No ticket for Arkansas police chief after officer claims he was driving ‘107 mph’
With all the anti-cop sentiment going around, don’t you think it would be prudent to maybe SET A GOOD EXAMPLE? Show people that the Cops are the GOOD GUYS?
So much for “leading by example…”! This Police Chief should know better. And his Officers, should be ashamed. But I guess if the Clintons, Obamas and DNC can get away with breaking the law, then why not our boys in blue?
The video, released Monday, showed Brinkley Police Chief Edward Randle stopping his pickup truck on the side of State Highway 302. It did not show the truck’s speed, but one of two officers who walked up to him said, “I had you locked in at 107.”
They laughed, and the officer said he was going 90 mph and Randle was pulling away. The officers eventually laughed and walked back to their patrol car, saying, “See you later, chief.”
Randle has denied any wrongdoing, but critics cried foul. Benjamin Martin, a business owner in nearby Clarendon who told THV11.com that he saw the traffic stop on Oct. 21, said he found it “disheartening” that a “public official or not, would show such blatant disregard for the speed limit, and put the lives of innocent others at risk.”
Randle told THV11 that he worked in law enforcement for nearly three decades and said the interaction should not be a public issue. He told KATV that he did not deserve the ticket because the officer who reportedly spotted him was outside city jurisdiction. KATV noted that the dash cam did not register the traveling speed. (Read More)