Citizen’s arrest?
There are so many things wrong with the story about the Everett Fire Department’s deputy chief impersonating a highway patrolman on April 20 around 10 p.m. (April 23 article, “Firefighter investigated for impersonating officer”). This story is a good example of the favoritism and injustice that is alive and well in our system along with our newspaper reporting.
When most people read stories in the paper, I wonder if they ask themselves what facts are not here, that should be here, and why not. Certainly someone must know the facts. The truth is that the facts exist, but people make choices to tell them and to report them for their own reasons, not the benefit of the general public.
Sixty-five miles from home, in a Fire Department vehicle, he flashes his lights and pulls over an unsuspecting person on the freeway. He steps out of the car and approaches the driver. He comes up to the window, babbling about something. He turns and walks back to his vehicle, speeds away and leaves the driver wondering what just happened. The driver instantly knows something isn’t right and calls 911.
What was he thinking? Whatever it was, it can’t be good. Whatever scenario you come up with, none make sense. Was he sober? Was he at his favorite casino? Was he looking for female companionship with a badge on? Is it something worse?
Why haven’t any of these points been discussed in the paper? Why hasn’t any reporter followed up this story? Is this guy really going to go free? Is paid administrative leave really justice for what he did?
The truth is, that if I got caught doing what he did, I certainly wouldn’t be set free.
I wonder who drove the deputy chief home.
Ken Hopstad
Everett
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