“I resort to posting the laws of Utah and analysis of the information given.”
It said that basically that if the driver refuses to sign, that the officer is not forced to take the person to jail.
But the officer does have the OPTION to place the person under arrest and take them to jail, based on their behavior.
“Pretty cut and dry to me. Bad cop.”
The question I have is, was that your opinion before or after you watched the video?
The first thing I saw was the video. I read the numerous articles and then poked around the laws and watched the interviews.
The other law I posted was the law regarding arrest. The officer never said he was being placed under arrest, under what authority, under what law. He also failed to follow the state guidelines for taser use in Utah from what I have seen on other sites but I haven’t had time to find those and research them. I am sure some of it is subjective so the investigation needs to play out. The rest is my formulated opinion on what will happen based on what I see, hear, and read and of course one must consider the negative exposure to the state of Utah and the State police there in general.
He made a decision to arrest for failure to sign the ticket from what I can gather and that is a judgement call. A poor one considering the violation and the circumstances.