Posted on 11/26/2013 5:14:49 PM PST by moonshinner_09
A state trooper accused of triggering a three-car crash on Route 1 in Revere that smashed up a cruiser and put an on-duty trooper in the hospital has been suspended indefinitely without pay today, state police announced.
Trooper Shawn D’Amato, 43, who authorities said told EMTs he had smoked crack within an hour of yesterday's crash, was arraigned in his Massachusetts General Hospital bed yesterday on charges of drunken and drugged driving, negligent operation; and failure to change lanes for an emergency vehicle.
EMTs also observed "apparent track marks on (D'Amato's) arms, suggesting intravenous drug use," Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk District Attorney's Office, said. The trooper also lost his driver's license today for 180 days, according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
D'Amato, who had worked at Troop F at Logan International Airport, was released on his own recognizance and ordered not to drive.
After the arrest, State Police Col. Timothy Alben insisted his department is addressing its officers’ problems, and isn’t facing a crisis of poor discipline.
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He should have stuck to just smoking Marijuana.
He will lawyer up and he will claim an addiction.
.......well sir, you are entitled to believe whatever you want.
But, I believe that a police officer who is on crack and has needle tracks on his arm is not something that could be hidden for long or indefinitely by said police officer from his fellow officers who are trained specifically and routinely to observe and be on the lookout for just that kind of behavior and identifying needle tracks. One of my very best friends of 40+ years was a narc, and a very good one, a long time ago. I said to him tonight “John, do you think it is possible for one of your fellow officers to be on crack and have needle marks on his arm and not one of his fellow officers, over a long period of time, be aware of it. The answer was a flat “No”.
Yup Boston columnist/talk host Howie Carr has nicknamed them F Troop in the past. (That’s the next target of the PC crowd—heavens, the theme song says “redskins”....)
We ageee except on the long period of time. If the majority of his coworkers can’t take one look at him and tell he’s using then they should be fired.
He must look like the guy from the Village People.
He was inflicted in the line of duty. That was second hand crack.
Police officers can now have tattoos up and down their arms (sleeved) as long as they have them completely covered up all year round. Think needle tracks could be hidden in among ink work and aging color?
Needle tracks can be hidden with long sleeves. Kinda hard to hide the glazed eyes and other behaviors that go along with it.
They knew and covered up for him.
I agree. I was just trying to head off some freepers saying “we’ll, they wear long shirts” or something like that. Well, if they wear long shirts sooner or later SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE is gonna notice it and say something to SOMEBODY and the gig would be up. It simply would be impossible to hide indefinitely and some ACCOUNTABILITY needs to be applied to others, in my opinion.
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