NYPD Suspends Cop Who Stopped Mom of Dying Girl (Axe To Grind Alert!)

ABC News ^ | Sept. 1, 2010 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

[WaterBoard]

Without quoting the article, a New York Police Department officer, Olfonso Mendez, refused to give 11-year-old Brooklyn girl CPR despite being trained in CPR.

The officer then blocked the mother's car with his own squad car from bringing the girl to the hospital as she gasped for air. Then, made the mother stay with the girl at the scene while he tried to write her a ticket.

[HiTech RedNeck]

some more mischief

[Pecos]

Unions at their best.

[anniegetyourgun]

a-hole

[driftdiver]

So much for its a small number that are a problem. They don’t even hide their corruption.

[MrEdd]

In before FreeDUtroll can arive to defend this.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Then the officer shaved his full head of hair to interfere with witnesses identifying him. In an attempt to cover up, NYPD authorities initially lied and stated that the officer was not an employee and most likely a doorman or private security officer.

Un-flipping-believable!!!!

[silverleaf]

There has to be a back story?? What is the whole story?

[Slump Tester]

Gee, why do so many people hate cop’s guts?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

SCUMBAG

[HiTech RedNeck]

From heros to zeros in ten years.

[Vaquero]

St Olphonso’s pancake breakfast.......

NYPD union thuggary at its best.....
I have seen it for 60+ years as the son and nephew of NYPD veterans. might as well be UAW the way the money flows.

[WaterBoard]

1) One witness told WABC, “You hear people screaming, ‘she needs CPR, she needs CPR’, the mother is telling him, ‘do you know CPR’, with a smirk on his face he said, ‘No, I don’t know CPR.’”

2) Mr. Mendez traveled behind the mother’s car, providing an escort of sorts to the hospital. However, when they arrived, Mr. Mendez allegedly drove off and never reported the incident as NYPD regulations require, police officials said. The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.

3) Mr. Mendez faces possible termination if the charges are substantiated at a departmental trial, police said.

[Vaquero]

From heros to zeros in ten years.

there was the same union thuggery back on 9/11....and many years before that....most NYPD cops are good men...and would never have done what this cretin did...but the unions have always been despicable in NYC.

[clee1]

Because the vast majority are undereducated $hitheads on a power trip, who believe that citizens like you and me are all criminals and we deserve whatever abuse we get from them.

I know a bunch of cops. MOST are the dim-witted jock-types from high school; you know - the ones that could batter down an opposing offensive line but couldn't put a coherent book report together.

In a mature society, civil servant is semantically equal to civil master.

[goldi]

I dunno. I think the cop acted in a responsible manner, don’t you? He probably had a ticket quota to fill and having a full head of hair is sometimes uncomfortable in the summertime, especially if you have to wear a cap.

What a piece of garbage.

[eyeamok]

They all belong in Jail for the rest of their lives, And people wonder why there is so much contempt for Jack Booted Thugs.
Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
Felony Kidnapping
Felony Manslaughter
Using a Firearm during the commission of a Violent Crime

All Public Servants that make deliberate false statements with regards to any official act during the performance of their duties Shall be guilty of a Felony and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in State Prison.

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TBL - Thin Blue Line

“Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters not enough was known to determine if the man was an NYPD cop.”

Translates to the parents of the dead girl were lying until oops they actually found the cop.

[justlurking]

In an attempt to cover up, NYPD authorities initially lied and stated that the officer was not an employee and most likely a doorman or private security officer.

According to the article, witnesses were unable to identify the officer from pictures of the 76th precinct (where the incident occurred). However, the officer was actually from the 84th precinct, and had stopped in the 76th to gas up his car.

If it was an NYPD patrol car (which it sounds like it was), the police dept. should have known better to than to suggest that the officer wasn't NYPD. That's something that witnesses are unlikely to get wrong.

I would have been taking pictures. I'm surprised that someone didn't.

[WaterBoard]

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Internal Affairs Bureau investigators showed Ojeda and witnesses pictures of cops in the 76th Precinct, where the incident took place. No cop was identified as the culprit.

They next began reviewing gasoline purchases because cops from two neighboring commands routinely fuel up their vehicles at stations within the 76th Precinct.

Those records confirmed that following a court appearance, Mendez had stopped to fill up his vehicle before heading to the Brooklyn Bridge to relieve a cop at a fixed posting, Browne said. Mendez’s NYPD photo was then placed in a photo array for witnesses, who fingered him.