On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:09:23 +0000, Alexander Rogge
Jaybird would read that story and say "obviously buttistant Chief Dandridge was responding to a call - he even had his lights and siren activated."
Radar Gun Captures Controversy in D.C. Off-Duty Officer Finds Unlikely Target in Rush Hour: A Top Police Official
By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 19, 2005; Page B01
Wendell Cunningham worried about cars hitting children or elderly residents in his Southeast Washington neighborhood, so the D.C. police officer decided to hit the streets with a radar gun -- on his own time.
He ticketed away for nearly two years, and then one morning, his off-duty work led him straight back to the office -- in pursuit of a top commander. In his free time, D.C. police officer Wendell Cunningham tickets speeders near his home in Southeast Washington. In his free time, D.C. police officer Wendell Cunningham tickets speeders near his home in Southeast Washington. (By Michael Williamson -- The Washington Post)
That was April 19. Cunningham was writing traffic tickets along a busy stretch of Branch Avenue SE near his home in Hillcrest about 6:30 a.m. when he spotted a dark-blue car hurtling down the street. His radar gun showed it doing 46 mph in a 25-mph zone.
So he stepped into traffic and motioned for the driver to pull over. Instead of stopping, the Ford Crown Victoria swung into the other lane and pbutted; emergency lights began to flash from the car's grill, and a siren sounded.
Through the car's tinted windows, Cunningham recognized buttistant Chief Willie Dandridge, a department veteran who supervises patrol operations east of the Anacostia River.
Cunningham followed Dandridge to the nearby office, where Dandridge refused to turn over his identification. Cunningham reported the incident to internal affairs.
