Drives Cop Car Drunk To A Gun Range, Fraternal Order Of Police Defend His Actions

[ItsjustMe]

Jacksonville cop drives his department issued patrol car to a gun range for work training 4 hours after drinking a fifth of vodka. He's so drunk that fellow officers immediately remove his gun from him. When he takes a breathalyzer 3 hours later, he is still 4 times the legal limit to drive. He is fired, but a civil servant review board hears arguments from a fraternal order of police lawyer, who claims that firing officer Nicholas Gifford was unfair, because other officers had gotten DUI while off duty in their person cars, and they were not fired, so officer Gifford being ON DUTY and in his patrol car is no different. The board agreed and rehired the danger to society.

[Historic NY]

1. Whats next the claim that his shooting was improved.

Locally there was off duty officer that had DUI's and accidents after it was kept on the hush and he was sent for treatment he had another. He was immediately fired.

Another had a serious accident, hitting the daughter of a retired officer. Where was he coming from, a celebration at a bar with his union. They had the nerve to pay him when he was suspended. Eventually he was convicted and went to prison, the only way this stops is to go after the unions for sanctioning the conduct. This guy is a stone-cold alcoholic. Rehiring him should make all the complicit parties legally responsible.

[stopdiggin]

4. Ahem. 'civil servant review board ..'

had a slam dunk case in front of them. (including testimony from fellow officers) Perhaps we should be asking them .. ?

[Dustlawyer]

2. I don't agree off duty drunk driving cops should be automatically reinstated so

having one on duty in a police car is definitely a bridge too far! This man was going to shoot guns heavily intoxicated. This is a whole other level of culpability.

[ancianita]

3. It's Florida, man. Someone's gonna wind up dead.

[IronLionZion]

5. It's OK to commit a lot of crimes if you're not a criminal

Back the blue!

[multigraincracker]

6. A few years ago in a South Michigan town, a local

cop pulled over an off duty cop for drunk driving. As a "Professional Courtesy” he drove the drunk cop home instead of a ticket or arrest.
The drunk cop had his wife drive him back to get his car. As luck would have it, he then drove it into a ditch and they both got busted. Can't remember what happen to them, but it did make the local paper.

[llashram]

7. of course

[Jimvanhise]

8. A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN

It a drunk police officer in his city patrol car got into an accident and damaged property or injured someone, the city would be sued, and the Fraternal Order of Police defends that? Does the officer at least have to attend rehab for his addiction?

[Ameri Canadian]

9. Where was This?

Oh, of course!