Stand-up sherriff
Heh, I've heard of LEOs who spent a month on the sofa after writing their wives tickets, but this takes it to a new level.
Link (C&P'ed below).
Sheriff's Lesson About the Law
OSHKOSH, Wis., April 11 - Dennis Kocken, the sheriff of Brown County, Wis., said Wednesday that he truly believed that no one was above the law - not even the sheriff. He wrote himself a ticket last month after he was involved in an accident in the Village of Howard, outside Green Bay.
Sheriff Kocken said the accident occurred after he started following a driver who had sped past him. As he moved into the lane behind her car, his attention was briefly drawn to a snowblower near the edge of the road.
"I was picking up speed," he said, "and wouldn't you know it, she slowed down to turn left, and I hit her." There were no injuries.
Sheriff Kocken, 52, said he talked to other police chiefs, who said he did not deserve a ticket.
"I still didn't feel good about it," he said. "I couldn't sleep that night; it was bothering me."
He cited himself for making an unsafe lane change, and the fine was $160.80. He paid it on Wednesday, he said.
And what about the driver of the other car? She got a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.
Link (C&P'ed below).
Sheriff's Lesson About the Law
OSHKOSH, Wis., April 11 - Dennis Kocken, the sheriff of Brown County, Wis., said Wednesday that he truly believed that no one was above the law - not even the sheriff. He wrote himself a ticket last month after he was involved in an accident in the Village of Howard, outside Green Bay.
Sheriff Kocken said the accident occurred after he started following a driver who had sped past him. As he moved into the lane behind her car, his attention was briefly drawn to a snowblower near the edge of the road.
"I was picking up speed," he said, "and wouldn't you know it, she slowed down to turn left, and I hit her." There were no injuries.
Sheriff Kocken, 52, said he talked to other police chiefs, who said he did not deserve a ticket.
"I still didn't feel good about it," he said. "I couldn't sleep that night; it was bothering me."
He cited himself for making an unsafe lane change, and the fine was $160.80. He paid it on Wednesday, he said.
And what about the driver of the other car? She got a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.
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I guess stranger things have happened. 0 -
Maybe he was short of his quota for the month.[:D] 0 -
A stand up guy![:)] 0 -
Good for him. He could've taken the other way out and placed all the blame on the woman he hit. It's refreshing to see people acting like adults and taking responsibility for their own actions these days. Such things are sadly not as common as they used to be. 0 -
Now there's an officer you LEO haters should be able to admire. 0 -
Snoopes sez no. 0 -
Snoopes, my dog.
The old Sheriff was smart enough to buy the next election for a paltry $160...0 -
What about insulting himself or pushing himself around when he wouldn't rat on his buddy. Or humiliate himself just to show off in front of his new boyfriend (trainee). When he does that then i will think he is a good cop. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dano
You can't write yourself a ticket.
Internet BS story.......[:(!]
Did you even bother to look at the link I provided? Or did you just jump to a conclusion that was convenient for you?
It appears that this sheriff did manage to write himself a ticket. Where is it written that you cannot write yourself a ticket? As for internet BS story: I fully accept that most folks here don't agree with the editorial position of the NY Times, but I've yet to see anyone challenge a fact in a NY Times story.
edited to remove a purile response by me.0 -
Dano:
Why would you write the ticket just to void it later?
This is a simple thing: a guy was so committed to his job that he felt bound to write himself a ticket.
All I'm doing here is sharing a situation that is unusual, amusing, and cool in it's own way.
That's all.
-spurge.
Edit: you're not allowed to investigate yourself because there is the propensity of people to find themselves innocent. This guy found himself to be guilty. In court, he could beat the charge he laid on himself because he could not legally make that charge. He accused and convicted himself of a dangerous lane change. That's totally illegal. If you feel that strongly about it, you should be in Madison fighting to rescind the crime for which the Brown County Sheriff cited himself and convicted himself.0 -
I would have let myself off with a warning. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dano
quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
Dano:
Why would you write the ticket just to void it later?
This is a simple thing: a guy was so committed to his job that he felt bound to write himself a ticket.
All I'm doing here is sharing a situation that is unusual, amusing, and cool in it's own way.
That's all.
-spurge.
I can and do appreciate, what you are saying. All I'm saying is, that the sheriff has his own agenda and is playing it to the max. [;)]
No good deed goes unpunished. [:o)]
He might still be playing politics. Having read his comments, it didn't look like a politics game to me. It looked just like that rare cop who stood up and said: oops, time for me to cite myself.
I've heard 'no good deed goes unpunished' before. I'm not sure how it applies here.0 -
Ashamed I am.
I took the bait and got into an argument.
Very ashamed. All I meant to do was to present a case that was interesting and amusing.
Take the Sheriff from Brown County that way if still you can. That's all I meant by it.0 -
I saw this on WCCO TV in the twin cities. A new outlet that is not the NY Times.
http://wcco.com/watercooler/local_story_099222541.html0 -
quote:The ticket marks the second citation in seven months that a state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.
Looks like there is precident for writing onself up. I wonder if either of them got their own phone number, for a date later.
Spurgemaster don't beat yourself up for arguing with Dano, had you not done so, no one else here would respect you. Arguing with Dano is not only a tradation, it is mandatory, heck even Dano2 does it.[:p]0 -
He was cocked, and covered it up with the bull shut ticket[;)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
quote:The ticket marks the second citation in seven months that a state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.
Looks like there is precident for writing onself up. I wonder if either of them got their own phone number, for a date later.
Spurgemaster don't beat yourself up for arguing with Dano, had you not done so, no one else here would respect you. Arguing with Dano is not only a tradation, it is mandatory, heck even Dano2 does it.[:p]
Dang. That school bus story is even better than the one I posted. At least the Brown Co. Sheriff got into an accident before writing the ticket.0 -
Rule one, a man is only a man if he is fair with everyone including himself. My hat's off to the sheriff.[;)] 0 -
I think he should plead not guilty, then show up in court as the "defendant" and say the officer is not here. They will then dismiss the ticket because the ofcr did not show up.
Or he could go to court and testify against himself. He should then cross examine himself, call himself a liar and get hauled off in a straight jacket and loose his job because he is crazy.0
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