Off-duty cops clocked in excess of 145 mph on motorcycle

[Scairp]

Source: Dayton Daily News

Flying above Interstate 70 just east of Columbus on a Sunday afternoon, state troopers clocked two motorcycles roaring along at 147 and 149 miles per hour - so fast that the pilot radioed troopers on the ground that the bikes “look like bullets coming at ya.’ “

But Trooper Bryan Lee decided against writing speeding tickets when he found out that the motorcyclists he pulled over were off duty cops, Gahanna Police Officer Christopher Thomas and state Trooper Jason Highsmith.

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Lee’s decision crawled up six levels of patrol command before the trooper was told to issue a ticket to Highsmith; Gahanna police supervisors had to insist that Thomas be ticketed as well, the report said.



Read more: http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/08/07/highway_patrol_criticized.html

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Assholes all around.

[Divine Discontent]

1. So,Bryan Lee thinks it's legal to speed at 150MPH on Interstate highways? I'll keep that in memory

in case I get pulled over for going 80 in a 70 zone...

and one of the off-duty dicks said, "I know that it was an extremely wrong thing to do, especially since I do have a family and it could have put great jeopardy on them, including myself," Thomas said.

What about the drivers & passengers you could have killed on either side of the highway?

By the way, in case you don't read the story, this same guy is being investigated for possible workers-comp fraud since he's been off work since December! WONDER if he's guilty of that!

ASS...

[high density]

2. If that was you or me, we'd be in jail

I was on the Mass Pike recently and the state troopers on that road drive amazingly fast. It's not 150mph but it's probably north of 100mph. No lights on.

[realisticphish]

3. I'm especially disappointed that one of them is a Statie

generally I don't have a problem with the OHP.

Idiots. But honestly, the bigger idiots are the cops who didn't write the tickets. Great PR there :eyes: