Cops pull over police chief for speeding and let him go without even a warning

[Rams]

Cops pull over police chief for speeding and let him go without even a warning
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/02/cops-pull-over-police-chief-for-speeding-and-let-him-go-without/

An Arkansas State Police trooper pulled over the police chief of a small Arkansas town late last month and, despite evidence of speeding, let the chief go without even a warning.

According to KATV, ASP trooper L. Williams pulled over a red Ford F-150 on October 21 after a Brinkley, Arkansas, police officer requested ASP assistance with a speeding vehicle outside of city jurisdiction. The Brinkley officer claimed that the truck was cruising at well over 100 miles per hour when he clocked it. When Trooper Williams stopped the speeding truck, he discovered Brinkley police chief Ed Randle at the wheel.

Footage from the ASP patrol car's dashcam shows Randle, Williams, and an unidentified Brinkley police officer having a jovial conversation at the side of the road. When asked where he was going in such a hurry, Randle told Trooper Williams that he was on his way to Clarendon, Arkansas to referee a ball game. After a few minutes, the officers returned to their cars and Chief Randle drove away, apparently without a ticket or even a warning to slow down.

KATV obtained the dashcam footage from the ASP cruiser. When they reached out to Chief Randle for an explanation he claimed that he couldn't remember how fast he was going, but that it was impossible for him to have been moving as fast as the BPD officer claimed.
"My truck is governed to 95 miles an hour, so when I go past 95 miles an hour - I wasn't near close to 95 miles an hour as I was traveling," Randle told KATV. "I might have been a little bit over the speed limit, but it wasn't that much."

Monroe County Prosecutor Baxter Sharp III told KATV that he wasn't aware of the incident or the dashcam footage until he was contacted by the station. He then said that his office was now looking into the matter.


Locked in on radar at 107 mph!   Most of us would be in jail for such an infraction.

This happens every day within the police community.   Have a friend who's wife was bragging to us one evening about how often she gets pulled over to only be let go without even a warning.    She finally shut up when her husband noticed how the rest of the group was taking it and told her to change the subject.   Yeah, it pisses me off.   She/they are no better than the rest of us but, it's not going to change.     Changes like that only happen when the change is driven from within.   Not likely to happen.

[GiG]

Cops look the other way and cover for each other all the time.  a
Still, That's not as bad as the one on this board the other day advocating going to Detroit to rais hell and burn buildings. My godson is a cop and just LOVES throwing those out of town arsonist dumbasses in prison. Last Sunday there were 14 fires in Detroit, way below the average. A few years ago, Walter Hayes, a Valkyrie riding fireman I knew died in an arson fire, and here we have a member that is a cop encouraging arson 

[Rams]

I understand "Professional Courtesy" extended to other LEOs.   I also understand and why.   It could be themselves benefitting from it.   But, 107 mph?    IMHO, that's well beyond the limit.   

I'm not sure who the LEOs on this board are but, would really like to know what they think.

[vanagon40]

Thirty years ago, it would have been news if the State Trooper HAD given the Police Chief a ticket. Times change (and I offer no opinion on whether for the better or worse in this situation). Also, thirty years ago, only about 10 people would have known that the Police Chief was given a break.

[DK]

Cops pull over police chief for speeding and let him go without even a warning
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/02/cops-pull-over-police-chief-for-speeding-and-let-him-go-without/

An Arkansas State Police trooper pulled over the police chief of a small Arkansas town late last month and, despite evidence of speeding, let the chief go without even a warning.

According to KATV, ASP trooper L. Williams pulled over a red Ford F-150 on October 21 after a Brinkley, Arkansas, police officer requested ASP assistance with a speeding vehicle outside of city jurisdiction. The Brinkley officer claimed that the truck was cruising at well over 100 miles per hour when he clocked it. When Trooper Williams stopped the speeding truck, he discovered Brinkley police chief Ed Randle at the wheel.

Footage from the ASP patrol car's dashcam shows Randle, Williams, and an unidentified Brinkley police officer having a jovial conversation at the side of the road. When asked where he was going in such a hurry, Randle told Trooper Williams that he was on his way to Clarendon, Arkansas to referee a ball game. After a few minutes, the officers returned to their cars and Chief Randle drove away, apparently without a ticket or even a warning to slow down.

KATV obtained the dashcam footage from the ASP cruiser. When they reached out to Chief Randle for an explanation he claimed that he couldn't remember how fast he was going, but that it was impossible for him to have been moving as fast as the BPD officer claimed.
"My truck is governed to 95 miles an hour, so when I go past 95 miles an hour - I wasn't near close to 95 miles an hour as I was traveling," Randle told KATV. "I might have been a little bit over the speed limit, but it wasn't that much."

Monroe County Prosecutor Baxter Sharp III told KATV that he wasn't aware of the incident or the dashcam footage until he was contacted by the station. He then said that his office was now looking into the matter.


Locked in on radar at 107 mph!   Most of us would be in jail for such an infraction.

This happens every day within the police community.   Have a friend who's wife was bragging to us one evening about how often she gets pulled over to only be let go without even a warning.    She finally shut up when her husband noticed how the rest of the group was taking it and told her to change the subject.   Yeah, it pisses me off.   She/they are no better than the rest of us but, it's not going to change.     Changes like that only happen when the change is driven from within.   Not likely to happen.

Nothing unusual here.

When I was a prosecuting attorney, most of the tickets I was asked to "fix" were requested by police officers & troopers. "My brother in laws best friend's son", etc.

[DK]

Cops pull over police chief for speeding and let him go without even a warning
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/02/cops-pull-over-police-chief-for-speeding-and-let-him-go-without/

An Arkansas State Police trooper pulled over the police chief of a small Arkansas town late last month and, despite evidence of speeding, let the chief go without even a warning.

According to KATV, ASP trooper L. Williams pulled over a red Ford F-150 on October 21 after a Brinkley, Arkansas, police officer requested ASP assistance with a speeding vehicle outside of city jurisdiction. The Brinkley officer claimed that the truck was cruising at well over 100 miles per hour when he clocked it. When Trooper Williams stopped the speeding truck, he discovered Brinkley police chief Ed Randle at the wheel.

Footage from the ASP patrol car's dashcam shows Randle, Williams, and an unidentified Brinkley police officer having a jovial conversation at the side of the road. When asked where he was going in such a hurry, Randle told Trooper Williams that he was on his way to Clarendon, Arkansas to referee a ball game. After a few minutes, the officers returned to their cars and Chief Randle drove away, apparently without a ticket or even a warning to slow down.

KATV obtained the dashcam footage from the ASP cruiser. When they reached out to Chief Randle for an explanation he claimed that he couldn't remember how fast he was going, but that it was impossible for him to have been moving as fast as the BPD officer claimed.
"My truck is governed to 95 miles an hour, so when I go past 95 miles an hour - I wasn't near close to 95 miles an hour as I was traveling," Randle told KATV. "I might have been a little bit over the speed limit, but it wasn't that much."

Monroe County Prosecutor Baxter Sharp III told KATV that he wasn't aware of the incident or the dashcam footage until he was contacted by the station. He then said that his office was now looking into the matter.


Locked in on radar at 107 mph!   Most of us would be in jail for such an infraction.

This happens every day within the police community.   Have a friend who's wife was bragging to us one evening about how often she gets pulled over to only be let go without even a warning.    She finally shut up when her husband noticed how the rest of the group was taking it and told her to change the subject.   Yeah, it pisses me off.   She/they are no better than the rest of us but, it's not going to change.     Changes like that only happen when the change is driven from within.   Not likely to happen.

Nothing unusual here.

When I was a prosecuting attorney, most of the tickets I was asked to "fix" were requested by police officers & troopers. "My brother in laws best friend's son", etc.

[Jess Tolbirt]

i was pulled over just the other day for 97 in a 55 in my pick up, and he let me go without a warning...because i wasnt driving recklessly

[Rams]

Well, I guess it's just me that has to stay within 5 of the speed limit. 

I've only gotten out of a ticket one time in my life.   Must be my attitude..........   

[The emperor has no clothes]

Well, I guess it's just me that has to stay within 5 of the speed limit. 

I've only gotten out of a ticket one time in my life.   Must be my attitude..........   

Life is not fair. You better start getting used to that. 

[Rams]

Well, I guess it's just me that has to stay within 5 of the speed limit.  

I've only gotten out of a ticket one time in my life.   Must be my attitude..........  

Life is not fair. You better start getting used to that.  

You say that like you think I don't already know that but, it is a good poke in the ribs.  
I'll give you that.  
But, accepting unethical behavior is not something I'll get used to or accept without noting.   Your positions on other behaviors is apparent.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Well, I guess it's just me that has to stay within 5 of the speed limit. 

I've only gotten out of a ticket one time in my life.   Must be my attitude..........   

Life is not fair. You better start getting used to that. 

You say that like you think I don't already know that but, it is a good poke in the ribs.   
I'll give you that.   
But, accepting unethical behavior is not something I'll get used to or accept without noting.   

Well that's fine. I don't like it either. Cops are human, they are usually going to take care of friends and family.

[cookiedough]

agree life is not fair, just have to live with it.  

It goes for speeding tickets or employment for jobs and everything in between.  It is NOT what you know but WHO you know that seems to matter.  

Did not want to even say a word back when my neighbor was bragging up yet again his kid in the military being a lt. colonel when he told me he heavily speeds all the time, but when he wears his uniform while doing it,  he never gets a ticket.    

Sorry, but if say doing anything over around 80 mph in a 55,  a ticket should be mandatory and also should depend on your driving record as well how much that ticket should be.   Have I done it,  yes just a few times, but I also will accept the penalty if I get caught.    Over 100 though in a 55 is pushing the limits of a very stiff fine regardless of who you are.    

[Rams]

Equal protection under the law also means equal application of the law.

If you accept anything less, you're part of the problem.