Post by WaTcHeR on Apr 27, 2006 12:09:58 GMT -5
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04/27/2006 - Two off duty Minneapolis police officers face charges after the car they were in slammed into two parked vehicles in Columbia Heights early Tuesday morning.
Twenty-nine year old officer Lindsay Anderson is charged with driving under the influence with a reported blood alcohol level of .213, more than twice the legal limit. And her fiancé, 34-year-old officer Steven Herron, is charged with obstructing the legal process. Columbia Heights police say he was combative and twice was stunned with a Taser gun.
The Columbia Heights police officers involved in the arrest did not cut the two off-duty Minneapolis officers any slack, despite that fact that at least one of the Minneapolis officers seemed to think they should. Officer Lindsay Anderson is quoted in the police report as saying "the crime was only a misdemeanor" and she should be released.
The report also quotes Anderson as saying the Columbia Heights officer "was a police officer that went through the same training as I went through." To which the Columbia Heights officer responded "I could be fired if I tried to cover up what happened tonight."
Anderson reportedly called the Columbia Heights officer a "liar", swore at her and she "would never give any Heights officers a break and she would be looking for them."
Former Minneapolis police Chief Tony Bouza says recognizing the officer's presumption of innocence, if this report is true, it seems to indicate that the unwritten code of silence among some officers is still alive and well.
Bouza says when officers think they're entitled to special treatment merely because they wear a badge "that's a corruption of the wells of justice. We can't have one law for cops and another for lawful citizens."
Bouza adds that some officers think "the blue code of silence" will protect them from any crime. "There's the expectation police cover up other cops mistakes to the degree they can."
But in this case the two off duty Minneapolis officers were taken to the Anoka County jail where they were booked and released. The two have been taken off street duty and reassigned to desk duty pending the outcome of their charges and an internal police probe.
Officer Anderson, a seven year veteran of the Minneapolis police department, has been assigned to the department's third precinct in south Minneapolis. Her fiancé Steven Herron, who joined the force nine years ago, has been working out of the department's first precinct in downtown Minneapolis. Neither officer could be reached for comment.
Officers Lindsay Anderson and Steven Herron
04/27/2006 - Two off duty Minneapolis police officers face charges after the car they were in slammed into two parked vehicles in Columbia Heights early Tuesday morning.
Twenty-nine year old officer Lindsay Anderson is charged with driving under the influence with a reported blood alcohol level of .213, more than twice the legal limit. And her fiancé, 34-year-old officer Steven Herron, is charged with obstructing the legal process. Columbia Heights police say he was combative and twice was stunned with a Taser gun.
The Columbia Heights police officers involved in the arrest did not cut the two off-duty Minneapolis officers any slack, despite that fact that at least one of the Minneapolis officers seemed to think they should. Officer Lindsay Anderson is quoted in the police report as saying "the crime was only a misdemeanor" and she should be released.
The report also quotes Anderson as saying the Columbia Heights officer "was a police officer that went through the same training as I went through." To which the Columbia Heights officer responded "I could be fired if I tried to cover up what happened tonight."
Anderson reportedly called the Columbia Heights officer a "liar", swore at her and she "would never give any Heights officers a break and she would be looking for them."
Former Minneapolis police Chief Tony Bouza says recognizing the officer's presumption of innocence, if this report is true, it seems to indicate that the unwritten code of silence among some officers is still alive and well.
Bouza says when officers think they're entitled to special treatment merely because they wear a badge "that's a corruption of the wells of justice. We can't have one law for cops and another for lawful citizens."
Bouza adds that some officers think "the blue code of silence" will protect them from any crime. "There's the expectation police cover up other cops mistakes to the degree they can."
But in this case the two off duty Minneapolis officers were taken to the Anoka County jail where they were booked and released. The two have been taken off street duty and reassigned to desk duty pending the outcome of their charges and an internal police probe.
Officer Anderson, a seven year veteran of the Minneapolis police department, has been assigned to the department's third precinct in south Minneapolis. Her fiancé Steven Herron, who joined the force nine years ago, has been working out of the department's first precinct in downtown Minneapolis. Neither officer could be reached for comment.