HOULTON, Maine — A 24-year veteran of the Maine State Police was on administrative leave Monday after she was cited for operating her state police cruiser while under the influence of alcohol last week, state police said.
Sgt. Julie Bergan, 54, was issued a summons Thursday for OUI after she failed field sobriety and blood-alcohol content tests at the Houlton barracks, state police Lt. Col. Raymond Bessette said Monday.
Bessette called the incident “a tragic chain of events.”
“We hold ourselves to the highest standards, and as difficult as this situation is we need to ensure that we hold true to the core values of Maine State Police,” he added.
Attempts to reach Bergan for comment were not successful on Monday.
Under Maine law, people may be issued an OUI summons when they are found driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more.
Bessette referred comment on Bergan’s blood alcohol test results to Todd Collins, district attorney for Aroostook County. Collins did not return a telephone message seeking comment.
The incident began sometime Thursday morning, Bessette said. Bergan reported for work in her state police-issued cruiser and her supervisor, Lt. Mark Brooks, and several co-workers saw her behaving in what they believed to be an erratic manner.
State police administrators then ordered her field-tested and the summons was issued, Bessette said.
Bergan is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation conducted by Lt. Erik Baker, who heads the Internal Affairs Division at state police headquarters in Augusta, Bessette said.
Bergan joined state police in 1988 and was promoted to sergeant in 1997, Bessette said.
State police typically are eligible for retirement after serving 25 years, Bessette said.
Bergan is due in Houlton District Court on Aug. 7.
Another Maine state trooper pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge on Jan. 24.
A judge fined Robin Parker $500 and suspended his driver’s license for 90 days. The Department of Public Safety also suspended him for two months without pay and demoted him from sergeant to trooper.
Parker was issued a summons for drunken driving after he was stopped on Dec. 18 on the Maine Turnpike in Gray after a motorist called to report that his vehicle was being driven erratically.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
With one year to go until she’s eligible to retire this makes about as much sense as the Rumford attorney who was charged with calling in bomb threats to Cushing Academy[scratches head].
What comes to my mind is the guy who cracked up his pickup last week because he thought an 8 hour sleep off was enough to sober up. She might have thought the same thing.
if it takes more than 8 hours to sleep it off, you have a serious problem
prime reason why you cant trust that an officer is always there for your best interest, sometimes there are bad people in all fields so always look out for number one in case the ones you think you can trust are just not there for you.
Also they hold them self’s to a higher slandered which is why he kept his job even thow most people that drive drunk get fired if the job requires they drive all the time. . Does the states insurance provider know this and what did the rates go up by to keep him on the road.
Julie isn’t a him, she is a her.
Robin Parker is a he, and he kept his leo job….
He wasn’t drunk on the job though.
He’s always on the job. He will always have more authority then a civilian. I’m a carpenter, just because i’m not on the job, doesn’t mean I would start a structure from the roof down…
An astute comment.
Still, that top down job would be an interesting engineering lark.lol
are you sure? ;-)
If she were growing a pot plant, I would sympathize, but o.u.i, AND at work? This will not do.
Well if it was a pot plant, all her assets should be seized and the profits put into such genius ideas as Fast and Furious.
Basically in this case a precedent was already set with the other Trooper not losing his job. The only difference is he didn’t show up to work under the influence like this trooper did. Still if convicted an OUI is an OUI…if one trooper didn’t lose their job then how can this one….
Most any place you will lose your job for reporting to work while under the influence. The other officer wasn’t on duty.That’s the difference.
Very good Point! I personally think the other officer should have lost his job too. A police officer to me is a person sworn to abidde by the law even when not working. They are supposed to be role models for kids!
It’s uphold the law.What they do on their own time is their business. Teachers,Coaches,Sport figures are too. If you fired everyone who makes mistakes who are supposed to be role models,there wouldn’t be many people working. Think about what goes on in everyday life. Parents should be role models too,lets fire most of them.
what about the truck driver that gets an OUI he loses his job….so a teacher that gets busted for child porn should be able to keep their job too? so could say that was just a mistake???
Well the reason the truck driver loses his job is a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) has a zero tolerance (0.0) as opposed to a “normal” drivers license (0.8) . By the way…based on the last MSP OUI case I will be shocked if she doesn’t lose her job.
She was in uniform, driving a state owned and issued vehicle and reporting to work as a supervisor.
Role models are found in all walks of life but no profession has a monopoly on, or obligation to, being one.
So are firefighters…there is a Bangor Assistant Chief that didn’t lose his job for an OUI conviction. We are all human…we all make mistakes.
There are at least three other difference, the other Trooper wasn’t driving his state issued cruiser, was on his own time and wasn’t reporting to duty as a Supervisor.
Let me ask you a question.
If you are on the hunt for a building contractor, and you meet a candidate at his home, and his personal garage was flat on the ground, would you consider hiring him? Just because he built the garage on his own time? If you can’t build a garage on your own time, you’r no carpenter. If you can’t obey the laws on your own time, how can you enforce them as an LEO?
Well the last MSP caught was a Sergeant and was assigned to the Academy in Vassalboro. This is what happened to him…
He plead guilty, was reduced in rank to Trooper, was removed from a choice assignment at the Academy and was reassigned to the MSP Headquarters (don’t know if he is still at headquarters or a barracks now), lost his license for 90 days, paid a minimum of a $400.00 fine.
All for driving his OWN vehicle, not in uniform and on his own time.
Maybe she can retire as she is so close. What would happen to someone who worked in another branch of state government if they were drunk, armed and drove a state vehicle?
They get to be Governor?
They get to be President. But that’s minus the armed part – still….
Special. Anyone would be canned from the job. I suppose the State PD is above all that.
I do not believe that every person is canned for committing an OUI. Many people commit offenses and are not fired from their jobs. Role models are spoken of…I think in today’s world those are few and far between, just take a look at professional athletes, parenting, etc.. This incident involves a state trooper and of course, that looks bad. Was it wrong? Absolutely! I don’t condone it by any means. We have not walked in her shoes, do not know her circumstances, and have no right to judge her. Alcohol use is widespread and we live in a society which encourages and supports the guzzling use of alcohol. It is poisoning society and has no limits to it’s reaches. Sad.
Thankfully I wasn’t canned when I made that super stupid mistake 7 years ago.
I don’t think so.
very sad, hopefully she can get the help she obviously needs and be able to keep her retirement. we all make mistakes. 24 years of service should be worth something in my opinion.
I’m sure she has arrested many civilians for OUI…. wonder if she ever felt bad for them “because everyone make mistakes”? As far as her 24 years being worth something?… she was lucky she didn’t kill someone on her way to work. For her to take that reckless chance is not worth anything, in my opinion!
i hope the people she arrested for oui didnt lose thier job and retirement also
You sound bitter, possibly a customer of hers is what i’m thinking.
Sorry, I don’t get the meaning of your comment, as I am a customer of yours ;-)
Does not surprise me.
Might just be someone who dislikes a hypocrite.
AMEN!!!! Now pass the wine….I have to go to work soon LOL
Its not lucky its stupid people who drink way too much that don’t care that kill
WELL said!!
Obviously this person has an alcohol problem which is an illness. Yes, a big mistake and yes, thank goodness no one was hurt. Cops are human beings too and can have personal problems just like anyone else. And yes, they need to take responsibility just like anyone else. As long as this person has a clean work record notwithstanding this incident, she should go to court, face the music, pay her penalties, get the medical treatment she needs, be on “desk duty”, and then be given a second chance after all that is done. Christians are supposed to believe in forgiveness and redemption. 24 years of good work should not be automatically discounted, and this incident should not be used to judge the person’s entire life. That is most UNChristian. If she pays her penalties, the greatest of all will be the damage to her reputation and the public humiliation she will deal with (she will probably beat herself up more than anyone else will), and she accepts her problem and gets the treatment she needs, then in time she deserves a second chance.
State police are supposed to be our role models – her penalty should not be lenient. Yes, we are human but she risked lives by doing this and for her co-workers to notice erratic behavior…she didn’t just imbibe in 1 to many beers.
Did you know that if a professional driver (eg. truck drivers) is charged with an OUI they lose their licenses for LIFE a.k.a. they lose their livelihood, no matter how many years of upstanding driving records they have. Why should she be any different?
I have a CDL license. Do you think I can pay the penalties and keep my job after driving drunk? I RATHER DOUBT IT! By the way I have a 40 year clean record. My point being, It depends on WHO you are whether it is a mistake or stupidity and how you are penalized.
I don’t want to start a whole new direction to these comments but the truth of the matter is that the union that represents this employee is the reason for the way this will be handled. It isn’t a matter of WHO she is but rather WHO REPRESENTS HER. I’m betting that she can’t be fired because it is an “illness”. The State Police will need to send her to the correct counseling facility and won’t be able to fire her unless this is not the first “event”.
I’m all about sticking up for cops when the public is being ignorant about their role in society but there is NO excuse for this on a number of levels. If these accusations are true, which I’m confident they are, I don’t care if she keeps her retirement or not. That was her choice when she chose to drive drunk in a police car. People like this give all cops a bad name and erode the public’s faith in all Law Enforcement. As if they needed more reasons for people to hate them.
The time to “get help” is before something like this happens. I don’t want to hear about it after.
Yes, you are proving yourself to be a very UNChristian “bully” with this post. Christians believe in forgiveness and redemption. Yes, she needs to face penalities and take responsiblity. Sometimes it is a serious incident such as this that needs to be the wake-up call for a person with a problem. Thank goodness no one got hurt. If she takes responsibility, pays her fines, and gets her treatment, she deserves another chance if she has a clean 24-year work record. This should not define her entire life. Let he without sin cast the first stone.
First, I am not a christian, nor do I pretend to be. Second, a “mistake” is having one too many and then trying to drive home. This was far worse. Both should never go without consequence.
I’m ok with forgiving her. That doesn’t mean she is fit for duty. If convicted, she would not be able to work for any PD in the State, why should she get to be a supervisor for this one?
Really? You kidding keep her retirement.. You, got to be joking??
she’s earned it. no joke
I know for a fact that the first time you catch someone drinking and driving is most likely not the first time they were out drinking and driving. If that is the case with this officer than there is a good chance she did not earn anything.
She might of earned it. But, are tax dollars are paying for this type of state trooper.. I don’t think so.. A criminal just like anyone who would of got caught. She should loose It… Can’t even trust a cop now a days…
24 years of service and taking advantage of the job.HELLO!
Her coworkers should have kept the dirty laundry inside and handled this in house. It sounds to me like someone was out to get her. We don’t know the circumstances that caused her to nip the flask and I don’t want to know. Back in the day cops protected cops…trust me.
Your right Bush, they did, they still do as well and it wasnt right back then and its still NOT right. Why should police officers be allowed a different brand of justice than any of us? This woman man a mistake, nobody knows why, but regardless, she knew better than to ever get behind the wheel. She should have called in sick and drowned her sorrows in private, not put lives at risk.
Your entitled to your opinion. They see stuff and deal with issues that are more then your everyday citizen. I don’t want to have to investigate and see heads blown apart, pictures of kid porn, dead children, extreme poverty, rape, incest, and get shot at and threatened.They put their lives on the line to protect yours everyday. In my book, they get a pass every once in while for an error. I could sell it harder but if you don’t get it then you don’t get it and I don’t care.
What a crock of crap just spewed from your keyboard
If she has to anesthetize herself to do her job, the perhaps she needs to do something else. People don’t just out of the blue show up at work inebriated. It’s unfortunate this happened, but law en-
forcement officers need to be held to higher standards. To suggest that it be kept quite is a foolish statement. Are you a drinker or has your pendulum hit the other edge?
As someone who works in the public service sector I take offense at your comment. The hyperbole and finger pointing is completely ludicrous. Very early on in our careers we are trained to address the stressors that we face in our line of work. There are multiple resources available to every LEO, Firefighter, and EMS worker. To suggest that we need or deserve a pass to sedate ourselves in order to deal with this stress undermines our skills and ability and is an insult to the public with whom we swore to server and protect! With regard to driving under the influence; we peel people off telephone poles and trees every day. We get to clean up the mess from what you describe as “a mistake”. I don’t know a single colleague that isn’t more aware of the dangers from taking a single drink and getting behind the wheel. I don’t know a single colleague that has had to deliver the news of a loved ones demise who would EVER hold the attitude that you do. For this LEO to show up to work in such a condition that her coworkers were alerted suggests she has an ongoing problem with alcohol and would suggest that her judgment could very well have been impaired while on duty more than once. For you to even suggest that this should have been handled “in house” and swept under the rug is absolutely repulsive.
Mistake??? No it was a choice…She KNOWS the law…so there is no mistake here…
You and I see eye to on a lot of things, this isn’t one of them. No one needs to be “Out to get her” when she’s out drunk driving. If they had any idea that this might have been a problem, then BETTER be out to get her. “Back in the day” cops did a lot of things different. We expect a lot more now and this isn’t tolerated from anyone, much less those who we ask to protect us.
Arguments like this feed the conspiracy theorists who believe all cops are liars and crooked.
I hope that was sarcasm!
She should be FIRED then she should be arrested and charged with both DUI and operating a state owned vehicle while under the influence. She shoudl get the MAX the law allows. Every road into Maine has a big sign ” Maine had tough drunk driving laws ” did I miss the fine print under that where it ways “unless your a state trooper in a squad car” ?????
Again she CHOSE to drink then she CHOSE to drive then she CHOSE to show up at work DRUNK!. You try doing that in a company vehicle and see how far you get…
i would rather give her my tax money for the retirement she earned than have the state give it to to the lazy people that are getting it now. and before you freak out i’m not talking about disabled and elderly.
“We hold ourselves to the highest standards, and as difficult as this situation is we need to ensure that we hold true to the core values of Maine State Police,” really ? Because I’ve been at some of the State Police softball games, which are fun and competitive. However; it was at those my eyes were opened to the huge amounts of alcohol consumed followed by driving. It’s been my experience that the majority of SPOs I’ve meet in my lifetime (all for various community reasons never for arrest) feel they are above the law. I’ve met probably three that do not drink and drive or for that matter feel as though they are above the law simply because they are a “trooper” .
DITTO…
oopsy
Julie made a stupid error when she showed up at work under the influence but that should not take away from her dedication to a job for 24 years that is basically a man’s world. I am sorry that most people will jump at the chance to say women should not be police officers. She is one tough trooper and that is why she has tarnished the female troopers reputation. I’m assuming that all troopers that work together know the habits of their fellow officers and usually look the other way but in this case I think the right thing was done in reporting the incident. Good luck Julie!
It has nothing to do with the officer’s gender. No one should drive a State issued vehicle to work under the influence of alcohol
Wow Maggie, you seem to be the sexist one here. I have the utmost respect for any officer or trooper, provided they obey the same laws as they would have us do. Gender really has nothing to do with it.
Sorry Maggie…if the Sergeant pleads guilty in this case she should lose her job for two very important reasons.
1. She was operating her state owned cruiser while under the influence, and
2. She was reporting to duty as a supervisor no less while under the influence.
Exactly. There is no excuse for this.
I was thinking in the back of my mind that there may be some type of witch hunt, in that she was a female with rank. Not to condone her actions, but perhaps if a man showed up in the same condition it would be overlooked. If she is a tough trooper as you say, then she will understand the course of action that she is about to embark on. I have every confidence she will get off with a slap on the hand based on her being a peace officer and also a woman in a male dominated profession, most likely won’t even loose a stripe. They won’t want the lawsuite.Before I am painted with a sexist brush, just review the articles in the BDN concerning OUI cases for the unwashed masses as opposed to Law Enforcement. I hope that she gets help. And , if you show up to work intoxicated fully knowing the implications of such actions, yes you do have a problem.
I’m not afraid of many people, but Julie Bergan is one person that I definitely have an intense fear of. It’s not every day you see a female cop that clears at least six foot three or four. Too bad this happened.
these people are in very high stress jobs, although it is not an excuse, they are human too. but it is sad
Maybe people should check on her back ground, You may find she has trouble before.
I used to drive a truck commercially and I can say without a doubt that if I showed up to work drunk, there’s no way in the world I wouldn’t get fired. Then again, I wasn’t a LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER either. How many drunks have these people picked up over the years? Sorry, but I wouldn’t call this a “tragic chain of events” (carefully worded to avoid actual blame). Seriously, a cop showing up to work drunk in a police car? How can anyone in their right mind excuse this? I’m guessing that this wasn’t the first time she has driven drunk. Let’s be honest, she did what she did because she thought she could get away with it. She already failed the field sobriety test and the BAC test, and there’s going to be an “internal investigation”? I think all the appropriate investigating has already been done. If any of us in the private sector showed up to work drunk, I think on the spot termination is far more likely than an “internal investigation. The Maine State Police have an opportunity here to show that stuff like this will not be tolerated among our law enforcement. Unfortunately, they will probably not.
Sorry Pain but she is entitled to her day in court just like anyone else. In this case if she pleads or is found guilty she should lose her job for two very important reasons.
1. She was operating her state owned cruiser while under the influence, and
2. She was reporting to duty as a supervisor no less while under the influence.
I agree that she should have her day in court, I’m just assuming she’ll be found guilty since she failed the sobriety and BAC test. Yes, I’m usually one of the first to point out the presumption of innocence until proven guilty and if found not guilty, of course, disregard my comment as it’s meant only if she did what she is accused of.
They will probably let her retire with full benefits that you as Maine taxpayers will be paying….I used to live in Maine…
They passed a law after Paul Violette from the Maine Turnpike Authority received his full pension after he was convicted. Does it apply here?
Don’t think that law would kick in nless she committred fraud and stole form the citizens of Maine.
She did. We (the citizens )paid for a sober woman with good judgement and got this drunk. That is misrepresentation and fraud.
Why not just a simple public crucifixion, hmm?
Wonder if she’s getting paid while out on administrative leave?!?! If so what a waste of money!!!
A couple of thoughts: it is NEVER right to drink and drive, and most especially if you are an officer of the law, sworn to protect and serve. And someone could’ve been killed because of the bad DECISION that she made. She obviously needs help. I shudder to think what she sees as a Maine State Trooper on a daily basis while on the job. I do hope that there is counseling available for law enforcement officers cause I think it is important when one is continually exposed to various kinds of trauma in the line of duty. Final thought, if one will drink and drive one time, it is very likely it will happen again. I hope that the trooper gets the help she needs. Don’t drink and drive.
Exactly. Plus when she started 24 years ago cops helped cops and would never turn in one of their own. Sad state of affairs all around.
She earned her retirement and that should and never will be taken away.
BAD COP!! NO DONUT FOR YOU!!!
BAD COP!! NO DONUT $ U!!!
I do not believe that this decorated upstanding officer deserves a donut!!
Last week a basketball coach was arrested for OUI and her picture put in the paper, this is an officer of the law driving a car that is owned by her employer, the people of Maine, and she is only issued a summons???
Interesting point, well taken
I agree….McGill’s Community Band in Houlton is a bad influence.
Seriously, get a grip Einstein…. this has nothing to do with the Maliseets. Oh, by the way it’s spelled SKICIN.
When did the indians start spelling? And then to not spell correctly, whodathunk ?? Yea u r so right that houlton band is a bad influence, so many arrest in that band for OUI, especially that work for the tribe…sad reallly
If so… I wonder if anyone was arrested ON THE JOB Einstein? Your original comment is still pointless and has absolutely nothing to do with this story. Sounds like you have a bone to pick with someone/something other than Bergan and the State Police.
How polite – issued a “summons”. Commoners are cuffed and stuffed, then hauled off to the hoosegow.
A summons equals an arrest.
24 years or not, if she is proven guilty she should not get her retirement. She knew the rules and chose to ignore them. There are many examples of state employees not getting their retirement for committing and infraction one that comes to mind is the gentlemen that was caught with the short lobsters. This will probably go to the DA to plea bargain and she will get what she wants.
Why? She would not lose her earned retirement if this happened in the private sector. She might not lose her job either.
She made a bad mistake. She’s an imperfect human like you and deserves the same treatment as any other 1st time OUI receives.
Yes, I agree with you, she should be treated the same as any first time offender. Being arrested, jailed and then making bail would of been a good start on equality.
I’m sure that at most private sector companies, if you were to get an OUI on your personal time, you probably would not lose your job or your retirement. But if you show up to work drunk in a company vehicle, I would imagine that both would be gone.
I am not a State Trooper but I have family that is. I also have family members that are EMT’s and they go to work sober Thank God! I have to have my license to keep my job and so does the 175 other people I work with. If we lose it we lose our jobs so why do you think a law enforcement person is above that?
What do the stateys tell u?? The car is a weapon, have we all forgot that she was wearing a loaded gun on her side as she drove the cruiser to work drunk??? By my count, (thank god i went to SACS, I can count to two!!) Sounds like 2 weapons!! If I was out cruising around drunk with a loaded(or even unloaded) weapon, I would not be sittin at home on paid leave, I’d become a guest at the Houlton Hilton…..
Us common people are held to a different standard than people in positions with power. She drove to work in a state issued police car, she should have been fired and not on paid leave!! Thats the difference between us and them!!!
Ever hear of a thing called “personel responsibility” ? Works for many in public service.
Really???? come on only one word tells It all. FIRED!!!!!!!
24 yrs is a long time drinking and driving and only get caught once. I read the whole article, and I think thats quite bogus, they get a OUI and get to drive the same car thats gonna pull the next guy over for OUI ??? I call “BS” there !!!! I say ” Protect and serve” should look into there own system and get that straightened out. Protect the beer in the trunk, and serve the porcelain god !!! Bullshit
If you showed up to McDonald’s drunk I’m sure you’d get fired, show up to your job DRIVING a COP CAR drunk and you get administrative leave, probably paid? Screwed up world.
Well another cop got caught yet again.How many does that make?
She living the good life really can’t do that in your sixties your just waiting to day at that point!!
Oh I get it.They can get away with it and the citizens can,t.We pay them to take their cruisers home and ride around drunk in them.
One trooper’s mistake doesn’t mean all of them do.
No one should be driving anywhere under the influence of any substance, in any motorized vehicle, male or female, to any function. Sad set of circumstances i’m sure but no one gets a pass pulling this kind of stunt.
Really? But Bangor serves up 2,700 methadone junkies everyday under the influence and they get to drive home, those that can afford a car that is. But have a couple too many beers and drive home and it’s off with your head. Stupid.
Now there’s a logic stretch:)
I think my comment said, Under the influence of any substance was a no go. Sorry if you didn’t understand my comment. Oh yes, after rereading it that’s just what it said.
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I’ve seen Sgt. Bergen leave a local restaurant after having a couple glasses of wine and a beer or two she was in civilian clothes but driving her cruiser. It raised a few peoples eyebrows when she left.
Do as I say, not as I do. The State Police think they are God’s gift to law enforcement. Guess what? They are no better than anyone else or any other departments. They just think they are!!!! Time for a reality check.
Back in the day, State Troopers were more highly respected than other law enforcement. Things have changed. Not for the good.
She reported for work Thursday morning drunk? One year shy of retirement. This is quite a blemish on her record, sad to say.
It would appear she just blew a 24.5.
Two sets of laws, one for them, one for us. I’ll bet she speeds too. Just a guess.
I feel they should have listed her BAC and a nice mug shot like they do for civilians.
Wow!! Not an excuse, but why didn’t she just call in sick and avoid all of that, very strange.
Probably because it wasn’t the first time and a pattern had been established….just a hunch.
Alcoholism is a powerful DISEASE….it has ruined many a life…..it is THE gateway drug…..hope she makes it through this….
Alcoholism is NOT a disease. Neither is drug addiction. Both are self inflicted disabilities.
They are diseases that are caused by genetics actually…do a little research and you will see…The reason there are so many Native American alcoholics is because they are genetically predisposed to alcoholism….there was no alcohol in their culture before the white man showed up so they have no genetic built in resistance to alcohol……don’t know if it is the same with drug addiction……
Tell me this;
Are there any alcoholics Native American or otherwise, who choose not to drink?
If there are, your argument is moot.
She paid into her retirement so she should get to keep it. Would she loose her Social Security if this was with another employer other than the State no. State Troopers don’t pay into Social Security so they rely on a State Pension when they retire.
You do loose your social security if you go to jail. The State takes it to pay your room and board.
Not forever especially for an OUI. I don’t think this Officer is a career criminal.
Subject: [bdn] Re: Maine State Police sergeant accused of reporting to work in cruiser while drunk
Most murders are not committed by “career criminals” but to the dead victim or their family that makes little difference. I don’t think that it matters much if someone gets killed by a person on their first drunk or their last.
Pull her off the force ! She don’t deserve the job if she can’t play by the rules that shes supposed to enforce. All entitlements should be stripped as well, seeing how she’s still working for the people of the state. I’m sure she’s arrested those (deservedly) that were 0.08 % or higher and never thought twice of the ramifications that would follow in their livelihoods. These law enforcement personnel do not sit on gilded thrones although some of them would think otherwise.
An honest transgression. If we cut her some slack, maybe she’ll cut one of us some slack…
Well the main point here is that she was drinking and driving and what if she would have killed someone on her way to work?? Than would you people that are picking up for her be so positive? I dont think so… If she wants to drink on her on time that is totally acceptable but to drink and drive in a police car, she has some serious issues that need to be dealt with here. Who is to say she has not done this before but just never got caught, to protect and to serve or to drink and drive and kill someone, which description better fits her line of work? I think its a shame!!!! I know they see things no one should see in their lifetime, but they know this going in, cant handle it, do something else. Shame on her is all I can say, not a very good role model for anyone.
If she looses her job than LePage should loose his. I hear he’s an alcoholic. I bet he has a bottle in his draw at the State House. He also smokes in his office that isn’t allowed anywhere else in State Gov’t. The symptoms are all there, the bullying, shoot off at the mouth, etc.
please consult a dictionary for the difference between loose and lose. thanks.
And while you are looking up the definition to “loose and lose” as guest709 suggests flip over the the “R” section and look up the definition to “rumor” too.
Hammer time….They enforce the laws…THEREFORE…should be held to a higher standard, just like the people that make the laws should be…so give her a tissue and fire her…and teach her the saying…”Ding…Fries ready” She should have thought about the pension and all that before drinking and driving and GOING to work DRUNK as a police officer/Trooper…It was her choice to drink and drive…..Just my thoughts :)
Not Good!
Leave? Why was she not arrested and fired?
Answer – Presumption of innonence until proven guilty…I would assume you would like the same presumption extended to you if you ever had to use your firearm to defend yourself or would you prefer conviction based on the BDN news article?
Time to fire this CLOWN. These fools enforce state law? How about some jail time and unemployment.
IRONICALLY the name of the street to the barracks is Darcie Lane, named after a local girl who was killed by a drunk driver…..As you walk into the barracks there is a plaque with her name on it, something she walked by everyday…
Now that puts a very human face on the whole situation now doesn’t it. Very sad indeed.
Great debate on pension,state police, OUI, etc, but I still just don’t get why she wasn’t taken to jail for OUI? Was it because she was not in her car when they “tested” her? Does th
Great debate on pension,state police, OUI, etc, but the bottom line is this for me: she should have been treated to a ride down to the local jail to be processed.