Sheriff says deputy should have known better

Sheriff says deputy should have known better

Here's a story about a cop who was driving drunk and got away with it. Not very shocking huh? Sort of... expected. Of course, the average citizen would not be treated so kindly. Under the same circumstances, swirving on the road and having the smell of alcohol (as reported on local TV news) would give you a one way ticket to jail and not two traffic tickets. Oh yeah, he even lied to his fellow officers about who all he had been drinking with in an apparent intimidation tactic. Stand up citizen... no. Good cop... no. Criminal... yeah, with a badge and gun.

Wasn't there a time, or is it one of those urban legends, when cops were held to a higher standard? Maybe it was during those times people had respect for cops, because they were out there catching criminals and seemed to be the emodiment of law and good citizenry. Of course, maybe it was just a facade. Maybe it's always been a facade, nobody is perfect after all. So even though we pretend to hold them to a higher standard, we actually lower it for them? Maybe, sad if true. Maybe this supposedly "good cop" who pulled over the criminal cop, is a facade as well, after all he lowered the standard and showed bias in field as he let the wife drive away the criminal.

So what should happen? Easy. Arrest the criminal cop and process him like everyone else gets processed when caught driving while intoxicated, and reprimand the officer(s) who let him go, instructing them what the standard is for all people. Then one day, perhaps a long time from now, it may actually be shocking for this event to have occurred.

Here I am

Well I read a lot and I'm somewhat known at work to provoke thought and question things that are the norm but maybe should not be anymore. While reading various items on the net, I find myself from time to time wanting to post a comment or thought on the article. And I think that is how I will utilize my blog space.

For instance, today. I'm reading an article on the internet that was included in Google's newspage. I know some of the linked sites are not from the USA. But I was reading an article from the local paper, and I find a glaring error in spelling. By itself, who cares? And if you care about one article, so what? But, I am noticing this stuff all the time in many articles, and I am beginning to think we have some pretty lazy or inept editors and writers/journalists. The problem is probably "spell-check." Sure, the word "I" may be spelled correctly to the checker, but it is dead wrong when you are writing about a verbal vote and saying that everyone voting said, "I" instead of "aye." That was not the article's particular error, but it was an error I read while reviewing transcripts of a hearing. Just to be clear, I am not a "grammar nazi," (which usually applies to postings on forums and maybe even blogs) but I am seeing a clear trend in people not proofreading work that they know is going out on the net and meant to be professional.

So there, I've started. I try to be succinct in almost everything I write, but there are times when I will write ad nauseum... which isn't necessarily a bad thing. More to come.