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That was the State Trooper Robert Peasley’s response to a 911 call regarding a man injured in a motorcycle accident. They called again and got”Yeah,” the officer responded. “Help will get there. Shouldn’t be playing games.” This accident happened in August 2004, and the cop was suspended on March of this year for 15 days without pay as the AP story reported. Fifteen days suspension for gross misconduct in an emergency situation some eight months later??? Yeah, that’s just.

Look, it appears that in all likelihood, the rider would have died anyway. That should not matter. It also appears from the story that EMS response was not impacted. I doubt it since no details were given in the original call, but that should not matter either. In that situation, seconds count. This guy should be fired at least. But he’s represented and that means he’s protected from firing. While I hate trial lawyers, I hope he gets a round of Johnny Cocharan types coming after him for a civil suit originating from the rider’s family.

I know that cops have the most thankless job for the most part and usually deal with the worst end of our society. This is no excuse though to carry a chip on the shoulder as that’s part of the job…especially when a medical emergency is at stake.

I am sure that the number of ‘bad’ cops is completely outweighed by the number of good, just like the number of squidlies pulling multi-gear wheelies through town are the gross minority too. But its hard to imagine how this will help what seems to be poor relations between biker and the police.

Pathetic.