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Guarding the Guardians

By Lawrence Taylor

In the "Who will guard the guardians?" department… Activists want penalties for cops who protect colleagues who drive drunk Tuckahoe, NJ.  Jan. 20 — Reacting to a Journal News report in which 10 local police officers admitted anonymously that cops often give other cops a break when they are found driving drunk, (Tuckahoe Police Chief) Costanzo and others said no slack should be granted in DWI cases. Carol Sears, president of the Westchester chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, called the report "very disturbing." "These are the people who are supposed to be protecting all of us," she said. "We put our trust in them to keep drunk drivers off the road, and it turns out that when they’re the drunk drivers, they’re being protected by other police officers...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).