Until now, officers arrested for driving while intoxicated have been kept on
restricted duty until the criminal charge was adjudicated, a process that
sometimes takes years. Under current policies, drunk-driving convictions that
do not involve injuries usually result in suspensions and the loss of vacation
time.
Mayor Giuliani defended the new hard-line. “That probably should have been the
rule from the very beginning,” he said. “You have to leave a little margin for
discretion. But let’s say the general rule for the Police Department should be
that if you get found to have been driving drunk, you should be dismissed from
the Police Department.”
I TRIED TO PUT THIS IN QUOTE'S BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK.. OK, MY QUESTION IS WHY SHOULD AN OFFICER, OR ANYONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LOSE THEIR JOB IF THEY GET A D.W.I.? I MEAN IN ALMOST ANY OTHER PROFESSION, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR JOB. IF I WAS A STOCKBROKER, FIANCIAL ANAYLYST..ETC AND I WENT OUT GOT SMASHED, AND TOTALED MY CAR AND RECIEVED A D.W.I I WOULD STILL HAVE MY JOB THE NEXT DAY!! BUT IF YOUR A LEO, YOUR JOB IS IN GREAT JEOPARDY!!
IN NO WAY I'M I TRYING TO PROMOTE DRINKING AND DRIVING, OR ENCOURAGING LEO'S TO DRINK, AND DRIVE I JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, AS TO WHY EQUAL TREATMENT ISN'T GIVEN TO LEO'S UNDER THIS MATTER!!!! WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS!
restricted duty until the criminal charge was adjudicated, a process that
sometimes takes years. Under current policies, drunk-driving convictions that
do not involve injuries usually result in suspensions and the loss of vacation
time.
Mayor Giuliani defended the new hard-line. “That probably should have been the
rule from the very beginning,” he said. “You have to leave a little margin for
discretion. But let’s say the general rule for the Police Department should be
that if you get found to have been driving drunk, you should be dismissed from
the Police Department.”
I TRIED TO PUT THIS IN QUOTE'S BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK.. OK, MY QUESTION IS WHY SHOULD AN OFFICER, OR ANYONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LOSE THEIR JOB IF THEY GET A D.W.I.? I MEAN IN ALMOST ANY OTHER PROFESSION, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR JOB. IF I WAS A STOCKBROKER, FIANCIAL ANAYLYST..ETC AND I WENT OUT GOT SMASHED, AND TOTALED MY CAR AND RECIEVED A D.W.I I WOULD STILL HAVE MY JOB THE NEXT DAY!! BUT IF YOUR A LEO, YOUR JOB IS IN GREAT JEOPARDY!!
IN NO WAY I'M I TRYING TO PROMOTE DRINKING AND DRIVING, OR ENCOURAGING LEO'S TO DRINK, AND DRIVE I JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, AS TO WHY EQUAL TREATMENT ISN'T GIVEN TO LEO'S UNDER THIS MATTER!!!! WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS!
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