Comments about ‘2 Ogden officers face unrelated DUI charges’

Yeah they are obviously human; but they are allowed to be police officers because they chose to be elite. They chose to "serve and protect." How can they protect us when they are the ones harming us on the roads? These are the guys that we count on to protect our families! It was lucky that in either of these cases someone wasn't killed. They deserve the maximum penalty for making such a selfish decision of getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.

I have known these two fine officers for a long time and have had to call on them on many occassions. I am clear that one must not jump to judgment, but should look beyond the DUI. To lose these fine officers will put a deficit in our police force that will take far to long fill.....I believe counseling and probation would serve both the officers and our community a million times better than disciplinary sanctions that will remove them from the force. God Bless them and the fine work they do.

these two individuals should in reality be treated like anyone else that is in a position of trust and be reprimanded accordingly. This should be done by the courts and their employer, in my opinion, should be left out of it unless they have their driving privilages revoked.
Without driving privilages, they would have to suffer the consequences just like a truck driver would if he lost his license.

Why are they being paid while on administrative restraint leave? Why not have a SUSPENDED paid leave, payment being dependent on guilt or innocence? Paid leave for misbehaving is not punishment, it is a paid vacation!

book em and be done! put em in gen pop like the rest of the dui ers! when ever your licensed to carry the badge or the gun along with driving under the influnece. one must remember there are no invisible special privileges ...nice cop or not ..plain and simple. That vehicle can kill the innocent as well! Time to redo the thinking period!!

If I were an Ogden police officer I'd probably drink too. I wouldn't want that job. However, I think we should also, as citizens, be able to flag officers that break the law because they think they are above the law. Officers who speed just to get to work on time, etc. We see it all the time. No lights, No siren, but traveling over 80 mph. I was told by the UHP that an officer Must display lights and a siren anytime he goes over the speed limit. So, a SLC police officer driving at 85 mph on the freeway in draper is breaking the law.

When was the last time anyone you know was put on leave without pay from their job when they had a traffic violation that was under investigation?

What? Doesn't happen?

Being put on leave is already more than most of us have to deal with in the same situation.

Innocent til proven guilty. Or should we have you lose some pay the next time you get pulled over for speeding?

I agree that they are as human as the next person but as for treating them the same, when did people start getting paid leave from their jobs for a dui?

Cops are human to, sure. But have and will they recieve special treatment? Of course they will. Should they be held to the same standards as everyone else....higher I say...because its them that enforce the laws....On leave WITH pay? This only reinforces my point. Cops break the very laws they cite us for everyday. Speeding, drinking and driving, adultery, sex with the underage, yet by and large, thier punishment is far less severe than a NON COP doing the same thing. This shouldnt suprise anyone. Would counseling and probation be appropriate? Perhaps. But if a non cop did this...it'd be jail...of that you can be sure.

Anyone wonder why these two cops faces havent been spread all over the news?

Am I following this right? Ingalsbe's blood came back with .05 and the legal limit is .08. When did he take the sleep aid? Sleep aids stay in your system for a while, so how do they know when he took it? Also, how can they say he was at or close to the legal limit? His blood said he was at .05, so what proof do they have that it would have been more? If he was treated like everyone else his name wouldn't be in the paper, because he was below the legal limit, unless you want to speculate, but you can't prosecute on speculations. I'm not saying he was 100% in the right, but it sounds like a weak case to me. And it does sound like Buck was treated just like everyone else, except his name is in the paper and on the news.

I don't believe police officers should be treated like everyone else. On the whole they are far less ignorant and more educated aboutt the law because they enforce it. The last time I checked, getting a speeding ticket isn't the same as getting a DUI. These two officers should be held more respoinsible. I am a respoinsible citizen and I NEVER get behind the wheel of a car if I'm under the influence. I have had friends get jail time for a first offense. These officers might do fine work, and maybe they can return to the force after being taught a lesson, but that lesson should be pursued at the full extent of the law. I am sorry for their families, but what they did was stupid, and the comment that everybody makes mistakes somtimes? Sure they do. But if they do something this stupid, they get punished for it. The police department is playing this down so they can cut these guys a break. They could have killed someone.

Just some questions: How long from the time of the accident was Ingalsbe blood drawn, what did he blow in a test? Or did they forget to give him one to buy him time to lower the percent of alcohol in his system? Also it seems that all that damage and a DUI, should have bought him at least a booking into jail, some drug and alcohol classes that he paid for, maybe community service or something.. From other stories he paid a fine just under $600, charges were dropped to reckless driving not drug related, so no classes, no money to the county, no jail and no lost wages.

NOT THE USUAL TREATMENT FOR A DUI AND RECKLACE DRIVING!!!
The other officer, as far as I can find from any newspaper, has no charges still pending. Seems his has gone away..

Amazing what a blue uniform can do for you. I for one know that this is not what everyone else gets.