Not to beat a dead horse on police...

**Sas** · 12-22-2009, 08:24 AM

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14046775?source=rss

Again, I don't hate police, I just wish the ones around here would do their jobs...

The Colorado State Patrol suspended three staff members as part of an internal investigation into the delayed dispatch of troopers to a report of a disabled car on Interstate 25 near Fountain, minutes before a fatal accident.

At least one dispatcher was distracted by "watching a Christmas movie," Col. James Wolfinbarger, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, told reporters at a news conference Monday, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.

The driver of a Mazda sedan called the State Patrol's Pueblo dispatch center about 1:30 a.m. Thursday to report hitting a deer. The accident left the car disabled in the roadway without flashers or lights.

The State Patrol said Monday that it was nine minutes before that message was passed to a trooper.

Thirteen minutes after the initial call, a Ford Explorer driven by Heather Clinton, 20, of San Manuel, Ariz., swerved to miss the Mazda.

The sport utility vehicle rolled into the median, ejecting Clinton and her brother, 22-year-old Earl "E.J." Clinton.

Heather Clinton was killed, and her brother was seriously injured.

Wolfinbarger met with their parents Monday before announcing the internal investigation. He said it was too soon to say whether the delay contributed to the fatal accident.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and are committed to a thorough and comprehensive internal investigation," Wolfinbarger said.

"The thoughts and prayers of the Colorado State Patrol are with the Clinton family."

The agency disclosed the initial finding about the delayed response because "we are holders of the public trust," Wolfinbarger said.

"It's important that we step forward even when the news isn't good," he said.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_1404677...#ixzz0aRIytNVX

**Spaz** · 12-22-2009, 08:27 AM

now here's a good story for the bambie loving vaginas out there that cry when people shoot deer...

**SiggyZ** · 12-22-2009, 08:28 AM

You sure are on the cop hate fest lately, aren't you?

**86 IROC-Z** · 12-22-2009, 08:35 AM

Although that news story is sad & disappointing,

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

You sure are on the cop hate fest lately, aren't you?

This.

There's going to be outstanding people and conversely terrible people, and everyone in between, in every group, association, career, religion, race, etc. You can't condemn an entire group for the actions of a few.

**Sas** · 12-22-2009, 08:39 AM

I don't hate police, I just don't think people should be paid for not doing their jobs. I want a job that I can sit and watch Christmas movies, rather then doing what I'm paid to be there for. Not all police are bad I'm assuming, but we seem to have more then our share in Colorado.

**B34M3R** · 12-22-2009, 09:19 AM

At least they owned up to it without being pressured to.

**basballny2** · 12-22-2009, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Sas

I don't hate police, I just don't think people should be paid for not doing their jobs. I want a job that I can sit and watch Christmas movies, rather then doing what I'm paid to be there for. Not all police are bad I'm assuming, but we seem to have more then our share in Colorado.

ya and they got caught doing what they were doing and the police dept. suspended them....whats ur point? i could see if there was no action taken towards the officers but there was, so again.....whats ur point

**SiggyZ** · 12-22-2009, 10:04 AM

That exists everywhere. You're just looking for it due to your recent predicament.

Originally Posted by Sas

I don't hate police, I just don't think people should be paid for not doing their jobs. I want a job that I can sit and watch Christmas movies, rather then doing what I'm paid to be there for. Not all police are bad I'm assuming, but we seem to have more then our share in Colorado.

**JHayesLS1** · 12-22-2009, 12:44 PM

You were sodomized by a homeless man pretending to be a cop weren't you?

**5.0THIS** · 12-22-2009, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sas

I don't hate police, I just don't think people should be paid for not doing their jobs. I want a job that I can sit and watch Christmas movies, rather then doing what I'm paid to be there for. Not all police are bad I'm assuming, but we seem to have more then our share in Colorado.

Uhh... we're talking about dispatchers, not officers/ troopers. They are employed by the CSP, but they have no certification in law enforcement of any kind.

**Ramairgod84** · 12-22-2009, 02:40 PM

Quote by BlueZ01 "When he ran your plate it showed to be stolen he stopped u and then found out it was a different state but same plate # guess what he was doing his job...... If ur car was stolen u would want some one running plates to find your car. Your are the same person who bitches about police driving fast and then bitches because they didnt get to you fast enough when you have a wreck. The only people who dont like police are people who like to do wrong."

**67CamaroRSSS** · 12-22-2009, 02:52 PM

We need a "beating a dead horse" smilie...

**Z28Thunder** · 12-22-2009, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by 67CamaroRSSS

We need a "beating a dead horse" smilie...

**67CamaroRSSS** · 12-22-2009, 03:32 PM

^so load them into our smilie options....

**buswwa** · 12-22-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Z28Thunder

Second one down gets my vote.

**HOBS** · 12-22-2009, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by 5.0THIS

Uhh... we're talking about dispatchers, not officers/ troopers. They are employed by the CSP, but they have no certification in law enforcement of any kind.

They used to have some training but not anymore. I'd imagine that if they had been wearing their seatbelts and paying attention to what was in the road then it wouldn't have been a fatal accident. Because that nifty steel safety cage I call a car would have absorbed 90% of the impact. Not the cops fault that it took forever for dispatch to get the call nor is it the cops fault that dispatch took forever to relay that information. IMHO