20/20 Story Coming

Evidently, J-Fed spoke to a meeting of Watch Commanders last week. And he confirmed that the story that had been circulating in our comment sections a few months back is true. The basics are as follows:

• ABC's 20/20 bought tickets to a CPD/UIC combined event and filmed it. Alcohol was consumed on site and after the event concluded, more alcohol was consumed at a well known drinking establishment. One or more officers were filmed at the event, at the bar, entering their cars and driving off
• Calls were made to OEMC and car descriptions were given along with the suspicious behavior observed (and filmed by 20/20). One or more traffic stops were made and no police action was taken after it was found that an officer was operating the car.

Again, we're getting all this third hand (e-mail from someone who may have been at the meeting), but it's close enough to what was in the comments section previously to warrant a "heads up" to everyone out there. The allegedly "intoxicated" behavior isn't what's going to be punished because there isn't any admissible proof of wrongdoing. What's going to be hammered is the lack of police action taken by the responding officers.

"Professional Courtesy" has many meanings. And in this age of squad car cameras, street corner pods, reporter ambushes and cell phone personal cameras, the scope of courtesy that can be extended anymore is narrowing faster than anyone dreamed possible.