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(7,524 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,524 posts)Whats wrong is that Mary OConnor used her status as Tampas police chief to keep her and her husband from facing any consequences that night. Why any police officer (much less a chief) would flash a badge under such minor circumstances is hard to fathom. The behavior also showed an ignorance of what the badge stands for and undermines confidence in police everywhere.
The office OConnor occupies doesnt belong to her; that badge she flashed symbolizes the public trust in her judgment and abilities, which this episode shows, can be a very fleeting thing. OConnor has also underscored the cynicism that there are two sets of rules, one for the Mary OConnors of the world, and another for the rest of us. On that score, her handing the deputy a business card and inviting him to call was as bad as flashing her badge. Was she offering him a coupon, a return favor in exchange for getting out of the potential trouble she
OConnor cannot possibly reestablish Castors trust after embarrassing the mayor. After all, it was Castor who appointed OConnor chief earlier this year, despite another traffic stop three decades ago, when as a rookie Tampa officer, OConnor was arrested on several charges stemming from another traffic stop with her future husband, Keith, also a police rookie. Both officers were suspended and then fired, but later reinstated. Mary OConnor assured skeptics she learned from the experience, and Castor stood by her nominee and won city council confirmation. was in?
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2022/12/02/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-must-go-editorial/
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)This makes me smile
Link to tweet
https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2022/12/02/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-placed-leave-amid-investigation-into-traffic-stop/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=%40TB_Tmes&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
Body camera video released Thursday shows OConnor identifying herself to a Pinellas sheriffs deputy as Tampas chief, pulling out her badge and asking the deputy to just let us go after she and her husband were pulled over in a golf cart in Oldsmar on Nov. 12. The deputy, who pulled over the OConnors cart because it did not have a license plate, let them go without a citation.
Police Chief Mary OConnor has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into a recent traffic stop, Castor said in a statement released Friday afternoon.
multigraincracker
(32,527 posts)Both side of this encounter violate their oath of swearing to up hold that Constitution.
As related to me by a Michigan Sheriff with a Phd in law enforcement, a "Professional Courtesy is not allowed in his department and will get a deputy fired on the spot.
Rather than spending money on raises and equipment, funds need to be spent on education cops on what their duty involves when it comes to the laws they are suppose to enforce. No problem giving a citizen a warning, but the only "Professional Courtesy a cops needs to follow is to not put another cop on the spot by breaking a law another cop is responsible for.
This is the beginning of corruption, I was told by that sheriff.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)This lady should have been fired
Link to tweet
https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2022/12/05/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-resigns-amid-traffic-stop-controversy/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social