Law enforcement gets special treatment
On Dec. 11, a Bee article titled “Tulare Co. sheriff’s captain arrested,” caught my attention. The article stated that a captain with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office was arrested on a DUI charge and consequently was put on “paid administrative leave.”
The very next day a Bee article published that 10 drivers were arrested in a DUI checkpoint in northeast Fresno.
I have a question: Did any of those 10 drunk drivers, who got snared in the Fresno DUI checkpoint, receive a paid administrative leave of absence or get-out-of-jail-free card while they were sitting in the drunk tank?
Did the honorable, public-servant captain have his car impounded? Those 10 other slubs did.
Brings to mind the French phrase, “Ou’ils mangent de la brioche” or “Let them eat cake.”
Carl Pederson, Fresno
This story was originally published December 19, 2015 at 6:19 AM with the headline "Law enforcement gets special treatment."