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Cop pulling DARE trailer charged with DUI
Wave3.com ^ | 29 July 2011 | Katie Bauer

Posted on 07/29/2011 7:04:10 AM PDT by WaterBoard

SALEM, IN (WAVE) – A police officer is facing drunk driving charges in Washington County, Indiana and the arresting officers say he was carrying a message about drug abuse education at the time.

Not only a police officer, but according to the Seymour Police Department website, he is the School Resource Officer, responsible for seven schools, acting as a mentor and providing students with a role model. It even states that he conducts lectures on narcotics and alcohol and their effects on driving.



Seymour Police Officer John Newcomb (Source; Washington County, IN Jail)

Witnesses say when Newcomb was taken from the scene, he was not in handcuffs and was a passenger in the front of a police car, not the back.

Brother cops protecting one of their own.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: cops; dare; drunk; dui; hypocrite; thinblueline; unions

1 posted on 07/29/2011 7:04:18 AM PDT by WaterBoard
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To: WaterBoard

He sure looks like his brother cops “protected” the hell out of him ;)


2 posted on 07/29/2011 7:10:50 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

Looks like a seatbelt injury subsequent to a collision.


3 posted on 07/29/2011 7:17:12 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: WaterBoard

Simple situation. He ought to get the max.


4 posted on 07/29/2011 7:17:16 AM PDT by Brownie63
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To: WaterBoard

School Resource Officer... mentoring children?!! Some of our Middle Schools and our high schools have police officers in them. Believe me, they aren’t there to do any “mentoring”.


5 posted on 07/29/2011 7:20:15 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree

Eyewitness News also called the Seymour Police Department and left a message for the chief, asking about Officer Newcomb’s status with the department. We never heard back.


6 posted on 07/29/2011 7:26:38 AM PDT by WaterBoard
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To: WaterBoard

I am sure it is paid leave until they a jury or judge decides guilt or not? Or, he will get some “treatment for his addiction” and get a slap on the wrist.


7 posted on 07/29/2011 7:38:53 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree
I am sure it is paid leave until they a jury or judge decides guilt or not? Or, he will get some “treatment for his addiction” and get a slap on the wrist.

Or the original files are lost, the police video has an episode of American Idol recorded over it and the arresting officer takes a long vacation and is unable to testify. Case dismissed.

8 posted on 07/29/2011 7:44:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

I concur.
No handcuffs and a front seat escort is BS.

After what happened to Brasard in Indy, any cop taking care of their own should be fired, tried and imprisoned.


9 posted on 07/29/2011 7:51:14 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping!


10 posted on 07/29/2011 7:53:17 AM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: WaterBoard

D.A.D. -— Drunks Against Drugs


12 posted on 07/29/2011 8:21:45 AM PDT by Lexington Green (FOX = RINO-TV)
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To: momtothree
The Resource Officer was just being resourceful.
13 posted on 07/30/2011 10:52:28 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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