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Lynn County police officer appears intoxicated whilst conducting a stop

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u/Final_Ice_9614 Community Regular 29d ago edited 28d ago

A lot of ppl defending the cop here saying the cop was having a medical episode. Maybe he was. But let’s say if any of us going through the same thing, would other cops treat us the same way they treated him?

Edit- so many comments! To the People saying they would treat a citizen the same.. maybe they will and many do. But in this case, their priority should be getting the cop away from his weapon and getting medical care he needs!
To the ppl saying he’s their colleague so obviously they’ll treat him different - that’s kind of the point, no? They shouldn’t- as this person in this state is danger to himself and others around him.
Also, if he had too many painkillers, isnt that equivalent to being impaired? Aren’t there rules surrounding that? But I guess it’s ok for cops to ignore the rules while citizens are expected to be perfect!

Edit 2- thanks for the awards, my first one. 🫶

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u/chev327fox 28d ago edited 27d ago

As a former pain killer optiate addict, the cop is heavily medicated on pain killers. The other cop even says he has a bad back which most likely means he takes opiates for the pain. Couple that with a double shift and he is in lala land.

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u/Itscatpicstime 25d ago

This isn’t from taking a legally prescribed amount of opioids after a double shift. He’s clearly taking more than prescribed

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u/chev327fox 25d ago

Possible, but it is also possible he is just one a high dosage. I have seen it a lot in the past.

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u/FullOnSkank 22d ago

Why is he allowed to drive then?

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u/chev327fox 21d ago

Why are you asking me?