Arrogance vs. confidence. In your job search you can't afford to come across as arrogant. It could cost you your next $100K+ job.
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Koty Emery's comment,
April 28, 4:40 PM
I understand that Alcoholism is under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but an officer convicted of a DUI seems to violate the police department's need to accommodation for the disability. "The ADA has provisions in it, across the board, to not require employers to subject other people to unreasonable risk to accommodate a disability," Then again, I guess the real question is if he should lose his job because he was off duty.
Rob Duke's comment,
April 28, 5:36 PM
I guess he has a right to have a chaufer drive him around in his undercover car because his alcoholism makes him disabled. He would be the cop verion of Arthur...
Mandy Burris's comment,
April 29, 9:59 PM
If an officer can be fired for stealing off duty because it is behavior unbecoming of a law enforcement officer then being convicted of a DUI is also grounds for dismissal. His alcoholism did not force him to get into the vehicle and drive home when he had been out drinking. If the decision was made to drink then a plan should have been in place for a designated driver or a hotel within walking distance, etc. These are the things that he should have been teaching the public about drinking and he ignores them when it comes to himself? Any other crime and the officer would be seen as hypocritical and the department would have caught no end of grief if they would have kept him on. Blaming the job for why he was drinking in the first place? Fine. Not taking responsibility when your personal choices endangered lives and cost your department money is not acceptable. If he had come forward about wanting to seek treatment and had not been convicted of a DUI then he would have more of a right to sue, but as it stands he is abusing the classification of his circumstances as a disability. In addition, if Oregon is like Alaska, his refusal to provide a breath sample (assuming he made it to the actual official stage and refused, not just the PBT) is a felony charge and if he is now a convicted felon he cannot have firearms, therefore he cannot legally continue to do his job.
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La Justicia's comment,
April 26, 5:19 PM
The Seattle Police were indeed insensitive. Now, if there are people who are homeless and "reside" under the named viaduct, they are easy targets for those criminals who choose to bully and torment. No matter the position, from McDonald's fry person to owner of software, there has to be professionalism exuding from the entities.
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La Justicia's comment,
April 26, 5:21 PM
For me this sends a strong message that terrorism will not be tolerated and you will be under scrutiny if discovered you "might" be party to the act.
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Mandy Burris's comment,
April 29, 9:44 PM
Rob, I agree. It is not easy to "turn off" the policeman side at the end of the day and so stopping to help someone stranded on the road is second nature in addition to kind and generous. It's terrible to think that two officers have been lost in different ways to a kind act and a driver attempting to prevent an accident. I think that both officers should be considered "on-duty" in this situation and the incident should be treated with the same support and reverence had they been wearing their uniforms and badges.
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Koty Emery's comment,
April 28, 4:54 PM
From my understanding, smelling marijuana from the suspect's vehicle is enough probable cause to warrant a search. However, I believe the cavity search was completely unwarranted (not to mention the S.O.P. was completely butchered by the female officer) as if no marijuana is found in the car, then they should be handed a citation for littering and then everyone continues on there way. Now, there is always the chance that the suspects may have acted suspiciously, or given the officer some provocation to perform the test, but even then I don't believe the cavity search should have been conducted.
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La Justicia's comment,
April 26, 5:32 PM
Taking bribes from anyone incarcerated sends a message and further solidifies why our criminal justice system is so corrupt. It shows preferential treatment and can lead to the "blind eye" syndrome allowing inmates to have an advantage over other inmates while negating the sole purposes of why they were their in the first place, punishment/correction.
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