Big news in my small county: one of our local deputies was recently arrested for DUI and speeding while off-duty. Many in our community were quite upset at the offense, and those who knew the officer-turned-offender knew that he had been a real stickler for the rules â?? apparently until he broke them himself.
Perhaps this is just big news because we are a small county. (We have only one stop light in the entire county. To be fair, we also now feature a traffic circle.) Otherwise, there is nothing newsworthy in public hypocrisy. A 2011 Florida study of nearly 4,000 officers found that nearly 800 of them had driven at speeds of 90 to 130 miles per hour in off-duty or non-emergency situations. And you want to get me for 60 in a 55?
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