Interesting…. if the procedure is to post a mugshot photo on the website, why was his missing??? Police covering for police? Did they say if there was any body video? Wonder how a cop reacts to being arrested?

Time and again we see similar stories throughout the nation. We supposedly vet potential officer from conduct that would lead to this sort of activity. I say the process is and always has been flawed.

SPINS, LIES, DISTORTIONS, COVERUPS, are the new norm from any government agency not just he police. No such thing as transparency and no publishing his photo won’t harm his career. It, would however, allow for better accountability.

Interesting note on the firing for DUI of a police officer vs. trucker. As I understand the Union and City Attorney may not want this ugly matter, but the fact remains that the Police, The Union, and even the City Attorney (County Prosecutors as well)have all supported the termination requirements of truckers (because they are dangerous) and not just the because the insurance companies demand the termination.

Having done the job, i’m usually the first to trash our current warrior SWAT Team Drug War jack-booted Civial Asset Forfieture thugs.
But… If the Boise Gaurdian gets a DUI, I’d hope this website isn’t shut down. I can see a trucker getting the axe because all they have to do is drive, and not really interact with others in any meaningful way, so, totally unlike a cop, they could be drunk or high on the job and it might not be noticed until they crash. Being drunk or high while doing the job of a cop would be nearly impossible. Way too much going on at once, too many public interactions, and too many high speed driving situations. Being the adult while others are screaming and threatening each other with weapons isn’t viewed as a good time to be impaired yourself. However, having to do the miserable, high stress and immoral (see Drug War) job of a cop might reasonably drive one to excessive drinking occasionally.
Putting a cops picture up for all to see might be appropriate after a conviction, but with the VERY HIGH chance of some scumbag recognizing him and going after him or his family, it might be best left private for now.
Cops generally act very civil when arrested because they fully understand that things are going to get ugly fast if they resist arrest, unlike a lot of not too bright bad guys.

EDITOR NOTE–Our mugshot problem is POLICY. Do you forego the damning photo for U.S. Senators, judges, rich businessmen, expectant mothers? Where does it stop?

More cops in the news.

“”After all you wouldn’t want a pilot at the controls if he had a judgement problem like drinking too much. Same is true for an armed officer.””

Bad Judgement is illegal now?

And yet Colin Kaepernick gets so much heat for calling attention to those cops with REALLY bad judgement.

Police brutality– that is about the maximum ‘bad judgement’. And all it takes is ‘I was scared’ for a cop to get away with murder w/bad judgement.

The Jack Yantis story comes to mind; lots examples, though, of cops doing things much worse than drinking too much in Wilder, Idaho.

Absolutely nobody should have their mugshot posted or assets seized until after conviction. Posting a mugshot and publicly announcing arrests is in fact smearing someone before their day in court. You almost never hear the cops announce the people not convicted. TV stations never do a story on those people dragged through the social mud, financially drained, and then freed by the court. So I agree editor, the policy needs to change. Policing as currently applied is a for profit business model and the harvesting begins at the point of arrest.

I bet most people don’t realize the police have arrested >30% of the people in Ada County at some point in time in their life. Our prisons are jammed full of harmless people who could be holding a job so the court is broken too, but that’s a whole different thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

EDITOR NOTE–Whatever the system, policy, procedure–it should be applied equally. For the most part, grand jury indictments are “secret” and they are often used in sex offender cases for the very reasons you cite.

Having worked as a police dispatcher for 10 years I can say I have seen a fair share of officers with alcohol abuse issues. Police departments really need to do a better job of helping officers cope with the stress of the job. Studies have put officers who are alcoholics between 15 and 25%. That number goes higher the longer they have been on the force. Some reaching 35%. I am in no way justifying officers drinking and driving. They know it’s wrong. I have seen on numerous occasions officers coming to work severely hungover but administrators failed to address the issue. It’s no secret that most officers drink and some to excess after work. It’s my opinion though that police departments fail to monitor the mental health of their officers and give them the tools they desperately need to deal with the job that has become more stressful each year.

Ironic that one of the BPD’s latest Facebook posts is regarding Sober Driving [ https://www.facebook.com/BoisePoliceDepartment/photos/a.10150413833728143/10156059745788143/?type=3&theater ].

EDITOR NOTE–“Do as I say, not as I do…..”

I agree with LD.
Too many cops are indeed a danger to society and justice. i.e. recently the female cop killing her neighbor when she mistakenly entered his apartment instead of hers.
BPD has a noted case of SWAT entering the wrong house…
And the Matthew Jones case.

I am more concerned about an encounter with cops than I am with any other segment of our community.

A Boise library or fire station expense pales in comparison to your mentally-ill child, or grandchild, being killed by police.