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Corzine's driver faces police review
2007-04-21
An internal state police panel of accident experts will decide if Governor Corzine's driver was at fault in last week's crash, and only the state police superintendent will say if he will face disciplinary action. That has some experts wondering if the state police should be the only ones reviewing an accident where their driver was speeding and the governor not wearing his seat belt. In some cases, courts have approved outside monitors to review police actions to ensure public accountability, experts noted.

Robert Galantucci, a Hackensack-based defense attorney who specializes in representing police officers, said the internal panel is a reasonable beginning. "Every police department has an internal affairs department and, frankly, investigates their own," Galantucci said. "It's certainly a start. Should it be the final review? Probably not." Resolving the matter with only a review by the trooper's colleagues would be "tough for the public to accept," Galantucci said.
Posted by:Fred

#6  With respect to driving the governor, the police's internal rules are probably along the line of "do what he says as long as it doesn't make us look bad."
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-04-21 16:16  

#5  Jim, there may not be such a thing as a formal speed limit for an 'emergency' vehicle with flashing lights, but as I recall, here in Illinois they do have limits. For example, an ambulance with flashing lights still isn't allowed to exceed the speed limit (they can go through red lights if it's safe, etc).

This wasn't a hot pursuit, and I suspect there are internal rules for the state police about driving state officials.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-04-21 13:52  

#4  He's a Trooper, He had the lights flashing, there's no such thing as a speed limit then.

Pat on th wrist, reassignment, new driver, all over.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-21 13:15  

#3  Sure the officer was driving, bit his boss was screaming "Faster Pussy Cat Die Die!!"
Posted by: regular joe   2007-04-21 07:32  

#2  Only if the driver's penalties are met or exceeded by those imposed upon Crash Corzine™.
(Hat tip to RD)
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-21 02:13  

#1  I was jus' doin' whut my boss tol' me to. Didn't work so well at Nuremburg either...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-04-21 01:19  

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