Lita456
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An anti-crime officer has been suspended for giving a stick of gum and water to accused DWI cop Andrew Kelly soon after he mowed down a minister’s daughter in Brooklyn, police sources said today.
A female sergeant has also been reassigned from night tours to a daytime shift and could face departmental charges for the delay in getting Kelly to a hospital to check his blood-alcohols levels, according to the sources.
A stunning seven hours elapsed between the time Kelly struck Vionique Valnord, 33, and the administration of blood tests. No alcohol was found in his system.
All of the NYPD supervisors involved in the case are being re-interviewed by officials in the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau, who are trying to determine whether there was a cover-up.
The anti-crime officer was suspended late Wednesday night.
Kelly, 30, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI.
I may have over exaggerated about the 10 minutes, but it doesn't usually take 7 hours. I don't believe it and neither does most of the east coast who know about the case, IMO.
Hmmm, I'm surprised you say it takes several hours....any media outlet I've watched regarding this case, has said, 7 hours is way too long to get blood taken.....
There were others that were disciplined:
The officer who was disciplined was on duty and responded to a report of the crash early Sunday; he gave water to the off-duty officer, Andrew Kelly, whose sport utility vehicle struck and killed a 32-year-old woman, the person said. The responding officer, whose name was not released by the police, has been suspended without pay.
Officer Kelly has been suspended without pay for 30 days, the police have said. A second off-duty officer, Michael Downs, was a passenger in Officer Kelly’s vehicle, but left the scene shortly after the accident; he has been suspended for failing to render first aid and to identify himself to responding supervisors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/nyregion/03dwi.html
Just saying, doesn't seem right......
Hmmm, I'm surprised you say it takes several hours....any media outlet I've watched regarding this case, has said, 7 hours is way too long to get blood taken....
There were others that were disciplined:
The officer who was disciplined was on duty and responded to a report of the crash early Sunday; he gave water to the off-duty officer, Andrew Kelly, whose sport utility vehicle struck and killed a 32-year-old woman, the person said. The responding officer, whose name was not released by the police, has been suspended without pay.
Officer Kelly has been suspended without pay for 30 days, the police have said. A second off-duty officer, Michael Downs, was a passenger in Officer Kelly’s vehicle, but left the scene shortly after the accident; he has been suspended for failing to render first aid and to identify himself to responding supervisors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/nyregion/03dwi.html
Just saying, doesn't seem right.......
Well if it took only 7 hours for the alchohol to get out of the system and the human body can process 1 drink every hour I wonder if the guy would have been over the .08 limit anyways.
While it might be true that the officers delayed too much here, it's not true that they would have taken anyone else to the station and forced them to take a breathalyzer, and it's definitely not true that it would always happen within 10 minutes.
The police cannot force you to take a breathalyzer - if you refuse, they have to get an order to check your actual BAC, which takes some time. This is generally the smart thing to do, which is why the cop did it.
I've heard that they have rolling blood labs to go along with them here, too.In Texas they have been placing special DWI judges to issue warrants within minutes of an arrest.
I've heard that they have rolling blood labs to go along with them here, too.
The word now is that you're supposed to insist on your attorney being present. Don't know if that's true or not, though.
While it might be true that the officers delayed too much here, it's not true that they would have taken anyone else to the station and forced them to take a breathalyzer, and it's definitely not true that it would always happen within 10 minutes.
The police cannot force you to take a breathalyzer - if you refuse, they have to get an order to check your actual BAC, which takes some time. This is generally the smart thing to do, which is why the cop did it.
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