This is why you listen to a cop when he tells you what to do. I bet next time, this ginger won't keep his hands in his pockets. Nice take down, looks like it hurt in slow motion.
Posted on April 12, 2010 8:15 PM Tags : Police | Taser
A Collier County, Florida deputy is in trouble over a video showing him using his taser on the behind of a fellow female colleague.
This strange story began when a female deputy walked over to Cpl. Wilmer A. Arencibia, and showed him something on her iPod. For one reason or another, Arencibia decided to pull out his taser, chase after the female deputy, and tase her on her behind. All of this played out in front of jailed inmates and other deputies and colleagues who were obviously stunned and confused as to what just happened.
Arencibia claims that the incident was horseplay and a joke that went too far. His punishment was only a letter of reprimand, a warning, and he was ordered to retake taser training.
A warning and a letter? That punishment seems pretty weak to me. And he will get to learn how to use his taser again during training, which he will most likely enjoy and get paid for.
If I worked with this guy, I would be worried that he would take out his gun and shoot me as a joke, and then explain that it was a joke that went too far after.
So does that mean it is ok for me to taze that officer as a joke?
If you were driving in Glendale, California last Wednesday, you might have seen a large bunny on the sidewalk watching you drive. A police officer, dressed in a bunny costume, conducted a undercover sting in an attempt to catch bad drivers who did not yield for pedestrians in a crosswalk. If the driver did not yield for the bunny, then they were given a ticket.
The sting was short lived though as the Glendale city council did not approve of the use of the bunny costume. City Councilman John Drayman criticized the sting for being dangerous and wasting city resources and money. The sting now continues, without the bunny, with an officer in plainclothes.
This is a pretty funny idea, especially for cops. I disagree that this method is a waste of city resources but I guess it could be dangerous.
If I were driving and saw this large bunny on the sidewalk, I would probably first take my eyes off the road, causing me not to pay attention to driving. I would then probably laugh and then try to watch the bunny as it attempted to catch violators. Finally, I would probably get my cell phone and take a picture of the bunny. After all that, I would be lucky if I were not one of the violators caught and ticketed for not yielding to pedestrians, using a cell phone while driving, and not paying attention to the road.
Looks like the police have another enemy besides criminals to worry about, and that would be dogs Winston, a pit bull mix, didn't take too kindly that a Chattannooga, Tennesses police officer was trying to catch speeders on his turf.
Winston then took matters into his own paws by repeatedly attempting to rip off the bumper of the police cruiser while it was all caught on tape by another officer. After a struggle and almost getting ran over, Winston managed to rip off a large chunk of the bumper to add to his toys collection.
I like the other dogs in the video who look like they are encouraging Winston to keep trying to get that bumper off. Luckily the police do not run over the dogs because they think that their lives are in danger, which is how things like this usually end.
Winston has been sentenced to two weeks in puppy jail for the incident. Reportedly he also flattened the tires on three other vehicles by chewing on them. Maybe Winston is just against global warming and is trying to keep people from driving their cars.
Seems like someone really needed a drink. A 20 year old originally wanted for armed robbery was arrested after trying to flee the scene of a traffic stop in Vandergrift, outside of Pittsburgh. The suspect, Elbert Lewis Thompson II, was then hospitalized after he complained that he was not feeling well, had shortness of breath, and was going in and out of consciousness.
It was here that Thompson, while still in police custody, simply walked out of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and into nearby JR's Bar, with his hospital gown still on and even with his intravenous needle in his arm. The bar owner then called the police, and he was taken into custody, again.
Is it just me or are these cops just plain stupid for two reasons. First, how many times do you think the police encounter a suspect who claims that he does not feel well. With dealing with these types of people every single day, wouldn't you think that they should know that people who are arrested will try to do anything they can not to go to jail. And this brings me into the second reason. If a suspect claims to not feel well, and he is taken to a hospital, wouldn't you think that the police would watch him extra carefully until he is securely behind bars? Seems to me, that in this case, the Pittsburgh police are a bunch of idiots.
I applaud the suspect Thompson his escaping skills. Not only did he just walk out of a hospital while in police custody, he did it with a hospital gown on, with a intravenous needle still attached to his arm, and decided not to make a run for it, but go to a bar for a drink.
Just let him enjoy one drink, but keep the tab open because he will probably be back soon.
