Best Criminal Strategy: Join the Spokane Police
I did a double take when I found these two stories back to back in my feed reader
- Via TJIC (welcome back!) Spokane policeman gets drunk, chases another patron out of a bar, participates in a drunken car chase, shoots the other man in the head, and then initiates a cover-up. Acquitted and paid $150,000 in back pay.
- Via Photography is not a Crime (one of my new favorites) Spokane policeman caught peeking into bedroom of 14-year-old girl (possibly after making obscene phone calls) and then gets in a fight with police who show up. Charges dropped by accommodating prosecutor. The officer did have to accept a "last chance" agreement with the force (having already had a history of discipline problems) but since this is his third last chance agreement, I do not think that word means what Spokane thinks it means.
