Comments on: Deputy Runs Stop Sign, Hits Vehicle

By: DDog4Tide

DDog4Tide — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:04:03 +0000

Just curious…

When an Officer of the Law fails to stop at a stop sign, while operating a vehicle provided to him/her by the agency he/she works for, regardless of whether or not it is in the course of an active call…

do they take away their Krispie Kremes?

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:56:24 +0000

I get a kick out out of the comments “When you need help don’t bother to call” or “When you need help you won’t care if the deputy breaks the law on his way…” If I need help, I’ll handle it. It will be a neighbor calling ECSO, not me. I’ll be taking care of the situation myself, instead of relying on a law enforcement official to get there 5-10 minutes after I’ve been shot.
Grow up people. A badge does not set one above the law. This man ran a stop sign, and should liable just as any other citizen is for that infraction.

By: JAK

JAK — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:57:17 +0000

I completely agree with Not Innocent. Part of this officer’s job is to check his computer. That’s why it is mounted directly beside his steering wheel. Everyone makes mistakes when driving and I’m sure every last one of you that has posted something nasty has too. More power to the officer for telling the truth.

By: Not innocent

Not innocent — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:19:36 +0000

Deputy Carter good man for not lying. Secondly, you made a mistake, I also am human and make mistakes. I will not bad mouth you and judge you like these other cruel people. I have talked on my cell phone before while driving. I have ran a stop sign before, ran off the road, and been careless. To Deputy Carter please understand that the rude posts are just people unhappy in their lives that feel better bad mouthing other people. I am very happy everyone is safe and guess what, the county pays the medical bills of criminals all the time. Only God himself could get on here and judge you, he is perfect. I know that Deputies drive more than the average person therefore they are more likely to be involved in an automobile accident, they are expected to do things others are not and guess what, they aren’t specially trained to stare at a computer screen and drive. Now, let’s all take a deep breath and realize we all make mistakes.

By: Thomas Weaver

Thomas Weaver — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:43:33 +0000

Do NOT text and drive, do NOT talk on cell phone and drive, do NOT look at video screens and drive. Make him responsible for the repair bill on the cruiser.

By: Darius

Darius — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:59:39 +0000

It is not legal for to have a video screen in your vehickle that is visible to the driver while driving. I know this because I was questioned about my backup camera screen. Anybody can easily understand why you shouldn’t have them.
I don’t care how much cop driver multitask training your have, a computer screen is a dangerous distraction. I have worked accident sceens where a driver was texting, and then gazed at the computer in the cop car and knew this would happen one day.Driving an automobile is too serious of a thing to be multitasking.Get them out of the cruisers before you kill someone. And don’t give me the excuse that we are trained to drive and use the computer. We have just seen that it don’t work.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:14:11 +0000

To everyone that’s not downing the deputy thank you! To all of you that think he should fired because he got into a wreck, since you think you could do our job so much better all you have to do is call George Stone and sign up. Who knows maybe you can train us on how to drive in stressful situations since I’m sure your perfect at driving. You don’t want us to have computers in our cars that’s fine too but expect our response time to double which will give you something else to gripe about. We drive for Atleast 40hrs a week so of coarse we get into accidents every now and then and every one of our wrecks show up in the news, I know mine and I got bashed too when it was clearly not my fault. Carter if you read this don’t worry about the people talking bad about you are just scared little whiners that hide behind a computer.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:47:31 +0000

REGARDING:
“- – - if that was your call he was responding to you wouldn’t have any problem with him being aware of the situation.”

Absolutely and part of the situation is traffic around him. He does me no good if he is tied up at a wreck he caused. He does me even less good if I am the one he wrecked with.

David for jobs completed
and people not killed

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:19:06 +0000

Maybe they should not be looking at a computer while driving…just like we shouldn’t be on a cell phone while driving. I know they need the computer and it is an important piece of equipment to them, just need to watch the road, too.

By: BamaBoy

BamaBoy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:56:14 +0000

Ok…First off if that was your call he was responding to you wouldnt have any problem with him being aware of the situation. I used to ride along with LEO and that computer is their way to know exactly what is happening when they get on scene. I say for everybody who grips about LEO when you need help call the Fire Dept!!