I-Team: Officer fired for multiple false DUI arrests
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- By Randy Travis
Published February 21, 2024
COMMERCE, Ga. - Commerce has fired a police officer after he repeatedly accused people of drunk driving who turned out to be innocent.
Jacob Wood started with Commerce Police in June 2022. It is the only law enforcement job listed in his official state work history.
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He should be arrested for false arrest, fraud, and perjury in court at a minimum, one charge of each for each false arrest.
WhiteFace
Ahhhh only in a perfect world. This is america. He will move to another state n get another job.
@songsalon7868 It has nothing to do with race an everything to do with a lack of police accountability in the US.
Kidnapping
And he should be charged just for being a complete n utter dickhead too
You don't just "fire" an officer who does this. You also arrest and prosecute fully. No plea deal or probation. No leniency. This isn't a mistake. It is a criminal act.
The system protects its own. The higher ups set expectations and have a level of plausible denialbility if public outcry becomes too much. It's all a gift against people that just want to be left alone and live their lives.
Any one still wonder why they earn the name pigs?! Anyone still confused?
@navigator1372 Yeah, but like in my earlier response, they are led by their masters. The people in local power want things like this, or they would hold cops accountable and have them be as righteous as is possible for a human. It's all nasty crazy and corrupt people from the cops on the ground to their leaders implicitly or explicitly giving their pets orders..
@@navigator1372 Yes, I'm still confused. In what jurisdiction do pigs have powers of arrest?
@@TransoceanicOutreach You're a pig aren't you? You hate the constitution, you hate freedom don't you?
That fake cop need to be in jail for 10 years
We can be fired for being arrested for DUI even if innocent, so the officer should be fired if that happens.
Fired is nothing, where are the criminal charges?
Ironically they asked for some else to investigate and they said no crime
@@niyablake Your grammar is a crime though.
@@DailyStalkerUpdate that's it, that's all you got?
@@niyablake How about owning up to your illiteracy?
@@joevarga5982 By definition if I was illiterate we would be having this conversation. Now is that all you have ?
Oh boy, he was fired. He'll just go to work at another department. There is zero accountability for police officers.
Not if they document it right.
@@roamiblu1833 They haver to strip him of certification to make any impact. Police are in short supply in the U.S., so departments aren't scrutinizing prospects too closely.
@@orbscorbs And that’s it right there!
@orbscorbs And in some states, the department doesn't make the decision to strip certification (though the department can make the recommendation to the state), the state does. I don't know if you've seen the Pinal County, AZ Sheriff's Department channel and the "Friday's with Frank" videos, but that officer resigned from two different departments in lieu of being terminated for misconduct. He's on the Brady list in Maricopa County and Pinal County. Both of the departments where he resigned in lieu of termination recommended the state revoke his certification, but the state didn't do so.
@@roamiblu1833even if they document it “right”, some dept will take him in.
Ruining people’s lives. Should be sued.
Cops will never, ever, under any circumstances, admit they're wrong, or say another cop made a mistake. It's sick.
What about those who signed off on his reports and didn’t pick up the pattern? His supervisors need to be disciplined as well. This officer may have caused people to lose their jobs, suffer emotional distress and/or spent time in jail without reparation. Someone with a sensitive job such as a pilot can lose their license. The officer needs to be charged criminally and decertified. There should be no DUI charge without a blood test. Too many physical ailments can cause slurred words, imbalance, or sleepy eyes. I have a broken ankle that never healed. If someone asked me to stand on my left leg only, I would be physically incapable to do so. GBI also needs to be investigated independently by civilians because they protected the Thin Blue Line when there obviously was an abuse of power here.
I like how Mike Blute was towing the thin blue line covering for the department. Did they say the officer took Blutes class?
💯 a command staff would know he was falsely arresting people. There results come back .00 one time it may be a fluke, then two and three times that is a huge problem.
I lead my department several times in DUI arrests. Other officers would call it a gimme when someone was over .2. The closer you got to .08 the more impressive your skills. I never had anyone under .08 unless they were on drugs. My highest was .43 and the doctors were not sure she’d make it…she drove into a lagoon.
They are taught to do this in Georgia. This is nothing new. It's usually kept hush hush.
The thin blue line of cowardice
This is crazy, this is the 4th story I have heard of cops doing this and I have my own story.. I was once friends with a cop (We were friends prior to him becoming a cop), here in PA. He did this EXACT same thing. Would pull people over for nonsense and then charge them with DUI. The police dept did absolutely nothing for years and he kept getting commendations after another. But one day he pulled over the wrong guy, and this dude faught back legally and turned his whole world upside down. He was quietly let got from the force, but I wished he got convicted and serious jail time for the amount of lives he ruined. When are not longer friends, have not been for quite a long time.
It's a money game to get incentives and pad those pockets
Should be put in prison. A false DUI charge can ruin someone's life. Get fired from a job, car towed, time in jail. Complete joke.
This hit close to me . I almost got arrested for a dui when I was completely sober had it it not been for an officer that was there that stood up for me.
It's scary how they can destroy someone's life and face no real Consequences equal to the crime they are trying to pin on someone.
This American Outlaw Law Enforcement. where a private-sector citizen can get Jail because of the "Could's", the "Should's" and Million "IFs" while 100% innocent cooperating with government stupidity, Mostly in poor neighborhoods....
And the arrest stays on a persons record forever even if the case is dismissed futurr employers and all government agencies can still see it even if the record was "expunged"
A pig with no conscience!
He is a criminal and should be locked up his behavior.
10 years in prison and strip him of his pension.
He got fired. Good. Now his certification needs to be permanently revoked. He should never hold a position as a law enforcement officer again.
And imprisoned.
And.. who hired this abuser? Who supervised him? Who aided and abetted him?
The guy saying they just need more training is part of the problem. This is criminal behavior! This is not a "training" issue.
Exactly " these crooked cops do this for personal gain...just like the cop in the florida panhandle..he wanted to be a narcotic unit cop..he's now doing 12 years in prison..needs to be life in prison..general population
That's absolutely true.
Yes. You can't train away evil
Fucking right !
He's the one training them in the first place.
If being completely sober isn't enough to avoid being arrested for DUI, *then what is???*
"You're under arrest *because I looked at you and decided that you are on drugs."*
He was only fired? Not charged? Disgusting!
And probably working somewhere else as a leo
Well better than being left to continue his wrong doings
@@mohammedaliyu1437 you don’t understand, he Easily got another job in law enforcement, this is not even close to a career killer
Welcome to policing in America.
American justice is a mess
Fired??? That mf need to be charged with something & sued
True, but this is more than what happens to most shitty cops.
Maybe charge him with DWI. Then he can see how it feels to be wronged.
And imprisoned
Damn right.
@@josephmcclary9667 he needs to be charged with multiple felonies
How is this not criminal behavior? Its called false arrest.
The officer should lose his certification and be jailed for filing false reports and lying under oath
He needs to be criminally charged, not just fired.
Cops don't punish their own
Yeah, what good does it do to just fire him, WHEN he could go to ANOTHER police department AND start this trend all over AGAIN
you need a honorable prosecutor and judge for that and theere arent any. They are all part of the gang too!.
Gotta love how they claim it’s a simple mistake and ignore how it can fully ruin peoples lives
I agree, someone loses their job: "Oh sorry about that."
MORE TRAINING? THE OFFICER IS A CRIMINAL
All those charged for DUI should be dismissed and the city sued for having this criminal cop working for them
Arresting someone for dui who blew a 0.00 isn't considered criminal??? In what world?
Because cops just say the driver is on drugs instead.
"You are drunk"
*blows 0.00*
"Did I say drunk, I meant on drugs"
Because that’s for alcohol they can lie and switch it up and say oh well you must be on drugs
Qualified immunity. They dont care about guilt or innocence they get pay raises and promotions by arrest numbers
The one guy blew 0.00 ten times!!!
All those people that were under false arrest, they need to sue him and the department.
should lose his immunity and be sued directly instead of the taxpayers paying for his illegal actions.
This should be turned into a Class Action Suite.
Facts
My heart is breaking. That fake pretend person of law, Jail.
Lifetime. Ruining innocent people, hurting families.
Sick. Disgusting. Unacceptable.
This is why you never do a field sobriety test.
LAWSUIT!!!!!!! SUE The department and him personally. And he needs to be arrested. This is a DISGRACE!
If enough people scream in protest, they just might.
Qualified immunity protects the cops from any such suit. Sovereign immunity protects the govt institutions.
Basically, the system is set up to prevent redress of grievances against bad state actors. When this happens in other countries, we label it "corruption".
He should be in jail for at least 20 years. He’s ruined people’s lives, livelyhoods and reputations.
He should get life in prison IMO.
💯
Death Penalty!
fired ? THATS IT !?
he should be facing a serious charge and his department should be facing multiple lawsuits
prosecute the officer for commiting crimes on duty-falsifying is a crime.
As a police officer, that cop needs to be charged with false imprisonment. He had gone through the proper training and still arrested them for things he knew weren't offenses.
As a police officer I'm betting you need to be as well
PIGS are all corrupt. Nazis
Proper training 😂
None of you tyrants have any qualified training.
I've been trained in boxing & martial arts for 46 years now.
Proper training ? 🤣
What do you guys get ?
6 weeks of how to cover up an unjustified shooting ?
How to falsify police reports ?
When to turn off your body cams during an investigation ?
How to plant drugs properly ?
@@constantinvaldor3742what's that even supposed to mean?
@@constantinvaldor3742 - What??! That doesn’t even make any sense. 🤦♂️ Tell me you took the short bus 🚌 to school without telling me you took the short bus.🤭
Everyone arrested by this pig should file a civil lawsuit against the police department and the town
Sadly the taxpayers would have to pay for it, not the corrupt police, this has to change to make it right.
@Gungadin0112
We aren't charged additional amounts when departments are sued. Our taxes don't increase. There are ripple effects felt throughout the department when an entire city's budget is affected due to one sector's failure. While I'm sure we would be happier if it came from their pensions, it is definitely a good wakeup call for all government entities involved.
@@Rainman8193this is why Colin kneeled!
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm
13% of the population
50% of the violent crime
@@Rainman8193yes our taxes go up because insurance premiums go up. You may not see it but it’s there
You get arrested in front of your kids, can't undo that.
Destroying lives is a crime .
I think this police officer got a thrill out of arresting people that weren’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol
He got financial rewards for making the most DUI arrests. Doesn’t matter if the cases were thrown out.
I don't know about a thrill but he definitely got accolades and raises and promotions!!! Even if the arrest results in NO impairment the officer STILL get credit for the arrest so he can get accolades and raises and promotions!!! Out law enforcement is BROKEN!!!
MADD gives grants for DUI arrests. There are competitions within departments where officers are trying to get the most DUI arrests. The winner often gets a bonus and might get a bonus.
Many Police choose this profession because of the Control it gives them over others. I have run into several lately when I called on someone else. Its getting worse.
@@karlrovey policing for profit!!!! Our law enforcement is BROKEN!!!!
The instructor making excuses for something he knows is horribly wrong should tell you all you need to know about most cops.
The instructor is bad too.
I bet he's one of the "good" cops we keep hearing about
@@rexscipio3344They’re all bad
@@mcwilliams4546100 💯
Most cops? All cops
Okay, so we know who also needs to be fired for teaching poorly/improperly.
low emotional intelligence in most bad cops is most likely a shared trait
Too many innocent people have had their lives ruined by cops like him.
He should be in prison for kidnapping, extortion, falsified reports, and falsified testimony in court. Give him life.
Yes. Life
Facts
Now you sound like someone on drugs.
FIRED?! That punk needs to be in PRISON! Never do roadsides. Make them take you to the hospital and do a blood test.
The side of caution shouldn't put innocent people in jail.
Fired is not enough if he still has his certification. He can get another job in the next zip code. A DUI arrest can ruin someone’s life. Everyone needs a dashcam. Everyone needs to know their rights. A field sobriety test is at the discretion of the officer. The same officer that is rewarded for DUI arrests. The totality of the circumstances? When one officer has all of his cases dismissed that’s a problem don’t you think?
Yeah I think. This cop must have got beat up in high school all the time . This cop is a real piece of crap.
Being fired = not a damn thing happened to him. The chief was probably making phone calls to get him a job in the next town over.
This is America! 😠😠😠😠
@@constantinvaldor3742and as long as they have the flag on their uniforms, I will never pledge allegiance to it or show respect for it.
All people protecting him need to go to jail
All those "good" cops are the ones protecting him
That's the higher ups in every police department across the country.
@@Gungadin0112 Ypipo.
The fact that *anyone* is protecting him is proof that All Cops Are Bastards, since we know for a fact that he wrongfully arrested sober people for DUI multiple times.
That so-called trainer is a liar, plain and simple. He is either incompetent or not qualified. The investigation team are just protecting their system because if you find one then you can find more and now you have to admit the problems in your department.
He's not an officer, he's an SS soldier of the American Gestapo committing another act of brutality against civilians.
As a former LEO, the “expert” who trained him, who admits the psycho cop was wrong, but doesn’t think he was rogue, is every bit part of the problem. The cop who jailed all these people, knowingly manufactured evidence, and fraudulently filled out official documents, to obtain unlawful arrests and to falsely imprison innocent citizens.
and the GBI declined to investigeate. why is that?
The cop did it all because he knew his supervisors would ignore the false arrests and back him up 😢
And should get them too
The problem is that they already received MILLIONS of tax dollars worth in training, AND STILL COMMIT CRIMES.
Notice there is no apology from the police.
The reporter actually believes the cop kept mistaking those people for being drunk. That's a highly biased reporter. A reasonable person would believe the cop did it on purpose for any number of reasons.
Folk that act in that manner, likely do questionable things as well. So they're really making excuse for themselves and whatever incidence they're discussing has zero to do with them.
I don't think you understand how reporting the news works... The person reading the story to you isn't the person who WROTE the story. And reporters are supposed to be neutral.
@@BeccaHetrick He's saying he wasnt neutral.
Cops going to do it for only 1 reason. Making himself look good to get a promotion.
If you want to know why someone does something, then you follow the incentives. That's all this cop was doing. He was incentivized to make arrests above all else, and there was no disincentive for arresting innocent people until someone outside of the department sounded the alarm. Fix the incentive structure and add real accountability if you want to fix policing in America.
The other cop making excuses for him
corrupt cops always "back the blue" no matter what kind of POS is wearing the badge
Thin Blue Slime
First, the trainer is absolutely useless. Dirty police department from the top down. The officer needs to lose his license to work in the law enforcement field for life.
False arrest sounds like kidnapping.
The Police DUI instructor making excuses for this rouge officer is the main problem with law enforcement. They want to cover up and make excuses for each other instead of making sure officers like him are removed from law enforcement. Thankfully this officer’s department did the right thing and fired him.
I'm pretty sure he did what he set out to do since you're here focusing on his excuses rather than the fact that the entire DUI system that the cops use has little to do with protecting people on the road and everything to do with interacting with as many people as they can to find an arrest.
I agree that the DUI system is set up for the individual to fail! I was addressing one of the main problems with law enforcement, and that is they act more like a gang than what you’d expect from a profession that is supposed to uphold and enforce the laws. The instructor went immediately into the cover for the officer mode instead of being concerned that the officer might have done something wrong. @@darksaint0124
🎯💪🏿💯
Was thinking samething. " I have no words" sound like don't want to bad mouth my fellow criminal law enforcer bro.
😅😂🤣@@Nasirr1421
Regular people get fired from their jobs for way less. With great power comes less responsibility.
What, drivers have to prove that they are NOT under the influence?!?! What BS!
Great reporting. This is exactly what local journalism is all about: holding those who abuse their authority to account.
& we wonder why there is NO trust in law enforcement....
U can’t say this about all officers ik some great officers that would never do this, after I was hit by a drunk driver I had a police officer check up on me for a few week
@@brandoncaldwell8661 in 2022 law enforcement killed citizens at a rate of 20 to 1. That means I am 20 times more likely to be killed by an officer then I am to shoot and kill an officer. Forgive me but I WILL say this about all officers !!! (References provided below so you can verify and educate yourself.)
1,176 citizens / 59 officers = 20
"Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence" - The Guardian Feb 6th, 2023
" the number of law enforcement officers who were feloniously killed in the year 2022 amounted to a total of 59." - FBI Releases 2022 Data on Law Enforcement Officer Deaths May 8th, 2023.
@@brandoncaldwell8661 There is not a hundred videos of a hundred different cops being the "bad apple" posted to TH-cam...
There is not a thousand videos of a thousand different cops being the "bad apple" posted to TH-cam...
THERE IS LITERALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND VIDEOS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND "BAD APPLE" COPS POSTED TO TH-cam!!!
and the US only has roughly 600,000 cops nation wide... so...
1 in 6 cops are "bad apples"... at least.
Proof is in the pudding... puddin.
@@brandoncaldwell8661dude- this isn't a novel. Stop defending thugs.
@@Sondan1988 that is a sickening number.
That department doesn’t need more training, it needs more integrity and honesty.
Bingo.
You either have integrity or you dont. we know now this dept has NO integrity
The only way to stop this is massive lawsuits.
I've eternally lost my 2nd amendment right because of a fake DUI arrest!
He broke the law !!!! What the hell are they talking about?? Arrest him.... name the prosecutor, name the AG, seriously this is nuts
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY!!! That cop is working the next department or law enforcement position over from where he was fired. Not stripped of his certification.
Another reason to have zero trust in law enforcement, all these supervisors knew he was full of sh*t and continued to pedal it until it made the news.
I would sue that officer and even the damn city too
Always making excuses for those corrupt cops
Serious question - why hasn't he been charged for filing false police reports and violating oath of office?
Many have done that and nothing happens to them
I don’t even think those are crimes.
@@alejandronopasanada5302only if you are a civilian. Then it is.
Because the prosecutors and judges are bought and paid for by the police union. The checks must have cleared.
It's because the supreme court ruled that cops are allowed to lie! Cops lie to the citizens, suspects, their superiors, on their reports, the prosecutors and to the judges in court. I honestly don't think a cop is capable of telling the truth and they will beat their lies into a person or keep them locked up until they believe it's the truth.
Of course, the DUI trainer for the whole state is going to say that the police department needs more training. That's more money in his pocket. Can he point out what the officer did wrong? And how to correct it?
File that formal complaint and File that lawsuit against all parties involved.
Fired? Why is he not arrested and charged with a serious felony? People are supposed to care what happens to cops?
ABSOLUTELY ridiculous that the media has to embarrass the police department to get a horrible person off the job. He likely still has his ability to work in the industry. Which means he'll be terrorizing another community soon.
Ain’t no chance another department hires him.
If they do that department is trash to begin with
@@user-ts7ns7bt2v clearly you live in a fantasy world. Recently the town of Coffee Texas had 50 police officers. The town only has 200 residents. Nearly all of the cops had been fired from other departments for bad behavior and criminal offenses. EVEN the chief of police had a felony conviction. That town isn't the only town like that.
They must get bonuses for DUI arrest this should stop.
@@user-ts7ns7bt2v Most won't but some will unfortunately. He could never really testify in court either, a lawyer would crucify him with all that media on the case.
@@rustycarter8969you’re absolutely right
Fired...He should be charged...
That instructor is the problem with law enforcement. He knew that the officer was wrong but refused to condemn his actions.
This has happened in TN and other states sadly. Things like this keep happening yet some want to eliminate the ability to sue these types of officers, smh.
He needs to go to jail for multiple counts of kidnapping, assault and false imprisonment.
That's why the police unions pay legislators to pass qualified immunity laws.
Why is that former cop not in jail???
when his reports go thru the legal process against these people falsely arrested, he has filed a false document to the court and committed perjury..
Fired? Fired? Naw he should get jail time. He really messed up peoples lives.
DUI can easily ruin years of your life for jobs or other things and this officer just gets fired.......
Does anybody believe this is the only one of the estimated 700,000 cops out there that is doing this?
I don't know. I need a lot of concussions for me to believe that.
Not a chance..
He should receive the cumulative sentence of everyone he falsely accused.
Or 25 years. Whichever is greater.
That's not how the system works. He can only receive the maximum sentence for each conviction, with the possibility that the sentences must be served consecutively.
Thank you for sharing.
That clown should’ve been put in jail. These people should sue for millions of dollars I bet you after that they clean up their police force.
These victims are forced to pay up to $10,000 for these tests to prove their innocence!
Damn right.
The same thing happened to me in Arizona. I do large scale paving jobs around the west. I can be gone for 2 months at a time. I was on my way to an interstate paving job in eastern AZ (from Nevada) and was pulled over at about 1:00 am (for nothing) No drugs, as we are drug tested and I had NOTHING to drink. I breezed past the roadside tests. He said, sorry, your eyes are glassy! What does that mean? Arrested for DUI. My pickup was towed and impounded and I went to jail. I blew a 0.00 on the breath test so they took me to the hospital for a blood draw. The results would take 6 to 8 weeks.
My wife had to drive to AZ with 2500 in bail money, 1000 for my truck. We paid a lawyer 5000 for a retainer, a room for two nights, I spent 3 days in jail, and LOST my job paving, I was fired. We almost lost our house and I have kids.
Right before my court appearance, they dropped the charges. I got no money back and they didn't even apologize. Basically, too bad, see ya.
Bandit you may have a case to sue that agency. Talk with an attorney
@@TheBandit7613fing cops are horrible. That guy cost you thousands and him and his cop buddies sit around laughing knowing there is nothing that can be done to them. I really hate cops.
@graw3568 They left me handcuffed all night. I never once resisted them or even argued with them. The cop took an immediate dislike to me. Which is fine, don't like me but follow the law.
They knew I was stone sober from the start. I was picked because I was out of state. I'm scared to enter AZ now. If they can false arrest us, they can easily plant drugs in our vehicles and get away with it. I now avoid AZ.
I'm with you, I hate cops too. They have WAY too much power and something needs to be done;
BS. You can do your own test, and the police would cover the cost.
Just being fired is not 100% remedy, there needs to be trial and conviction and prison, those that covered up this should be fired.
He needs to face criminal charges as well. Just getting fired is to easy!!!
All I heard the other cop saying was that cops are going to get away with whatever they are doing, legal or otherwise.
Getting fired in law enforcement nowadays doesn’t mean anything. He’ll have multiple job offers from other agencies.
He didn't get Fired. He Resigned. Now he can apply at another location or retire.
Yep, resigned so he can apply at the county or next city over.
@@jondoe406from everything I've seen you can just as easily get a job at the next town over even if you were fired. Unless your certification is taken from you and in 95% of the firings it is not.
@@1stamendmentmedia464 good point, they are often allowed to keep their cert regardless of how they leave.
He’s probably working in the next town or county over
This channel turned the assumption upside down. Its not your job to prove your innocence, its the cops job to prove your guilt. In each of these cases the cop proved these people innocent themselves and chose to violate their rights anyway. And yes never do a field sobriety test. Not only blow in the breathalyzer but demand a hospital blood test.
Why do you not want to do the FST but submit to the breathalyzer and blood test? I'm not experienced in this so I'd appreciate an explanation.
@@madog1 You do not legally have to submit to a field sobriety test. So don't do it.
You do have to submit to a breathalyzer which if innocent will prove it in court.
Also if innocent a blood test will also prove your innocents.
@@madog1 - The physical tests can be impacted by wind, ground being level, distractions in the surrounding area, how nervous you are, how long you were sitting in the car where your muscles need to be warmed-up before beginning, what shoes you’re wearing, how tired you are, etc.
The eye test (HGN) is subjective and typically isn’t recorded by their body cam close enough to show your eye movements to scrutinize in court by your attorney, so it’s just his 👮♂️ word.
@writerconsidered Thank you for your reply. If you don't do the FST but you do the breathalyzer, can they arrest you?
@mikeradu2010 ok, thank you for the explanation. I've seen on other videos where they said something like the FST is designed to make you fail so they can have 'proof' or 'reasonable suspicion' (not sure if that was exactly what they said, its been a while since I've seen it) to arrest.
what BLOWS MY MIND is that there are two or three ADDITIONAL officers as WITNESSES and instead of questioning this cops authority and his recollection of judgement, they BLATANTLY agree and let him CONTINUE on with his behavior. You mean to tell me that NOT ONE of them couldn't speak up for a call to better assess the situation rather than accuse?
No, that would be too much like honesty and integrity. Can't put into practice the oath they swear to in the beginning....
He needs to be locked up
GBI didn’t see any criminal activity on the part of the Officer?
That’s BS. There needs to be better oversight of Officers.
Glad the media got involved.
I was expecting it to be as usual we investigated our self not an outside agency saying it's all good
I love the instructor, how many excuses can you come up with! He saw no criminal behavior, what happened to false arrest! WTF!?!
Maybe the Instructor needs to be fired and charged with conspiracy.
Fun fact: DUIs generates SOOOOO much $$$$$$$$ for the state and its cronies, this is why the police are so quick to arrest and the SA quick to prosecute.
Yep, saw an Australian mention they have testing strips that detect drugs on the spot and suggested the US invest in that as a tool. I quickly said the officers would be bored and it doesn't give them an actual incentive to actually do their job. They rather create chaos just as much as complain about it too. The cops are their own worst enemies.
I'm a retired State Trooper North Carolina and I can tell you right here right now, this so called officer needs to be sued for everything he has. These people had to take off work , hire an attorney. Pathetic
Him getting fired is slap on the wrist compared to what he put those innocent people through.
Go figure, the scumbag DUI instructor wouldn't say what the other office did was wrong.
Dollars to donuts that Dui instructor taught the cop how to falsely arrest people for DUIs.
The reporter needs to ask the question...where did he get taught to falsely arrest people like he did.
Exactly. The DUI instructor is a coward. The whole DUI process needs to be reexamined
Ding ding ding you are a winner!! The instructor dodged the question really well. Because he knew it would make him look bad.
He was “alarmed”, but not even “disappointed”, or hopping mad.
No surprise that the DUI instructor refrained from any kind of criticism of the crooked cop.
Guarantee he's not the only one making false arrests.