Cop Busted for DUI
And we’re not talking about any ordinary cop…we’re talking a DUI / sobriety checkpoint officer and a trained drug recognition expert. And to top it off, he had an open container of alcohol in his car. Does the old adage “do as I say, not as I do” come to mind?
Officers discovered Officer John Quigg (a 24-year veteran with the Pennsylvania Police Department) slumped over and unresponsive after he crashed his car into a pole last month. He was off-duty at the time and driving his personal car. Quigg was placed on administrative leave following the accident.
Quigg’s attorney made a statement that Quigg was very stressed, “dealing with the senseless loss of lives and limbs in a recent rash of fatal crashes”. While I can imagine that he could absolutely feel that way, becoming part of the problem is hardly the answer. And even more disturbing is the fact that his personal stress is supposed to draw sympathy for someone who clearly knew first-hand how destructive his behavior could be. I would love to know how many DUI suspects he released instead of arrested based on their stress levels…as a Los Angeles DUI defense attorney I can guess the answer is pretty close to none…shameless, isn’t it?
