OPP officer cleared of stunt-driving charge

[Rob MacLennan]

ranges between 80-100 if memory serves...

Sounds right; 100 in the southern section and 80-90 in the north, as it approaches Hwy7.

[Dan Dubeau]

Hwy 115/35 is 90km/h between 401, and 35 cutoff. From 35 to hwy 7 it's 100km/h

[ddusseld]

Was the car's speedo calibrated? Who knows?

Why would she wait 6 days to report this? Really, why would she report a fellow cop? This just does not make sense. If she was so outraged by the speed she would have reported him right away.

In this case - there was an eye witness, who observed the calibrated speedometer of the car in question...

[ddusseld]

Great question. Why?

Why would you risk your job and potential advancement over a speeding ticket?

[Rob MacLennan]

Was the car's speedo calibrated? Who knows?

Why would she wait 6 days to report this? Really, why would she report a fellow cop? This just does not make sense. If she was so outraged by the speed she would have reported him right away.

It was a OPP cruiser, so presumably so.

Do you know how someone who crosses the 'thin blue line' and reports a fellow officer is treated in the detachment? It would take a few days of soul searching to figure out if she should or not.

[SVHenn]

pretty sad that she reported it, but also pretty sad him going off with the "its cause im black" thing... maybe its cause your an *** hole..maybe its cause your dumb enough to drive like an *** hole.. oh well, I guess it worked for him, maybe I should move to a place like Markham(where the visible minorities over populate the non minorities...if that even makes sence) and start using the same style of defence for everything I do wrong...its almost frigin 2009!!!!!

[MarcosSantiago]

So where does this leave the rest of us?

Well, based on the article, I can tell you that if I get charged with stunt-driving, I am calling the Defence lawyer who represented the offcier... lawyer William MacKenzie

[jarekn]

Didn't she say she was in the car with him and saw the speed??? How much more evidence do you want? To me this sounds much better from a cop saying he got you on radar...

Right or not, frankly I think she is a ***** for reporting him, she should have told him to slow down... Makes you wonder about some of them...

Stay under the radar and know when to crank it

I'm not defending the cop but this would have been a travesty if a conviction occurred. No notes, no measuring device, charges 6 days later, contradictory testimony. Why oh why would this cop have laid these charges? It makes no sense. It really looks like there was an ulterior motive.

[DucDic]

so even if he "averaged" 134kmh...it's not like he wouldn't of had "absolutely" no traffic to contend with, so the dangerous driving charge would have come into play at some point as he would have to maneuver around cars to keep up his average...and WTF is this cop doing waiting for 6 days to do anything...i hope i ain't lying on the road bleeding when she shows up, don't think i will last 6 minutes...as usual a tonne of info is missing...still, i walk into places and look at the mess other people have made in my line of work and give them ****...it makes me look bad...(yes im just a nerd, but i hate lazy nerd workmanship)...i don't care whot he boss is, so she shouldn't care either, waiting 6 days...geez...maybe if she pulls me over one day, i will ask her to hold on a sec, at least it will take her 6 days to notice that im not there anymore...alright, enough drinking, im going home...lol...

[82Seca750]

so even if he "averaged" 134kmh...it's not like he wouldn't of had "absolutely" no traffic to contend with, so the dangerous driving charge would have come into play at some point as he would have to maneuver around cars to keep up his average...and WTF is this cop doing waiting for 6 days to do anything...i hope i ain't lying on the road bleeding when she shows up, don't think i will last 6 minutes...as usual a tonne of info is missing...still, i walk into places and look at the mess other people have made in my line of work and give them ****...it makes me look bad...(yes im just a nerd, but i hate lazy nerd workmanship)...i don't care whot he boss is, so she shouldn't care either, waiting 6 days...geez...maybe if she pulls me over one day, i will ask her to hold on a sec, at least it will take her 6 days to notice that im not there anymore...alright, enough drinking, im going home...lol...

this is a prime example why HTA172 should be turfed

embrace it....celebrate it

it shows absolute disfunction under the roof of the thin blue line....they're not robots...just a bunch of schmoes like ourselves, but with badges

this case shows exactly why empowering officers to levy crippling upfront punishments should NOT be left to those who can't even comprehend how to handle the crap while they're right sitting beside it because it too is wearing a badge

and the response from the accused?......it was discrimination....not driving behavior

it's so freakin brilliant it makes my head spin

[Resurrection]

Am I missing something. If someone gets off a stunting charge we all celebrate, and say how dumb the law is, but if a cops gets off it's a big conspiracy, sounds like a double standard to me, but it doesn't surprise me, seems everything is good if you ride a bike, but if you don't you shouldn't get off any charges.

[Rob MacLennan]

Am I missing something. If someone gets off a stunting charge we all celebrate, and say how dumb the law is, but if a cops gets off it's a big conspiracy, sounds like a double standard to me, but it doesn't surprise me, seems everything is good if you ride a bike, but if you don't you shouldn't get off any charges.

What you're missing is that it shows a double standard at work. Civilians are charged at the roadside and lose their vehicle, and their license for a week. Officers seem to get the benefit of the doubt and are charged later, then the MANDATORY impoundments and suspensions don't seem to occur.

[Metastable]

I think it's great he got off it... the more people that do, the more reasons it should be scrapped. It's still amazing though how a cop never gets convicted of a traffic ticket.

[Resurrection]

What you're missing is that it shows a double standard at work. Civilians are charged at the roadside and lose their vehicle, and their license for a week. Officers seem to get the benefit of the doubt and are charged later, then the MANDATORY impoundments and suspensions don't seem to occur.

How can his car be impounded when she came forward 6 days later. If she was so worried, she should have called her supervisor right away. It sounds to me, she was making the story up. you don't wait that long to file a complaint. I think the charge was bogus. It's no double standard. Think about it. If you were driving in my car and I was doing 160 on the 401, 6 days later you file a complaint with the police, what do you think they will do. I believe they will laugh at you, and not bother me, but in this case he was charged, so if anyone is being screwed it's the cop.

[Resurrection]

I think it's great he got off it... the more people that do, the more reasons it should be scrapped. It's still amazing though how a cop never gets convicted of a traffic ticket.

And you know this how?

[Kaneda]

I will never give respect to the law because of this.. Ok pretty bold statement but god irks me

[jarekn]

LOL welcome to the club... I never gave a **** about it anyways... If they concentrated on educating people we'd never have this issue but since they don't want the general population to think on their own they have to come up with bs laws in order to make people 'FEEL' safe... If people could only use their brains...

I will never give respect to the law because of this.. Ok pretty bold statement but god irks me

[Addicted]

WOW... i'm speachless... just WOW

[Metastable]

And you know this how?

Oh my bad let me rephrase that for ya.... It's amazing how a cop never gets convicted of a traffic ticket in Canada.

[omnivore]

He said he didn't look at the speedo (for an hour?!?), but was rolling along with the flow of traffic. I can only imagine what a cop would say to me if I tried that for an excuse.
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