Officer fined $18,000 for arresting firefighter

[wyrmtung]

Just in case we still don't know that there are a lot of dumb ass cops out there.

A battle between a police officer and a firefighter in the middle of an emergency call is costing the officer almost $18,000.

News 4 has obtained police video that shows a Hazelwood police officer arresting a fire captain in the middle of efforts to move an injured driver from Interstate 270.

The videotape is what led to the federal court jury's verdict Wednesday afternoon.

The incident happened almost five years ago, but the tape has turned out to be very powerful evidence.

Missouri law grants firefighters the right to park their vehicles wherever they want, but Hazelwood's police chief says he still believes police have the right to regulate traffic and have fire trucks moved.

http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stori....bd01f42f.html
The link has video of the arrest. It's hilarious...if you can ignore the fact that someone's life hangs in the balance from a car accident.

I would get on my soapbox and explain exactly why 50% of all cops are total duchebags who need to get broom raped in prison but I won't. It's a pointless debate because it will never change. All we can do is applaud the rare occasions where a cop really isn't above the law.

[Huggo]

He's just jealous that firefighters are more heroic than cops on a day to day basis.

[Chreman]

True, how many cops get to do something synchronized during the superbowl?

[Venture]

Same big, red, glaring in the middle of the road from a mile off firetruck keeping the cop from having to worry about a car slamming into him while he gets to argue with the firefighter. Brilliance!

[jmc]

Coming from another officer.......... that is just retarded. Even the police chief backs up that officer, holy crap I dont wanna work there.

and fuck that heroic comment, I do dangerous stuff everyday god dammit! lol

Then again.... im not a "patrolman"

[Fhqwghads]

Wow, what a massive douchebag. Not only is he getting the way of an emergency response team, but after making himself into a gigantic ass, he hovers over them all. In a situation like that I can imagine you'd need to be 100% focused on what you're doing, and knowing some dickhead like that is standing around after the moronic arrest has got to be incredibly distracting. I'm gald that idiot got fined. Hope he gets stuck writing parking tickets the rest of his career. I bet that firefighter was thinking "is this dumbass really trying to get me to move a goddamn firetruck in the middle of a rescue??"

[Shuemue]

Some people just aren't cut out for positions of authority.

[wyrmtung]

Link with more detail.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...3?OpenDocument

Anyone here surprised the cop has a history of duchebagery?

[Aerin]

That officer seriously has mental issues. It's not like they parked there just because they felt like it. It's so that they are sure they can safely remove the victim from the car. I wonder what the cop would have said if the stretcher got moved or hit by an oncoming car/idiot.

[guartz]

Suddenly all the Fire-Fighters and Police Officers of U.S.A looked at each other, silently and awkwardly.