they shouldn't be charged with a crime if they didn't actually get in an accident.
No doubt this is a common practice for other "crimes" that LEOs commit, as well as (all?) other parts of the country.
I see Ashley is a follower of Javertism. "The law is the law." No, Ashley, the law isn't the law. One set of laws for the scum who run the state, another set of laws much more brutally applied for everyone else. Which is exactly why having fewer laws would be better. I can think of just two: do the things you say you'll do; do not trespass on other people and their property.
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