Check out this story...good thing boyfriend did not have a CHP or this could have turned out very badly.
What in the was this guy thinking?
Someone needs more training!
What in the was this guy thinking?
From The Richmond Times-Dispatch: http://tinyurl.com/2urckd
Officer faces gun charges in I-81 incident
BY REX BOWMAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Feb 14, 2007
SALEM -- A South Carolina police officer used a gun to threaten a
female motorist on Interstate 81, Virginia State Police allege.
Officer Eric Cmeyla, 41, of the Greenville, S.C., Police Department
must appear in a Roanoke County court tomorrow on two counts of
brandishing a firearm, said state police Sgt. Bob Carpentieri.
Destinee Puckett, 18, of Vinton said yesterday that the incident took
place Sunday as she was driving south on I-81 at 60 mph -- the speed
limit along that stretch -- in the left lane.
The male driver behind her pulled up close to her bumper and grew
frustrated that he couldn't get around her, Puckett said, but traffic
was too thick for her to move into the right lane.
She said she looked behind her and saw the man holding a gun above his
steering wheel as he tailgated her. She said she was so rattled by the
sight that she hit her brakes, which led the driver's Volkswagen Jetta
to slam into her Nissan Maxima.
When they pulled over at Exit 140, Puckett said, the man tapped on her
window with the barrel of the gun, striking the window so hard the
glass chipped.
"I called 911," she said. "He said, 'I'm a cop; can I see your license
and registration?' He seemed to be mad that I was paying more
attention to 911 than to him, and he was getting frustrated.
"He was like, 'I can shoot you right now if I wanted to.' I told 911,
'He's threatening to shoot me.' And he said, 'No, no, no.' So 911 told
me to roll up my windows. But he put his hand over my window so I
couldn't roll it up.
"My boyfriend was sitting beside me. He was in shock."
Police arrived and arrested Cmeyla. He was released from custody on a
recognizance bond.
The Greenville Police Department released a statement saying Cmeyla
has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of his
arrest. The statement noted that Cmeyla has been with the department
for five months and is still in the department's training program.
Someone needs more training!