Police Officer Faces Suspension For Ticketing Doctor On Way To Delivery

[matcom]

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FORT LAUDERDALE -- Frantic and disbelieving, Dr. Anthony Chidiac tried to explain to Officer William Lilliston that he had been speeding to get to a patient in the throes of childbirth.

Chidiac's motorcycle had been pulled over in the final block before reaching Holy Cross Hospital, traveling 35 mph in a 25 mph zone. Rather than let the doctor go, Lilliston handcuffed Chidiac and placed him in a patrol car.

The incident, documented in internal investigation records released Monday, has landed Lilliston in trouble with his bosses, who call his actions "inexcusable."

He faces a 16-day unpaid suspension for his lack of judgment in his treatment of the doctor, as well as an unrelated incident in which investigators say he improperly entered a private residence.

He faces charges of "conduct prejudicial disruptive to the good order of the department," among others.

A Citizen Review Board will hear the cases April 11.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ccop29mar29,0,5004119.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[MrScorpio]

1. If there's anything worse than crooked cops it's stupid ones

Good thing he's been taken off the street

[RagingInMiami]

2. Laugh all you want

But I'm going to have to drive in Lauderdale to get to my DU meetup this weekend. And I will be drinking.

[DustMolecule]

3. Good for the Department! The community needs to get rid of

officers that lack good judgement and common sense, as this fellow clearly does. I hope they let him go completely - he's just "more trouble waiting to happen".

[miss_kitty]

4. What a fucker

hahaha! Busted!
then he escorted him to the delivery room in handcuffs. that cop must be insecure about his penis size.