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[Forgotten Ancient]

[This isn't big news, but it's local for me. I know the judge (work with the judge's son) who let him off the hook.]


October 18, 2004 - 5:15PM
STURGIS (NEWS 3) - A Sturgis police officer who was arrested on drunk driving charges in August will not serve jail time and will keep his job.

After a plea bargain, Nicholas Dale Allen was sentenced Monday on charges of impaire driving. No one was seriously hurt when Allen rolled his vehicle on August 21st. At the time, Allen's blood alcohol level was 0.13 percent.

During sentencing Monday, the judge said Allen's punishment at work would outweigh what the court would do. "There's no need for probation,” said Judge Jeffrey Middleton. “Your department is going to be on you much more closely, much more strictly than our probation department would be."
Allen will have to pay $595 in fines.

 

[Baron Aloha]

I know of plenty of other people who have gotten off like that. They aren't just doing it because he is a cop.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

I know of plenty of other people who have gotten off like that. They aren't just doing it because he is a cop.

I'm not saying it's because he's a cop that he's getting off the hook. I *had* a good friend who was also a cop that lost his job because of a very similar incident.

I've had another friend who's license was revoked for...I don't know the exact length of time...when he slammed into a tree drunk.

Regardless, it seems that a police officer who is supposed to uphold the law (or whatever) should be held to a higher standard for bullshit like this than a standard citizen.

 

[Shinobi]

Yep...they're sworn to serve and protect, so when they fuck up the book should come down harder on them. It's only fair.

Having said that, this is a crock of shit sentence by any standard...and people wonder why drinking and driving happens so often with limp wristed bullshit like this.