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(Patti Sapone NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)##&&Patti Sapone NJ Advance Media for NJ.com##&&Print##&&Email##&&By##&&Star-Ledger Editorial Board##&&The Star-Ledger##&&on April at AM, updated##&&April at PM##&&Reddit##&&Email##&&More Star-Ledger Editorials##&&Walter Scott shooting shows we need bystander videos, not just cop cams Editorial##&&Mandatory paid sick leave would work well for New Jersey Editorial##&&Rand Paul just another chameleon in race for president Editorial##&&Netanyahu spreads the tedium, again Editorial##&&Clever climate move in Washington State Editorial##&&All Stories##&&Across the law enforcement firmament, they are trying to come to terms with one cop causing the death of another, and while we prefer not to assign blame for the tragedy that has befallen the Linden Police Department, they might start their search for answers with this fact:##&&Before the Staten Island wreck at dawn on March Officer Pedro Abad Jr. already had eight vehicular accidents and two DWIs busts - yet nobody did anything about it, other than allow his time in the penalty box to tick away before##&&he got his job and license back.##&&His superiors gave him desk duty while his license was suspended for seven months, and for the six months his own car was outfitted with an ignition interlock. If the LPD's Internal Affairs division punished him before restoring him to patrol duty, this hasn't been disclosed. His fellow officers enabled him by climbing into his car for clubbing jaunts.##&&And all this happened because there is no specific rule preventing cops from keeping their careers after they're nailed for multiple DWIs.##&&It is especially baffling in Abad's case, since##&&he drove one car through the wall##&&of a supermarket in 2011; and since his accident and arrest tape exposed##&&a young man in conspicuous need of an intervention.##&&This must be fixed - with legislation, if necessary.##&&Cops rarely, if ever, get fired over DWI. The##&&Forfeiture of Office statute##&&doesn't explicitly cover DWI, because it is a traffic violation and not a crime, even though in some cases discrediting one's office with multiple offenses are grounds for termination. You just can't find many prosecutors who concur.##&&Disciplinary policies, meanwhile, vary by town. There are DWI guidelines from the Attorney General that departments purport to follow, but Linden brass has yet to reveal how it polices its uniformed officers after drunk driving episodes. In that city, off-duty cops "don't have to notify us unless they're charged with an offense," Capt. James Sarnicki said. So even if there's an accident, it doesn't trigger an IA probe.##&&Sen. Peter Barnes (D-Middlesex) has introduced a bill that establishes a uniform, statewide policy, and he essentially wants to take discipline away from departments with lenient Internal Affairs divisions and give them to a more scrupulous independent agency for oversight.##&&That's a good start, even though the Senator knows he'll face serious resistance from FOP and PBA factions.##&&But it would be easier, for now, just to mandate an annual review of driving and insurance records for all police personnel - which is not done in many municipalities, and only "periodically" in Linden, Sarnicki said.##&&Would such a policy have prevented the tragedy that struck his department, which seemed to categorize this fatal episode as a##&&youthful mistake##&&? Maybe, maybe not. But if someone were actually paying attention, Abad's driving record would have been red-flagged years ago, because ever since he got his license, his life has been demolition derby on a loop.##&&It's a small and easy thing to enforce, and if cops find it affronting, so be it: Call it a reminder that no public servant should be above the law. Police are supposed to be protecting and serving the public, not putting their lives at risk on the road.##&&Follow The Star-Ledger on Twitter##&&@StarLedger##&&and find us on##&&Facebook##&&Real Estate##&&FOR RENT##&&Newton, NJ##&&Newtonian Gardens##&&Beds, Bath##&&More Info##&&FOR RENT##&&Belleville, NJ##&&Joralemon Street##&&Studio-3 Beds, Bath##&&More Info##&&Reddit##&&Email##&&Related Stories##&&Staff, prosecutor notified when officer is charged with DUI, Linden Police policy says##&&Investigation into Linden's wrong-way crash cop will be handled by Middlesex County prosecutor##&&comments##&&Sign in##&&Post comment as...##&&Custom HTML Preview##&&Loading##&&Newest##&&Oldest##&&Logger2##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&I don't think I ever knew anyone whose life was improved by consuming alcohol. These days, maybe two drinks a month is my limit.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&doncheech##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&The very old disease of alcoholism claims victim number##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&ru4832000##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&By
 removing a drunk driver's license does not stop a person to stop 
drinking. Drunk driving requires a person to be drunk first. Our laws do not require a breathalyzer for any 
other offense except driving. It doesn't require a test for a person who commits 
domestic violence or any other crime for that test to be administered in
 court.##&&Maybe
 the laws are beating a dead horse here. We dont take away the ability to purchase or consume alcohol from people who commit crimes, most while under the influence. We can take guns, passports, a drivers licence, certain jobs, even voting rights from felons or persons who commit crimes. We only restrict alcohol purchases and consumption based on if the the person is over##&&The Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of said "alcoholics and intoxicated persons may not be 
subjected to criminal prosecution because of their consumption of 
alcoholic beverages, but rather should be afforded a continuum of 
treatment in order that they may lead normal lives as productive members
 of society."##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&mcbaincapital##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&ru4832000##&&right, what good are laws when cops don't have to follow them when they are off duty##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&delpaso##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Cops tell teenagers to never get into a car driven by a drunk yet for some reason these guys did and tragedy happened.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&TheGreatGazoo##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Excuse me but I believe the officer was convicted of ONE DWI not "multiple" as you suggest. Why is it when a police officer is accused of something the phrase "alleged" is never used but should a citizen be charged with the same offense all doubt is cast on the authorities. I think it's time to end the double standard the NJ media have for law enforcement where it's guilty until proven innocent!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&WolfeNotes##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&I ggota tell you I was much more reasonable and compassionate until I just looked at the photos for this editorial.##&&The police put on such an absurd over the top show that I am ashamed for them.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Flash_NNJ##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Sorry, this editorial does NOT address the real issue: That of fellow officers refusal to arrest a brother officer for DWI as they know these rules spell the almost certain end of a fellow officer's career or at the least upward mobility in ranks. These "heroes" rather than fight the draconian and prohbition-like DWI laws that are extremely expensive, just ignore the law if it's one of their own as they stick it to Joe Citizen.##&&Cops rarely, if ever get charged with DWI, and when they do, in a suspiciously high number of cases, the paperwork is lost, the arresting officer doesn't testify, there's a procedural error during booking, etc. It's a scam and a sham of justice.##&&Add to that the obvious abuse of HGH to bulk up, and your cops wonder why we don't respect you.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&TheGreatGazoo##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Flash_NNJ##&&Rather than educate yourself on the matter you choose to swallow whatever biased information you read. You allow the actions of a few bad apples to craft your opinion of an entire profession. You have shown your ignorance and displayed it for all to see....and that is why you will never be respected.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&froggywentacortn##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Don't be a wrong way Pedro. The Stooges think these guys are idiots. They knew their badges protected them most of the time from obeying traffic laws. However, the basic laws of physics do not recognize 'The Thin Blue Line" Thank you physics.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Raider##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&froggywentacortn##&&are you saying you are glad people are dead?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Supernovs##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Idk if he will ever be charged. Reports on his IG account state that he's brain dead and/or in a coma and has been moved to long term care.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&NJNANNA##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&I believe the police dept. has to pass a mandatory law that any officer who witnesses another officer driving drunk MUST report it under penalty of being fired. This will stop the harassment of the officer by fellow officers for not being loyal The days of covering for each other is over. Only because the days of decency and morality are over.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Lateforthesky##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&As a police officer this guy actually was bragging about drinking all day and night. He knows what he did was wrong and luckily no one was killed. The Linden police department was wrong in keeping this bum. He should be fired and never serve in any public job ever.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&froggywentacortn##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Lateforthesky##&&people were killed.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&njvet##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&That this drunken year old mess was paid is evidence that being a cop has little to do with education, training##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&njvet##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Or character. He would have been fired from the military after the first incident. A sergeant with a combat action badge and a bronze star is paid about one third what boy Abad was paid.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Raider##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&njvet##&&really? are you saying that all cops don't have an education? You sound very ignorant....##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Icehawks8##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Would love to see the circumstances revealed for the rest of his accidents. I know he crashed into a telephone pole on Curtis Street in the middle of the night in Linden a few years back. You just don't do that unless your either impaired or texting##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&PhilRutgers##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Don't forget in addition we need surprise annual drug tests for these thugs in blue, some of them are juiced up on steroids!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&PhilRutgers##&&Damn the Constitution!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&idkusa##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Stop hating on all the police. Had you maybe educated yourself most departments in NJ have random drug testing implemented. So to late with your great idea PhilRutgers.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&TheGreatGazoo##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&PhilRutgers##&&Sorry to burst your uneducated bubble but that policy is already in place through the Attorney Generals Office##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Tamron Fenton##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&This is a sad case, This officer clearly has a Drinking Problem and caused the death of another officer, He will have to live with this for the rest of his life, Hope he gets the help he needs.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&njfsu2##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&ashamed the blue wall protected their own to the point of allowing one to murder others (including a fellow brother in blue). shame on the system it failed all nj residents in this case.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&njpd2012##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&What is your opinion of Assemblyman Moriarty getting away with DWI ?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Flash_NNJ##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Another example of one law for you cops and connected politicians and another for the rest of us. Disgusting.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&WolfeNotes##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&njpd2012##&&you mean the case where the arresting cop##&&DiBuonaventura##&&got indicted for criminal charges?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&This comment has been deleted##&&Overtaxed_NJ_Resident##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Why is DWI not a criminal offense in New Jersey?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&JiveN Jingle##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Overtaxed_NJ_Resident##&&THAT is the question that needs to be asked. Why indeed not?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Ted2015##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&It is if you harm someone else!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&This comment has been deleted##&&unjust59##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&I think it should go across the board A teacher is suppose educate so they should be fired for Dwi a judge a doctor lawyer bus driver sanitation ems heck why we at it any with a dwi should also lose there job##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Dooberstien##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Any employer should have the dscretion. And as a NJ taxpayer I'm an employer of the people paid with tax dollars. This is the uside down part of it, and what's been forgotten - the cops work for US, not the other way around. WE are the employers, and OUR policy should be anyone who works for US is out if charged with one single DUI.##&&Other employers can make their own call. But I'M the employer in this issue, and that's my vote.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&revrevised##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&Good for you and those who do vote...wish everyone was a voter.....seems that Linden used some "discretion" here which many disagree with..........##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Dooberstien##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Absolutely. That's where it started - Linden thinking THEY were in charge, thinking the discretion was theirs to excersize in the first place. They forgot who's who in the employer-employee dynamic.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Aaahhh, the old "you're my boss" argument.. Well let me ask you this "boss" The next time I pull up in front of a burning building at Should I call you for instructions before I do anything? We are" in service to the public "but you are most certainly not our boss.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&northendmom##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&I agree. Public servants are NOT employed by the public, in PART, services are funded by tax payers, but most people really don't understand how minute their contribution towards municipal services really is.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&jdelcjr##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&northendmom##&&I agree. All public employees take their orders from their superiors, not from the public. If the public sees an employee doing something wrong, they need to go through the proper channels and not attempt to take matters into their own hands. If its police, call the chief. All State owned vehicles and trucks have an phone number sticker on the vehicle to call to complain and with GPS in most vehicles, your complaint would not be hard to prove. i.e. speeding, erratic driving, loafing etc.. These vehicles movements are recorded and kept for quite a while. You just need the license plate number.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&JiveN Jingle##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&You should know how to do your job. If you need to call your boss every time you have a task before you, maybe you should find other employment.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&JiveN Jingle##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&So now you really don't want to be my "boss"? When it suits you you want to be in charge but not when it doesn't?##&&Bottom line....you are not my boss....plain and simple.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&WolfeNotes##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&@##&&JiveN Jingle##&&Who do you protect, who do you serve?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&bad dog##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&Police do have contracts with their employers. Those contracts probably have a reference to upholding the laws. And those contracts probably do not say LE is exempt.##&&BTW, any oaths when sworn in? Anything there about enforcing laws?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&bad dog##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&Is anyone "exempt" from following the law?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Dooberstien##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&You work for us. Your attitude is part of the problem. It's about the money. You're paid by me. I'm not paid by you.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&PIMARINES2083##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Since you're their boss, why don't you go up to a cop and give him some orders and see how at works out?? Give a life dude!!!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&So when I buy an Apple computer am I the boss of the Apple employees? After all, I pay them. What do you do for a living? If I buy whatever it is you are selling (goods/services/etc) then am I your boss as well?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&I do not work "for" you, let's be clear. I am in service to the public which is a far cry working "for" you. You don't know anything about me.....don't be so flip to try and judge my "attitude"##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&WolfeNotes##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Enuf_is_Enuf##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&you are a fascist##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&idkusa##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Oh and in case your interested dooberstien, being that you pay cops salary and all. You might want to read Hartzler vs city of San Jose. The police are legally not obligated to protect you.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&idkusa##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&Lol@ dooberstien. Tomorrow when your not hiding behind your keyboard go tell a police officer what to do and that you pay his salary.##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Ted2015##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&So what your saying is if a government employee makes a mistake, they should lose their job? Why not make it fair a cross the board and make anyone who gets a DWI lose their job, private and pubic sectors!!!!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&BradleyOmar##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&Well I'm not for one at all with cops driving drunk. However, cops are human just like you. Not the robots and cyborgs that have a one track mind and do whatever you tell them. Therefore, no matter what your profession. There will always the human factor involved. If one person gets fired for a DWI than everyone should suffer the same outcome no matter whet their chosen profession is. Now all of a sudden that doesn't sound too popular now, right!? Part of all this misconduct i beleive is attributed to the libs and special interests groups lobbied to lower the standards with respect to hiring practices of the police all those yeas ago This is probably a factor in most of these cases. Also, part of it is the continuing witch hunt of public servants, particularly cops, that our waste of a governor started when he was first elected. Seems everyone really hates the police these days. But the fact of the matter is everyone paints every single cop with one broad stroke just like fatty Christie did. We all know that's not a true or accurate assessment at all. But someone like you would never take that for an answer to this topic. Bottom line is some people of the general public, which would be you. Slip through the cracks and make it through the incredibly easy hiring process and the wimpy no standards allowed, push them through police academies these days. Again, thank you libs and activist lawyers for that whole mess.. Some people just don't belong on this job. (PERIOD) Be careful for what you wish for....You just might get it!!!!!!!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Raider##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&Dooberstien##&&so if you make a mistake you aren't entitled to a second chance?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&njpd2012##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&How about president of the united states ? Or vice president ? Should a DWI disqualify them too ?##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&KD0863##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&njpd2012##&&YES!!!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&amenhotep##&&5pts##&&Featured##&&days ago##&&@##&&unjust59##&&Yeah, right, apparently you have a real problem with the focus being on the cops, who by the way, arrest people for the very thing that put these morons in the hospital and funeral home, yeah, sanitation workers are out setting a good, moral example for our young people cause they all aspire to ride on the back of a garbage truck emptying maggot infested, greasy grimy cans of waste, hey, I have an idea, lets take the badges from these three idiots and add them to that garbage because thats where they belong, moron!##&&Flag##&&Share##&&Like##&&Reply##&&Show More Comments##&&'); }##&&Sponsored by:##&&Inside Opinion##&&NJ.com opinion departments##&&Editorials##&&Columns##&&Letters to the Editor##&&Guest Columns##&&More Contributors##&&Most Read##&&N.J. man, killed sleeping wife with ax in murder-suicide, prosecutor says##&&Cop accused of murdering unarmed S.C. man graduated from N.J. high school##&&State suspends Martell's liquor license for serving drunken patron who died in crash##&&N.J.'s best empanadas, just in time for National Empanada Day##&&Rutgers University bans fraternity and sorority parties##&&Active Discussions##&&Chris Christie's spoiling for a fight over pensions Mulshine##&&(##&&comments)##&&Cop charged with murder in S.C. shooting 'seemed really nice,' says former N.J. employer##&&(##&&comments)##&&State suspends Martell's liquor license for serving drunken patron who died in crash##&&(##&&comments)##&&We don't just need cop cams. 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