Concord police officer suspended without pay for passing stopped school bus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2023
- Less than a week after a home surveillance camera captured a Concord Police Department vehicle driving past a stopped school bus, the police chief has announced the officer in that car will face discipline.
Chief Gary Gacek confirmed Thursday that after an internal investigation, Sgt. Matthew Willet will be suspended without pay for five days. Gacek said Willet, who has served with the department for 15 years, will also have to appear in court for passing the stopped bus, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor in North Carolina. Gacek noted Willet will appear in court just like any other citizen ticketed for the same violation.
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Really gotta question the logic of keeping a cop who who passes school buses. He’s been doing this 15 years though so he thought he was above the law.
yup
He should be charged, just like any of us
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
It's a damn shame that it takes Nationwide attention to get municipalities to actually do the right thing, that alone tells you all you need to know about are disgusting law-enforcement in this country having the ability to do the right thing when nobody's looking.
They still haven't done the right thing. If you did this you would be facing criminal charges...
@@crispy9175 He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 he's getting special treatment
Ya this guy should have been fired
The American that just done the same thing went to jail while this Blue Coat… well, nothing happened to him. Thanks Democrats and Republicans you idits are doing a bang up job
15 year Sargent. Passing a school bus on right side Door side. To call this guy Barney Fiffe would be an insult to Don Knotts
even Gomer Pyle has more sense
@@mrbloodywolfguy8071 Most of the population today hearing the names Don Knotts, stage names Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle would be like "Who?!?
@@randys6220 Sadly, true.
Passing a stopped school bus on the LEFT is bad enough and is STILL a class 1 misdemeanor (mandatory court appearance, $500 fine and 5 points on license), but passing on the RIGHT SIDE, is just plain criminal negligence. Hopefully, a good judge who thinks a police officer "ought to know better" just might use this cop as an example. I'd LOVE to see what happens with this.
@dennismood7476
You bet. This is the guy out writing tickets saying you're parked too far from the curb.
He needs to be fired!! He did this when he thought no one was watching, what else has he done??!!!
yup
They spelled FIRED wrong
Fire them
Lol, true
...and you wrongly spelt the word "spelt"
If it had been a civilian did that they would have been arrested thrown in jail and left there for days Before being allowed to even speak to a judge
yup
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The Blue Coats are out of control
A civilian doing the same thing would be arrested and jailed. A police officer should be held to a much higher standard. Protect and serve, remember?
Totally agree!
Cops are civilians, but yeah. Your point is correct.
@@lordhumongous4272 govt official zzzz public school much
Well. The supreme Court decided they don't have to protect and serve us. So there's that
Not with they're badge on@@lordhumongous4272
Wow talk about a slap on the nose 5 days with no pay and a ticket ! You're a goddamn Cop !!! they should fire him...
FOP probably cut him a check to make up for it
Was he served a warrant at his home at 5 AM ? was he left in the back of a patrol car while the cops stood around laughing at the idiot in custody ? Did he have to call around to post bail ? did he get strip searched ?
Did you?
Sounds like allot of details from personal experience.
@@supersquirrel7546 never arrested , never in cuffs , seems like you have knowledge as well
@ alsatful.
I wasn't the one who posted your questions. Hahaha.
It's clear you've been arrested, but completely unclear if I ever was.
Hahaha.
@@supersquirrel7546 Stay clueless , it suits you
@ alsatful.
Sure thing. Sparky. I will be completely content with being clueless to the experience of being arrested. I won't even envy your own personal experiences.
But if you have a problem with being arrested under the conditions you've mentioned, might I suggest not getting arrested anymore? It's allot less stressful. Good luck Skippy.
He should be charged with careless driving and anything else they would charge anyone else who did that
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
Suspended for 5 days, what a joke. He should be fired and doing time in prison.
So if I do the same in my regular vehicle, I will be suspended from work without pay for 5 days and then go back to regular life? No tickets, not jail, no points to driver license... OK, ready tomspeed by school buses from now on...
This is just ridiculous.
They say he was fined and had to go to traffic court like anyone else.
this is why WE THE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. they will investigate themselves and find nothing wrong. Well WE THE PEOPLE find the WHOLE GOVERNMENT CORRUPT
How come the other driver who did this same thing in March is in prison with a $20,000 bond but the cop, not so much?!?
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The officer needs to be fired. A perfect example that years of experience means nothing. Other than he has probably be violating the law himself for fifteen years and using the badge to protect himself. If the house did not have a camera, he probably would have denied this incident.
Fired? Try held criminally liable!
I'm a school bus driver (Louisville). The bus almost certainly has cameras as well. While the bus driver was wrong to not engage stop lights / stop sign (you can tell because the 'crossover gate" rod isn't deployed from the front right side of the bus bumper) the cop should NEVER have done such! The end result could EASILY have been a dead kid!!!
@@fred_derf Criminally liable for what? It's a traffic infraction, not a criminal offense. If someone runs a red light and smashes into a car, it's still not a criminal offense, unless the driver was under the influence or combined with some other offense, like excessive speed or driving on a suspended or revoke license.
Five days unpaid leave is a sentence? He should be in jail. Anyone of us would be.
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
@@paullake1114 Nor would most people, who could afford a decent attorney and had a clean driving record.
Passing the stopped school bus by the right shoulder of the road and especially at that speed right next to the bus door is inexcusable and was dangerous/reckless regardless of the circumstances. It created a possible life changing/life ending moment that could have been a forever tragedy. However, one thing that was never mentioned was whether the movable stop sign and emergency lights were activated at the time. I've passed stopped school buses on the FAR-LEFT side very, very slowly (snail pace) when the emergency lights and extendable stop signs were NOT activated which means they are not loading and unloading students. It is usually some other urgent reason the school bus driver decided to stop the bus in the roadway. Maybe the term "stopped school bus" means the emergency lights and movable stop sign were activated".
I believe the lights were ON! There is longer video cam from that house that shows ALL of the others, in both directions,stopped for this child's stop.
Why was he not demoted???
*Fired
You mean fired? Good question! The department is obviously ok with this type of behavior from their employees
5 days for almost killing a child he needs to be fired
SUSPENDED? He should be fired and charged with attempted murder!
How about, with suspension, we also issue traffic citations that any other person who did this would get, and let him go before a judge to see if he should get to keep his driving license or have it suspended.
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
Patrick Trimble. In case you didn't listen to the end of this video, the reporter said that the State police have issued a ticket for the offense and the officer will have to appear in court for it JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITIZEN. I looked up the consequences for doing this (Class 1 Misdemeanor) and if convicted (which is most likely due to video evidence), the costs can be a $ 500 fine, and 5 points on his license which will raise his personal auto insurance sky high. The penalties COULD be higher if the judge thinks that a police officer "should have known better" because a COMMERCIAL driver would receive 8 points on their license, a stern judge might just think that the officer should receive a greater penalty for doing such a thing and use the officer to set an example.
@@dennismood7476 the problem is... he's NOT JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITIZEN. he needs to be charged 10x more than anybody else as a govt official
Suspension but not fired? Disgusting.
That officer needs to be FIRED
SUSPENDED? NEEDS TO BE FIRED!
They always consider themselves above the law
Just because he is a so called police doesn't mean s and they all thank that they can do whatever they want but 😡🤬
Exactly they should be held to a higher standard instead of a lower standard
After his suspension he will immediately be promoted to Chief with Back pay .
Needs to be fired!!!
So he got a five day vacation for this?
He was protecting that child to the best of his abilities. LOL!
He SHOULD have been arrested, charged with reckless driving, passing a stopped school-bus AND endangerment of a child.
If he was a normal citizen he would be jail ,no doubt! But he’s a police officer so he can do whatever he wants of course
Months earlier, a citizen in the same area did go to jail for the same thing.....The police earn the hate.
When are people going to be held accountable for there actions
What a way to spit in its own community's face by saying your kids life is only worth 5 days pay for a cop.
Did I miss something? Why is the "officer's" name and picture not shown??? Only suspended five days? He should have been fired or at the very least busted back to the lowest rank possible!!! Maybe writing parking tickets or Police Dept. janitor!!!
Wow 5 day suspension without pay for almost running down a child. This is crazy.
This is a Sergeant. If he did NOT see the red lights flashing, OR a CHILD on the road as he passed by her AND NOT EVEN BRAKE FOR HER, that alone should be child endangerment and he needs his eyes checked. So much for protecting and serving a precious, innocent child.
Why isn’t he in jail
Criminal charges when?
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
Not a criminal offence Karen !
@@Bugsy0333 found the bootlicker. And yes, there are criminal charges that can be applied dumbass.
Didn't they blame it on a City employee at the beginning?
The picture is grainy, but I don't see the crossing arm extended at the front of the bus. It extends automatically whenever the red lights and stop arm are activated.
Unacceptable
Anyone that gets caught doing this needs to use this case as an example If they try to overcharge u
Should have gotten fired! 😡
I think the bus drivers should pull close enough to the side of the road that people cannot pass on the right. I have seen several bus drivers park the bus on an angle to protect students crossing the highway.
That son-of-a-lawbreaking bungeeballs!
5 days without pay and a ticket.
Woohoo! Suspend that lawbreaker. ⛔
I hope he's in jail...
5 days suspended... someone else would have been arrested
He should never work again as a cop!
Mind you the cop gets what he deserves. That said though, I had to look at the video a few times before realizing, from this two-dimensional view, how far the cop car was away from the kid. Kudos to the kid for looking both ways and not taking the three to four steps forward it would have taken to get in front of that cop car. Way to go parents for teaching your kids to look out for themselves!
That should have been an immediate termination. If you are a 15 year vet on the force, you know better period. He should have been made an example of.
Remember people you do not have to know how to read to become a police officer.
Is that 2 land road ?
Just 5 days? What would be have gotten if he hit that child?
This is ridiculous this officer was a Sargent he knew better and they only gave him 5 days without pay smh
Suspended ? Fire him smh
Who is the news anchor?
Suspended? He should have been fired and charged with chlid endangerment.
He should have been fired and arrested
If he had killed the child I guess he would have got 10 days?
Will he be suspended for a week next time if he runs over the child?
Anyone else would be in jail
He's lucky he didn't kill the girl, or he'd be going to prison.
Rules for thee
Oh isn't that nice of the Police Chief to suspend the cop for five whole days for almost killing a child.
15 year veteran of the department... the man should be fired.
imagine doing this thinking you're going to get a paid vaca then finding out no pay.. cruise trip just cost that poor cop real money
15 year veteran he knows better
But, but,… the thin blue lines y’all! Keep up!
What no fine? How can that be? How much wash the ticket. That's supposed to be an automatic suspension of your driver's license also
He is facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 120 days.
@@oldriver1827 He will Never serve any time
That's all! How about including community service or driving school on top of the fine like they will force on us.
Time to retire Officer Tackleberry.
He should be fired!
I would have fired him or her.
I bet he at least got a HEATED ride in the hot seat! I can't believe anyone would be crazy enough to pass the bus on the starboard side where the students get on and off. Passing the bus on the starboard side should have more serious consequences. It should be considered Felony Reckless Endangerment!!!!! That officer should be fired, and he should do time.
The thing the bus driver could have done differently was pull closer to the edge of the road. That would have prevented anyone from passing on the starboard side. Passing it on the port side is bad enough, which poses a danger to students who have to cross the street to get on or off the bus.
Wouldn't it be great is law-enforcement lead by example instead of playing by their own rules.
Who doesn't love cops???
It's a vacation for him.. he doesn't care
Officer should be fired then jailed then driver's license suspended for life
Should be fired
In fairness, the tyrant was on an important mission, to shoot a family's dog in their yard for no reason.
What a joke. 5 days no pay. He should do 6 months office work and be made to run child safety classes for new recruits. He knows better and didn’t give a crap.
Lol so he keeps his job? A citizen would be in jail. What a joke this country is.
But if you or i do it, its a 200,000 dollar fine, plus jail time.
Justice?
Suspension is not the proper punishment for Passing a stopped school bus on the shoulder of the road on right while a child exists the bus. IMMEDIATE Termination would be the proper punishment.
Now charge him criminally and send him to prison. Just like you've done to non-police officers who've done the same thing.
You wouldn't go to prison for passing a stopped school bus. It's just a traffic ticket.
@@rogersmith7808 Yet, other people have.
@@fred_derf Bullshit. No one has gone to prison just for passing a stopped school bus. If you believe they have it shouldn't be difficult to supply a source.
That nimrod nearly killed that child and all he got was a suspension?
Five days for passing on the wrong side of the bus, assault wit( a deadly weapon, violation of numerous traffic laws concerning passing school buses but hell it was only a child most likely the officer feared for his life.
He should be fired not just lose pay for 5 days.
Make the Officer drive a School bus for a month. To protect and Serve.
Ego driven cops
Why is this bus driver discharging and unloading students in the middle of the street and doesn't drive to the curb to let the kid(s) out?
The cop should be fired.
Well, Passing Stopped School Bus is a very very serious offense. That's against the Law.
Bus kick
suspended? BS
School bus driver at fault also, he failed to stop closer to the curb to prevent cars from passing.
shut