Officer suspended for giving 7-year-old a ticket

[Zephie]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A police officer here has been suspended for 15 days for giving a 7-year-old a ticket after a ball the child threw hit the officer's truck.

Officer Cody Chapelle was suspended Friday after an internal investigation determined he had violated police policies on appropriate action, courtesy and duty to report. His lawyer said he will appeal the suspension.

The suspension stems from an incident Oct. 16, 2009, in which the officer wrote a citation to a 7-year-old for third-degree criminal mischief after the boy threw a ball that struck his truck.

Police Chief Robert White wrote that the investigation showed no damage was done to Chapelle's truck, and the citation was written in an effort to get the boy's mother to discipline him, which made the charge inappropriate.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/01/20/20110120kentucky-officer-gives-kid-a-ticket.html#ixzz1BnJfS8MD

[jody]

1. Officer Cody sounds like Officer Obie from "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". nt

[TheDebbieDee]

13. Officer Chapelle sounds like a total a$$hole!

Giving that kid a ticket was a classic example of abuse of one's authority. Unfortunately, many people with this type of personality defect may be attracted to law enforcement careers.

[MineralMan]

2. Gee, Officer Krupke....Krup You!

Blatant West Side Story allusion #127.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq28qCklEHc

[hlthe2b]

3. I know they can't teach "common sense," but do they train these

morons at all? Ticketing a seven year old.... Did he REALLY think that would stand?

[DinahMoeHum]

4. A classic example of "standing on a brick to kick a duck's ass"

n/t

[DCKit]

5. Some digging would probably reveal one hell of a trail of abuses.

Is there no one in Louisville up to the challenge?

[Cronus Protagonist]

11. +1000

this is the tip of the iceberg

[hedgehog]

6. I'd love to know the back story. Like, is Officer Chapelle the neighborhood grouch?

Was the ball aimed at the truck? Football, baseball, nerf ball?

[MadBadger]

7. Put the cop in timeout

Make him sit in the corner wearing a dunce cap...and televise it.

[edbermac]

8. The kid was lucky he didn't get Tasered.

"Go ahead, make my day"

[uppityperson]

9. Or shot, good thing he wasn't in Seattle with their current crop of shootumupcops

[pnorman]

10. I have just the place for that image!

[Renew Deal]

12. The kid should have paid his fine.

What has he learned now? That there's special privilege for some people in the world. This is BS!















:evilgrin:

[KansasVoter]

14. LOL....always one oddball!

[Renew Deal]

15. lol

It was a joke. I'm surprised someone else hasn't posted that seriously yet.