The Chief of the Bastrop, Texas police department was caught driving drunk (as a skunk 0.27 BAC) in Austin. That would be DWI arrest #2 for the good Chief, and his punishment is not quite as severe as some of us would wish.
He is losing his job. He is losing his job effective four months from now. He is voluntarily resigning as the chief of police effective the day after the 25th anniversary of his joining the police force, with full pension benefits based on that last, highest-paid year of service.
My punishment for him, had I my druthers, would be a little different: fired, with jail and fines to the fullest provision of the law. No pension benefits. The chief of police should be the most law-abidinest person in the whole city, and this one has recklessly put the lives of the public in danger, voluntarily.
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