and why I "get" the anger....
so, I have access to a person's specific story and thought I'd share. It isn't just the cops people get upset at. And before anyone goes off on me, I love first responders and then 99.9% of what they do is awesome.
so, I have access to a person's specific story and thought I'd share. It isn't just the cops people get upset at. And before anyone goes off on me, I love first responders and then 99.9% of what they do is awesome.
- woman's Waze disconnects just as she is pulling up to a residential address on a quiet residential road with a 25mph speed limit. She is from another state and just put her mom in hospice, the reason why she is in Ohio
- she is in her late 50s and has some light special needs and has never been arrested, not even a speeding ticket
- Officer pulls her over for erratic driving, she explains the sitch.
- Her license and insurance are in order and been presented and in order
- She has a different front plate and a temp rear plate. She explains the car has been moved from her soon-to-be-dead mother's name to hers so she got a temp for the rear but could not get the rusty screws out of the front plate so left it on (front plate not required in Ohio)
- Officer asks her to take a breathalyzer, she complies and blows something far below the threshold
- Officer asks her to take the physical challenge (walk the line, follow the finger, etc.). Officer says she failed.
- Officer says she is acting guilty and sweating, she says he is yelling at her and she is afraid having never been even pulled over
- she tells the officer she has a daily prescription and took that in the morning (adhd) and it is now ~ 6pm
- Officer arrests her for OVI and has her car impounded
- woman who passed the breathalyzer has been arrested for a prescription
- car was towed and impounded. She had no idea they charge a daily fee and is told the car will cost north of $600, which she does not have, to get from impound
- She has no money for a lawyer
- She is facing an OVI and dual licensing charge
- She is here trying to prepare and care for her mother's impending death