On-Duty Cop Shows Up Plastered Drunk For Target Practice, Will Not Face Any Charges

[KamaAina]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-resigns-showing-firing-range-completely-wasted/

A police officer in Red Bank, Tennessee showed up at a local firing range drunk last week.

The officer was so noticeably intoxicated that he was actually pulled aside by other police department employees and given a blood-alcohol test....

Initially, Millsaps was suspended with pay, pending an investigation, but just days later, the investigation was closed and he was forced to resign.

Millsaps will not face any charges for driving while intoxicated, or using a firearm while intoxicated on government property.

[avebury]

1. And don't forget that he had to be

driving drunk to get to the gun range which made him a threat to public safety of others on the road.

[Logical]

5. Cops don't arrest other cops. Sort of a rule. nt

[avebury]

6. I know someone who worked for a state agency

and lost his job because he failed to report that he had lost his license (as a result of a DUI - no his first). He had been driving state vehicles without a license. What he did not know is that the Agency pulls records on employees from the DVM on a regular basis and he got caught and bounced out the building pretty fast.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. kick

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Losing his job is pretty significant

plus he will be facing charges at some point in the future if he continues to drink and drive.

[Logical]

4. Not really.....

some other police force will immediately hire him.

And you or I would of been arrested immediately.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Now that you mention it...probably Ferguson will want him.

We have 2 cops in our town who blew out of our police Dept. for being bad boys,
and sure enough....they got hired in teh next county.

[Logical]

8. Bad cops almost always get rehired. The new employer loves their anger. nt

[GGJohn]

9. That's why he resigned,

if he had been terminated, the chances of getting hired as cop again would be low, but resigning lets him apply and get hired by some podunk little dept.

[Logical]

10. OK, that makes sense! nt

[tblue37]

12. That is WHY they allow them to resign and don't charge them--to

make sure that they will not have anything in their files that would prohibit being hired by other PDs.

[Logical]

13. Good Point! nt

[Mariana]

15. If he does continue to drink and drive

I hope he gets caught before he kills someone.

[Jenoch]

11. If nobody actually witnessed him driving

then there would be reasonable doubt if the case went to court.

I hope this guy gets treatment because showing up at the range intoxicated showed an incredible lack of judgement, not to mention the driving part.

[KamaAina]

14. A) They gave him a breathalyzer test

and he blew .011 twice.

B) He shot a firearm while intoxicated, on government property, and there were plenty of witnesses.

[Jenoch]

16. I wonder what the local

laws are about firing a weapon on a shooting range while intoxicated? At least he hexlost his job with that law enforcement agency.