This is insane. I’ve seen a friend get jailed overnight for rolling through a stop sign on a quiet road then blowing 0.085 (.005 over the legal limit there) after getting pulled over. That’s less than the margin of error on those machines.
This is even more insane. But not too shocking. Last time I was involved in an accident (Arkansas), I waited around for the cops and medics to attend to me, and everyone just started packing up and driving away. I wasn’t bleeding, but had been knocked around. My friend was bleeding, similarly ignored. Totally fucked up. Luckily I heard the driver who caused the accident lying about which direction she’d been driving and corrected that misinformation before everyone drove away. Shoddy work all around.
This should be completely immaterial, really. Was this investigation handled according to department policy or not? If so, that policy needs to be changed asap. If not, there should be swift and meaningful consequences and protections put in place to avoid it in the future.
