I was arrested in march of 06 for battery involving bodily injury against my daughter. she is 14. going on 24. i am a police officer who is not in the popular clique at the police station. the chief reported on the local news and in the newspaper that i "beat" my daughter. the chief said at the time to my wife, with my mother present, that if she(my wife) had slapped her daughter, he would not have arrested her but that he could not have his officers acting this way. the incident happened on the front porch of my home, i was not on duty, not in uniform, a neighbor heard the yelling and saw me swing my arm back right before i slapped her. i never hit her face because she was using her hands to shield her head, i hit her hands with an open palm. when the police showed up(close to a dozen of them), they failed to ask her brother, my older son about the incident even though he had witnessed the entire thing. also, i never intended to slap her, just sit her down on the porch.
2007-01-19 15:26:15 · 8 answers · asked by glsd11 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I have a very hard time believing this fairy tale for several reasons.
First, do you mean to tell me (as other posters have already pointed out) that you're a police officer and you don't know the definition of "Battery?"
Second, your choice of verbage is that of a civilian; you said, "when the police showed up," which is how a civilian would say it. A cop would say something like, "when the officers showed up" or "when the unit showed up." You also refer to the officers as "they." Your choice of language indicates to me that you're not of the badge.
I think your whole story is BS.
2007-01-19 23:56:34 · answer #1 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're a police officer, and you don't know the definition of a battery? No offense, but that's scary.
Battery is unwelcome and/or uninvited physical contact with the person of another. Based on the facts, as presented, you are guilty of battery because you hit her hands.
You state that you intended to sit your daughter down, but just because you missed doesn't mean you are cleared. You did intend to initiate physical contact with your daughter, and that is enough.
In my opinion, you may be able to avoid conviction by arguing that there was not criminal culpability. In other words, the matter is best handled in the civil courts, not in the criminal courts. That might keep you out of jail.
Please don't strike your daughter. Kids need love, and parents are the adults who need to exercise self-control and set a good, positive example.
2007-01-19 23:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Frankly, it's hard for me to have any sympathy for a cop, but that is exactly the kind of b.s. I would expect from your "brothers" in uniform. A civilian doing exactly what you did would likely be railroaded in the same way, if not worse. Not saying you should even feign striking your daughter, but the overt show of force by the department was overkill and not surprising. Welcome to the world on the other side of the blue line.
2007-01-19 23:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by Zombie 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm.....I smell a liar. Your story is a bunch of crap. I would believe you if you sent a link to the news story. I can tell from your post that you're not a cop.
2007-01-20 09:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jawsh3539 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like you're busted smokey.
If you'll do that to your daughter, I'm wondering how you treat a suspect.
A change of career might be best for us all.
2007-01-19 23:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This is simple battery, in other words you did no physical harm.
2007-01-22 22:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're a cop and you don't know what constitutes battery?
2007-01-19 23:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
you sound like a typical cop. no big deal.
2007-01-19 23:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋