Keystone Cops - Whatcha Gonna Do When They Run Over You?
Both papers are running the story today of Jennifer Lee Schneider, a 26-year-old Minnesota State Trooper, accused of the following:
A state trooper intent on getting an off-duty colleague to a hockey game allegedly used her squad car's lights and siren and reached speeds of up to 126 mph before crashing into a civilian car in Eagan in December.
The trooper then told investigators she had been pursuing a violator when the accident took place, and told an Explorer Scout riding with her to lie about what happened, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
Luckily no one was injured in the collision. This story reminds me of something my dad told me about his neighborhood last week. About 8:00 PM he noticed a flashing ambulance in the driveway of a neighbor. Given his training in emergency services (no jokes about my high school days please), he ran over to see if they needed his help.
They didn’t, the paramedics had everything well in hand (it was a bathroom slip and fall accident, which the elderly victim should fully recover from). Just as they were carrying the poor guy out on a stretcher, the assembled gathering of concerned family, neighbors, and ambulance crew heard another siren. They all turned around to see a squad car from the local PD screaming down the street. At a great rate of speed, it made a skidding turn into the long drive way. As it approached the garage, the driver hit the breaks, lost control, and proceeded to slide on the ice covered pavement another 40 feet (just missing the garage), onto the snow covered lawn until sticking like a dart into an oversized drift.
Without a hint of contrition, the young officer inside jumped out, assessed the emergency situation as not needing her assistance, and then she asked 4 of the men standing about to help push her out of the snow. So it turns out, they did need my dad’s help after all.
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