Comments on: Deputy Charged After 5-Vehicle Wreck

By: SW

SW — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:33:51 +0000

@Bushwhacker,

I bet the attorneys for the plaintiffs will!

Of course, all the county cruisers I’ve seen have computers mounted on a pedestal right adjacent to the driver’s seat….

By: bushwacker

bushwacker — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:14:40 +0000

Wonder if they checked to see if he was texting while driving?

By: metoo

metoo — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:12:24 +0000

i was on hey 29 the other evening, in the rain, when a deputy was right behind me. i could not tell at first who it was, but he rode on my rear end entirely too close. he passed me and floored it. it was raining hard and he could have caused an accident. i remember thinking that with the heavy rain and him following so close, if i had been startled or someone pulled out in front of me, that he would have rear ended me, too. i started to call dispatch, but figured it would do no good.

By: William

William — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:18:48 +0000

“jcellop” wrote — “interesting that the officers rate of speed, at the time of the crash, was not mentioned- id say that would be a pretty significant element of the incident- for many reasons”

I’m not defending or pointing finders at anyone. However, the speed in a crash is almost never included a FHP news release.

By: TC

TC — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:05:00 +0000

Wow, EJ, That’s how rumors get started. Please make sure you read things before you make a comment .

By: jcellop

jcellop — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:52:42 +0000

interesting that the officers rate of speed, at the time of the crash, was not mentioned- id say that would be a pretty significant element of the incident- for many reasons…no doubt, it has already been determined by crash experts/witnessess.

By: SW

SW — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:55:03 +0000

Wow, that’ll go a long way towards inter-department relations between the Sheriff’s Deputies and the FHP Troopers.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:30:56 +0000

Wow! I’m shocked they didn’t turn it over to Internal Affairs who would’ve concluded he followed policy.

By: William

William — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:15:53 +0000

>> Am I reading this right…… Duval, driving a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle with a suspended license?? WHAT?

No, that’s not what it says. “Duval was charged with careless driving by the FHP, while Tanner was charged with driving with a suspended license.”

Duval = deputy
Tanner = person he rear-ended

By: EJ

EJ — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:10:49 +0000

Am I reading this right…… Duval, driving a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle with a suspended license?? WHAT?