A district attorney in upstate New York taunted a police officer and demanded special treatment after speeding away from a traffic stop, WHAM reported Friday.
body camera footage obtained WHAM reported Friday that Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Dawley refused to stop a police officer who tried to pull her over for speeding 55 mph in a 35 mph zone. is depicted. Dooley instead drove home and called the police chief on the way to file a complaint, but when he encountered officers in his driveway, he tried to use his position to avoid responsibility for the crime.
“I didn’t want to stop the car on Phillips Road.” According to footage obtained by WHAM, Dooley urged the officer to tell him it wasn’t her choice during a legal traffic stop.
“I chose it,” Dolly replies.
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According to the video, Dooley asked the officer to write her a speeding ticket, but the officer responded that her failure to stop was an “arrestable offense” when he attempted to pull her over. That’s what it means. In another video, she can be seen Dolly telling a police officer that she knows her law better than he does and that she should “get her out of the house.”
“Do you know what I was dealing with all day? There were three murders in the city,” Dooley told the police officer. “Do you really care that I was driving 20 miles over the speed limit?”
Dooley said he didn’t think he would be stopped because “no one would pull over a black SUV” that had plates identifying him as the owner of the car. She repeatedly refused to leave the garage at the officer’s request, and she also refused to respond to direct orders not to enter the home while other officers on the scene considered disciplinary options. I didn’t obey.
Dooley issued a statement the day before the body camera footage was released, accepting responsibility for his actions and pleading guilty to speeding in city court on Tuesday.
“No one, including the District Attorney, is above the law, not even traffic laws. Anyone who knows me knows that I have dedicated my entire 33-year career to the safety of this community. I understand without a doubt,” Dooley wrote in a statement released Thursday. according to To Wham. “My work to ensure the safety and respect of law enforcement has been demonstrated time and time again. I stand by my job and support Monroe County’s commitment to public safety.”
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