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  • State trooper disciplined for New Year's Eve "P.I.T." stop (OOC Law Enforcement?)

    03/18/2009 1:45:53 PM PDT · by MplsSteve · 24 replies · 1,283+ views
    Minneapolis StarTribune (aka the red Star) ^ | 3/18/09 | Randy Furst - Staff Reporter
    The Minnesota State Patrol announced today that it has disciplined a state trooper for using her squad car to ram the van driven by a Hudson, Wis., man during a traffic stop in St. Paul on New Year's Eve. A review board established by the Patrol concluded that while the trooper, Carrie Rindal, had reason for a heightened level of concern, her decision to ram the van was not justified. The board also found that the driver, Sam Salter, 40, was not "actively intending to flee." Rindal arrested Salter at gunpoint for fleeing police, and took him to the Ramsey...