You All Disgust Me

Designated driver? Check.
Refused roadside sobriety test? Check (and good for her!)
Woman incarcerated and blood test comes back 0.0? Check.
Falsifying a police report in a petty attempt to get revenge? Oh you’d better believe that’s a CHECK.

Turns out, Heather Squires’ husband – a lawyer – had just beaten Officer Gonzalez of the Mesa PD in court. So what does he do? He pulls her over (with him in the car) and decides to haul her in for DUI, stating that she had “bloodshot and watery eyes…Flushed face…Strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from breath.” Even after the blood test that she was forced to undergo came back with a blood alcohol level of 0.0, the Mesa Police Department is standing behind this “cop”.

Don’t like it? Why don’t you stop on by their website and tell them how you feel about this?

Here’s some more pertinent information:

Mesa Police Department
Internal Affairs
130 North Robson
Mesa AZ 85201-6697
480-644-5214

Mesa Police Chief George Gascón
480-644-2324

The officer’s name is Bond Gonzalez.
Detective Steve Berry, who is a spokesman for the department, stated that by refusing the field test, Heather Squires “forced” Gonzalez’s hand.

There are 9 results for “Steve Berry” in Tempe, AZ. If anyone knows which one of these is him, please let me know, and I’ll update the information here. Maybe “Detective” Berry needs to be reminded that Gonzalez was not forced to arrest Heather; SOP is to get a breathalyzer. You can refuse a field sobriety test (as they’re designed to be failed), but you are not allowed to refuse a breathalyzer. If she refused THAT, then Gonzalez would have had no choice but to arrest her.

Unfortunately, I cannot find any additional information about “officer” Bond Gonzalez. Will update when/if I do.

From ABC News:

Robin Garrison, an off-duty 42-year-old firefighter, was walking in Berliner Park in Columbus, Ohio, in May when he saw a woman sunbathing topless under a tree.

He approached her and they started talking and getting comfortable, the woman smiling and resting her foot on his shoulder at one point.

Eventually, she asked to see Garrison’s penis; he unzipped his pants and complied.

Seconds later, undercover police officers pulled up in a van and arrested Garrison; he was later charged with public indecency, a misdemeanor, based on video footage taken by cops who were targeting men having sex or masturbating in the park. While topless sunbathing is legal in the city’s parks, exposing more than that is against the law.

The article goes on to state that “The sunbathing woman is not affiliated with the police department and she was not asked to take part in the sting operation, according to a spokesperson for the department.”

Horse. Shit.

If the woman was not working with or for the police department, then why the hell were undercover officers watching her? And who the hell randomly asks to see someone’s penis?
For that matter, why are police departments enticing people to commit crimes? In NYC, police are leaving bags filled with cellphones, ipods and game systems unattended in subway stations, then swoop in to grab whoever picks them up. Never mind the fact that leaving unattended baggage in a subway terminal is pretty much the exact opposite of what you’re told to do while there. Furthermore, in New York, personal property laws state that anyone who finds property worth more than $25 has 10 days to turn said property in to the police or the rightful owner. So, to recap, the cops here are:

• Not stopping actual criminals
• Creating crime to artificially inflate statistics
• Breaking the laws that they are sworn to uphold
• ALL OF THE ABOVE

And naturally, nothing will happen. Nothing will change. In a country where a macho off-duty cop can weave in and out of traffic, cutting people off, and then shoot the driver of another car because the driver “was going for a gun” with absolutely no repercussions, this sort of shit is nothing but a blip on the radar.