Thank you for your service and please don't think my rants here have any connection to the officers like yourself.
That said however, it's just not enough to fire the occasional bad cop when you find them. Due to the nature of the job, identifying the bad ones is too rare and too difficult for anyone to prove. When you have one cold like this incident, you must absolutely make an examplet of him.
Again, this man's actions appear criminal and he should be brought up on charges to face the jury. He has abused his authority and threatened the freedom of a citizen under false pretenses. Tell me that's not criminal.
I agree he should be made an example out of. One of the reasons I quit was the bad taste in my mouth from the way the public viewed LEO’s as a whole. I got tired and still do of people in general making accusations they cannot support.
Bad police need to be rooted out with prejudice but some many times the bad ones are also in charge and it is a fine line to walk these day when the city/county/state leave themselves open to massive lawsuits by the likes of the John Edwards of the world to defend the poor little accused officer.