officer crash no field sobriety test

[Or1on]

Something smells fishy here.  Special treatment given?

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/11/09...stigation/

[Obie]

How do you know there was no field sobriety test ?

[Or1on]

It was announced on TV news this morning. No field sobriety test.

[Obie]

The story in the link you provided has changed.
Better go back and read it now.

They closed the road for 3 hours looking for something, that doesn't sound like any kind of coverup.

[Or1on]

Again, aired on the news today, Wednesday, Hilo officer was off duty and no DUI test given.  Sounds like the very definition of a cover-up.

[kalakoa]

They closed the road for 3 hours looking for something

Missing integrity? Forgotten ethics? Maybe they're allowed to delay the DUI test during the "investigation"?

[randomq]

Some animals are more equal.

[Obie]

I don't watch the news on TV but I do read the Trib. Here is what was reported yesterday.

"Police seek witnesses to officer-involved traffic crash

Tribune-Herald staff

Police are seeking potential witnesses to an early morning single-vehicle traffic collision involving a taxpayer- subsidized police vehicle driven by an off-duty officer.

Shortly after 1:40 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a crash at the intersection of Kekuanaoa Street and Kilauea Avenue in Hilo.

According to police, the off-duty officer lost control of a 2015 Dodge two-door sedan while trying to negotiate a right turn from Kekuanaoa onto Kilauea. The vehicle then struck a traffic light pole and hedges on the shoulder of Kilauea.

Police say the officer, a 12-year veteran, wasn’t injured in the incident.

The investigation caused a temporary road closure Sunday afternoon for about three-hours as police

combed the traffic scene.

Acting Assistant Police Chief Kenneth Quiocho said he couldn’t identify the officer and didn’t say whether police suspect alcohol was involved in the crash.

“We want to talk to anyone who saw the crash or who saw how (the officer) was driving beforehand,” Quiocho said. “We hold our officers to a higher standard, and we want to get to the bottom of what occurred.”

Police are still investigating to determine whether criminal charges are warranted, and the Office of Professional Standards — the department’s internal affairs unit — has initiated an administrative investigation into the matter.

Any potential criminal charges in the incident are expected to be sent to prosecutors for review.

The department’s administrative investigation, which is separate from the criminal investigation, will result in disciplinary action should there be any policy or procedure violations, police said.
Anyone with information relating to this incident is asked to contact Detective Jeremy Kubojiri at (808) 961-2378 or jeremy. kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov."

[Chas]

"Acting Assistant Police Chief Kenneth Quiocho said he couldn’t identify the officer and didn’t say whether police suspect alcohol was involved in the crash."

That line alone sounds suspect. Why wouldn't they just say it if they did (or didn't) do an alcohol test?

"...combed the traffic scene"... Now that's funny right there. So they did everything they could to investigate how the accident occurred EXCEPT the sobriety test? Wouldn't that be the FIRST thing you do?

Just askin'...

[Obie]

A field sobriety test begins with observation. Was the officer stumbling around, slurring his speech, did he smell like alcohol ?

Maybe he didn't exhibit any of those signs and it stopped right there.

Maybe wait and let the investigation play out before we condemn the police.

Unless Or1on was an eyewitness how would he or she know what was done ?