And in Court, everyone believes the Sharp dressed Officer?

Here's and article printed in the Tribune where a dozen officers were de-certified as police officers for various forms of misconduct. Are officers always honest?

Nine Utah officers decertified for misconduct

Offenses ranged from sex with minors to abusing drugs

By Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune

Article Last Updated: 06/14/2007 05:40:09 PM MDT

Crackdown on cops The Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council took action against 12 former cops on Thursday: -- Matthew J. Allen, Davis County Sheriff's Office, decertified, for felony sex abuse of a minor. -- Ryan Atack, Salt Lake City Police Department, decertified, for use of controlled substances. -- * Marcus J. Barrett, Salt Lake City Police Department, decertified, for disorderly conduct. -- Brandi L. Jones, Rich County Sheriff's Office, decertified, for having sex on duty. -- Christopher R. Stapel, Utah Highway Patrol, decertified, for theft. -- Jeremy Zobell, Draper, decertification, for sexual misconduct with a minor. -- Matthew S. Jones, Ogden Police Department, decertified, for sexual misconduct involving a co-worker and a pattern of misconduct. -- Nancy L. Peckering, Daggett County Sheriff's Office, decertified, for theft. -- David A. Schirado, Rich County Sheriff's Office, four-year suspension, for falsifying time sheets and not performing duties. -- John T. James, Summit County Sheriff's Office, three-year suspension, for driving under the influence. -- Lisa Wind, Utah Valley State College, four-year suspension, for sexual misconduct with co-worker. -- Steven Ward, West Valley City, decertification, for use of steroids * Subject has option to appeal.

Posted: 5:39 PM- SANDY - One policeman tested positive for amphetamines. Another had sex with a 16-year-old boy. And a sheriff's deputy bought $1,500 worth of cigarettes with her county credit card.
These cops and six others who misbehaved have something else in common: They have been booted from Utah law enforcement.
The Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council voted Thursday to decertify the officers, including Ryan Atack, the former Salt Lake City narcotics sergeant who failed a drug test last summer.
Atack and the other eight officers already had resigned or been terminated from their respective police forces.
Atack first came under suspicion on July 19 when a supervisor noticed him acting strange and agitated, according to a POST report. The police department asked Atack to take a urinalysis, which tested positive for amphetamines, the POST report says. The department placed Atack on administrative leave. He resigned three months later.
A Salt Lake City Police Department investigation revealed "Atack had been addicted to controlled substances for some time," according to the POST report. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to trying to pass a bogus prescription in American Fork in February.
Utah defense attorneys have raised the possibility Atack's drug use could spur a review of criminal

convictions where Atack was an investigator or made the arrest. Atack was assigned to narcotics for about two years.
Decertifying a peace officer prohibits him or her from working in Utah law enforcement.
In addition, the council voted to apply multi-year suspensions to three officers, who would can resume their law-enforcement career when their suspensions end, though POST staff said Thursday only a small percentage of suspendees choose to do so.
Among the cops who lost their certifications was Jeremy Zobell, 24, a former Draper police officer, who in November 2005 met a 16-year-old boy at a restaurant. The teen said he was 18. The pair were at Zobell's condominium watching a DVD when the boy revealed his correct age, POST says, and the two engaged in kissing, fondling and oral sex.
The 16-year-old's parents found out and the West Jordan city prosecutor took the case. Zobell pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to a class B misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was fined $587 but served no jail time.
POST also decertified former Daggett County sheriff's deputy Nancy L. Peckering, who bought $1,500 worth of cigarettes on a county-issued credit card. Peckering resigned in lieu of termination on March 7, according to a POST report. A week later, she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge.
The council on Thursday also approved revised discipline sentences for peace officers. POST Director Rich Townsend said the guidelines attempt to create more uniformity in the sentences administered by the council, particularly on drunk driving cases.
Townsend said some cops caught driving drunk were being decertified while others received suspensions.

Maybe it was just an accident that had nothing to do with DUI

In this story published by the Tooele Bulletin Transcript. In short, this young man's attorney was honest and candid with the Court. He told the Court that his client had two prior DUIs in other states. The Court and Victims were upset because they did not know about the prior DUIs. The story revealed that the young man's blood alcohol level was low.

Here's what happened from the article: http://www.tooeletranscript.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21757&Itemid=54

"Treacherous road conditions and alcohol played factors in the accident, which happened 22 miles east of Wendover, Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Rapich said.

Laub had attempted to pass another vehicle and lost control of his car. Both vehicles rolled over as a result of the collision."

Because there was evidence of some alcohol, people think that the accident was caused by alcohol. It's easy to jump to that conclusion. However, there is no evidence in the story that alcohol played a part in the accident. Maybe, it was just an accident. So here you have people angry and want to crucify this young man for his past sins and not the crime at hand. What happened to these people is horrible. What this man has to live with is horrible. But don't jump onto the witch hunt band wagon and say--"get tougher on DUIs." This appears like the government didn't search the national records.