Originally Posted by bazkitcase5

I agree

I already get pissed every time I see a cop going way over the speed limit when their lights are not on - I'm sure they are sometimes going somewhere important, but not all the time.

95% of the time when I'm driving and I see a HP in my lane, they are passing me, usually at a high rate of speed.

They like to be able to do whatever they want to do on the road, just because they are cops, and in this case, it cost somebody their life.

Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

Really? Because I've yet to see any of these incidents resolve in any way other than:

1: Cop fucks something (or someone) up. (For example shoots a homeowner in the back while homeowner holds robber at gunpoint and, beats up a waitress for refusing to serve him another drink, shoots handcuffed unarmed suspect who's secured in a patrol car, blows up/burns down a major residential neighborhood.)
2: Cop and his co-workers attempt to cover up the upfuckerry. Other cops pitch Major Union Bitch that anyone is daring to question anything they ever do.
3: Cop is placed on "Paid suspension" while an "investigation" takes place.
4: "Investigation" finds that cop "acted within procedures" or some other such Newspeak.
5: Cop is reinstated, frequently given a raise.

The above article is literally the first time I've heard of any cop, anywhere, looking at serious sanction for killing somebody. Prior to this the worst I've heard of is the thug/thugette "taking early retirement" only to be hired at another Cop Shop a few miles down the road, where they do whatever-it-was (this seems a particular problem with sexual assault/rape) all over again. If there actually are more incidents wherein up-fucking cops lose their jobs (or suffer any serious sanction whatsoever, it would do my heart good to read about them.

Originally Posted by Lasereth

I wish there were more articles about when the police screw up and DO get fired with no questions asked. But that's not interesting so it doesn't make it on the news.

Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

Thanks for posting the outcome, mate. Glad to see some justice served...now, the -real- test will be to see if this piece of work gets hired at another PD.

Originally Posted by Anderson firing: What's next? - The Connecticut Post Online

Anderson firing: What's next?
By Frank Juliano
STAFF WRITER
Updated: 12/15/2009 11:11:57 PM EST

MILFORD -- Being fired by the Milford police for driving recklessly in a crash that killed two people would not by itself keep Jason Anderson -- or any other officer in the same circumstances -- from being hired by another department.

Municipal police officers are certified by the state through the Police Officer Standards and Training program. The Meriden agency, headed by former Milford Chief Tom Flaherty, runs the training academy used by several area communities, including Milford.

Speaking in general terms and not about Anderson in particular, Sgt. Vaughan Dumas, a Milford Police Department spokesman, said that it would be up to each department whether to hire an officer fired somewhere else, and up to the POST program whether to certify the officer.

Police officers may not have felony records, so Anderson would have to be exonerated of the charges that he faces in the deaths of Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin, both 19, before he would be allowed to resume his law enforcement career.

Anderson was fired by the Board of Police Commissioners on Monday night for violating departmental policy, specifically the requirement that officers obey all traffic laws when not responding to an emergency.

State Police say that Anderson was traveling 94 mph when his cruiser broadsided the car carrying Servin and Krakowski early in the morning of June 13 on the Boston Post Road.

The commissioners Monday night also suspended another officer, Richard Pisani, for 30 days without pay in connection with the incident, and extended Pisani's probationary period, due to end in February, for another year.

But if Pisani completes his term as a probationary officer and joins the regular force, the incident will have no impact on his future police career, officials said.

Anderson and Pisani were heading back to Milford from a mutual-aid call in West Haven on the night of the accident. A video camera installed in Pisani's cruiser recorded both officers speeding far above the posted limit of 40 mph. Pisani accelerated up to 72 mph and was driving at about 65 when Anderson barreled passed him on the right, shortly before crashing into the teens.

Police officials said that probationary officers are closely supervised in the field and their performance is reviewed monthly. But Milford officials would not say who was supervising Pisani on the morning of the double-fatal crash.

Sgt. Richard Anderson, Jason Anderson's brother, was the first Milford officer at the scene of the crash, at the intersection of the Boston Post Road and Dogwood Road in Orange.

Jason Anderson, charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and reckless driving, is free on $250,000 bond and is next scheduled to appear Jan. 13 in state Superior Court in Milford. Pisani does not face criminal charges.

Commissioners went to unusual lengths Monday night to conduct the disciplinary hearings without any taint of questionable procedures. Chairman Carleton Giles, a Norwalk police officer, recused himself, citing his professional contact with police union officials.

A full page of "ground rules'' for covering the public portions of the hearing were given to the media, and none of the commissioners took questions afterward.

Chief Keith Mello read a prepared statement and the department's spokesman relayed his answers to written questions from reporters.

Several times officers said that the measures were being taken because of "potential litigation," but would not say whether they thought Anderson or Pisani might seek to overturn the actions taken against them. Lawyers for the families of the teens have filed notices of intent to sue the city and the Police Department.

Eric Brown, the legal counsel for the Connecticut Association of Police Unions, Council 15, did not return a reporter's phone call Tuesday.
The Anderson file n Jason Anderson, 34, was a Milford police officer for five years. n Prior to that, he had been a member of the Darien police force. n He had two minor motor vehicle accidents before the June 13 crash in Orange that killed two teens. Both occurred while he was backing a police cruiser into a parking space. n Anderson was commended for individual bravery and received five unit citations, a service award presented by the Board of Police Commissioners. n He had one civilian complaint on his personnel record, but the complaint of conduct unbecoming an officer was not sustained after an internal investigation. n Anderson had been on paid administrative leave since his arrest on Nov. 10. n He had returned to work in late summer, on light duty, as he recovered from a chest injury in the crash. n Anderson worked the 3 to 11 p.m. shift and was a member of the department's special tactical unit. He earned a base salary of $57,144.

Originally Posted by Plan9

And where did that old cuffer Gucci go? Polishing knobs in Thailand for $20s or what?