DC police slams into two boats, sinking one. Then says "relax."

[fund razor]

The "skipper" had no idea what he was doing at all.
Looks like the classic "try to drive it like a car" to me.

Boatloads Of Trouble: D.C. Police Slam Into 2 Boats On Potomac River « CBS Baltimore

[Bobcat]

Captain Ron..


The first crime is having Suzuki motors on an American Taxpayers property, the other Patrol Boat had Honda's ....for shame...Had those been powerful fuel efficient MERCURY"S they would not have had that problem.

[Wrinkleface]

Hope the city is gunna pay 2 replace that boat & not make the owners ins do it!!!! total fk up!!!

[fund razor]

If you watch the video, you can see that he had no idea that the transom would slide out like that.
That cop needs to be taken off of the harbor patrol for that "seamanship" and off of the force for telling HIS VICTIM to "relax."

COP: "Are you hurt?"
VICTIM: "No."
COP: "Then RELAX!"

Imagine how he treats citizen who are NOT victims of his carelessness and incompetence.

[fund razor]

Captain Ron..


The first crime is having Suzuki motors on an American Taxpayers property, the other Patrol Boat had Honda's ....for shame...Had those been powerful fuel efficient MERCURY"S they would not have had that problem.

Well, it's the District of Columbia. Sort of like America, but different.

[Ratickle]

What a friggin idiot. You'd think they'd at least put their officers through some kind of a competency test, and a "How to be a Professional Public Servant" test.......


Oh, wait a minute, you did say it was DC. No one there has taken either of those tests. My Bad!!!

[rschap1]

Really makes you ask...
WTF?
And surely will keep his job, rank, and pension.
All at our expense.

[Buoy]

Really makes you ask...
WTF?
And surely will keep his job, rank, and pension.
All at our expense.

You failed to mention "suspension WITH PAY" while the dept. conducts the investigation...

[fund razor]

You failed to mention "suspension WITH PAY" while the dept. conducts the investigation...

As long as he screamed "STOP RESISTING" to the boat when he nailed it, this will all blow over.

[Ratickle]

And gave the boat its Miranda Rights......

[fund razor]

Miranda rights?

That poor boat didn't even have Marina rights!

[rschap1]

Where are Jesse Jackson and Sharpton
Time for a million something march
Holdin' a boater down

[Bobcat]

I have done some research....the Officer in Questions Father was "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"...

[Ratickle]

I have done some research....the Officer in Questions Father was "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"...

[Ratickle]

Too Funny...

DC Boat Cop Slams Into Boats : Bad_Cop_No_Donut


One Comment
As shown in the video, the boat was clearly assuming an aggressive posture and refusing to back down. The police boat had no choice but to act in self defense and strike first in order to ensure the much larger suspect boat would be unable to pull a weapon. This is a clear cut case of suicide by cop. The real tragedy is that the suspect boat did not follow the police boats commands. We should all learn from this mistake.

[Ratickle]

DC Harbor police crash into 2 boats, sinking 1, in shocking video | Mail Online


My Favorite

"Police have said they are investigating what led to the accident."

Stupidity, Duh??????

[Wrinkleface]

DC Harbor police crash into 2 boats, sinking 1, in shocking video | Mail Online


My Favorite

"Police have said they are investigating what led to the accident."

Stupidity, Duh??????

cops prolly saw a hot chick on another boat & wanted 2 read her her rights!!!

[Ratickle]

Either that, or heard there were donuts on that boat and that some other boater was removing them.....

[Serious News]

D.C. Police Officer Taken Off Harbor Duty After Boating Accident
April 9, 2014 6:24 PM



WASHINGTON (WNEW) — The D.C. Police officer who was caught on video driving a boat recklessly in the Georgetown waterfront last summer has been disciplined.

The viral video last September showed a D.C. police boat making an abrupt turn at a high rate of speed in the Georgetown waterfront, hitting a parked passenger boat in the process. The passenger boat later sank.

The officer at the helm of the police boat has been taken off the department’s harbor patrol, WNEW Senior Correspondent Mark Segraves has learned.

A D.C. Police spokesperson tells Segraves that the officer is still with the department but has been detailed to another assignment.

Sources familiar with the internal investigation say the department found the accident was preventable and the officer has been disciplined.

No one was hurt in the incident but the passenger boat was a total lost. The video of the incident went viral on YouTube within hours.

WNEW Senior Correspondent Mark Segraves contributed to this report. Follow Mark on Twitter.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/...ting-accident/

[rschap1]

Wonder if that means the PD paid for all the damages...?