KCSO deputy fired after getting drunk, leaving gun on dock..

[TechnoWeenie]

Where is angry moms demanding that 'safe storage' law again, which I guarantee will have an exemption for LE in it :-p

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SEATTLE (AP) - A King County sheriff's deputy has been fired after he reportedly passed out drunk while boating in the Tacoma Narrows and left his gun behind on the dock, where it was found by teenagers.

Deputy Christopher Dearth, assigned to the SeaTac Police Department, was terminated May 1, according to personnel records provided to The Associated Press under a Public Records Act request.

So uhh.... where's the DUI for operating the boat while intoxicated, assaulting an officer?

Fire personnel towed his boat back to the marina and arranged for his girlfriend to come pick him up. But two Tacoma police officers had also responded and tried to assess Dearth's mental state before giving him his gun back.

"Dearth initially ignored them but became verbally aggressive, accusing them of taking his firearm and demanding that they return it to him," Major Lisa Mulligan, chief of the SeaTac department, wrote in her summary of the case. "He became physically aggressive and generally belligerent when he was not allowed to leave on his own."

The officers decided to hang on to the weapon, and at one point, Dearth grabbed an officer's wrist and threatened to punch him in the face, Mulligan wrote

Ohh...

Nevermind

"There is ample evidence that the primary reason Deputy Dearth was not arrested and booked into jail for assault, obstructing and boating under the influence was because of his employment," Pugel wrote. "Anyone else who behaved in such a way and was not a police officer would most probably have been."

[Benja455]

Sigh...this is depressing.

[H2obouget]

They should have just pushed the gun and creds into the drink.
Let him explain to his superiors later where his creds and issued pistol went.

[TechnoWeenie]

Sigh...this is depressing.

At least he was off getting drunk on his own time.. hahah

But seriously.. If you're getting drunk, why the hell are you gonna carry around your gun?

Drunk.
Drunk and armed.
Drunk, armed, and operating a vessel.
Drunk, armed, LOSE your firearm, and operate a vessel.
Drunk, now NOT armed because you lost your firearm, operate a vessel, get trapped in low hanging wires.
Drunk, not armed, operate a vessel, get trapped, have firefighters respond when someone sees you passed out.
Drunk, not armed, not operating a vessel, grabbing the officer and threatening to punch him if he doesn't give your gun back, after firefighters clear you.

I see some solid decision making skills right there, glad he was entrusted with our safety... and glad that the agency made the right decision.

Still curious as to why he wasn't charged... we all know any one of us doing the same shit would not only be charged, but probably have the shit beaten out of us for grabbing a cop and telling him that he was gonna get hit..

[TechnoWeenie]

They should have just pushed the gun and creds into the drink.
Let him explain to his superiors later where his creds and issued pistol went.

LOLOL

I'd almost agree with that... :-p

[waglocker]

Ah but some people are more equal than us regular equal people.

[BadKarma]

You have to wonder, leaving your ID and gun on the dock would be a statement of "I'm never fucking coming back". I think he was going to exit this world but got too drunk first.