Caught on Video

The King County, Washington, Sheriff's Office has fired Deputy Amy Shoblom for falsely accusing a bus driver of using profanity in an argument with her sergeant. Shoblom and the sergeant, Lou Caballero, are accused of retaliating against the driver for complaining deputies don't do enough to protect drivers. They filed a report accusing him of using profanity, not realizing the argument had been videotaped and the video showed the driver used no profanity.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

[Sheriff] Urquhart noted that, in many instances, the word of an officer is not subject to independent confirmation.

"Rather, it stands on its own, backed only by the badge and the hard-earned goodwill of the department the officer represents," he wrote.

Yeah, about that...

[dantheserene]

That "goodwill" is not an infinite resource. I don't believe cops lie more than they used to, they just get caught more often.

[Crackers Boy]

And nothing else happened.

CB

[Radioactive]

they didn't shoot the dog?

[skeptikal]

So the cop is suing her department for retaliation, and is then fired for retaliating against a civilian. Moral of the story? Cops should retaliate when citizens complain because it protects police from complaints, but cops should not retaliate against each other.

[Harvard]

Moral of the story is: cop is fired, Sgt. isn't.