This is just sad

[Norm357]

The ajc.com is reporting...

Sheridan Jackson, a licensed clinical social worker who was hired by the family of former Duluth officer, Jay Dailey, said she had planned to testify in a bond hearing on Friday.

Former Duluth police officer Jay Dailey suffers from alcoholism, depression, according to a social worker his family hired.

The bond hearing was postponed indefinitely, however, after defense and prosecuting attorneys met with Superior Court Judge Dawson Jackson for a 30 minute bench conference.

Outside the courtroom Friday morning, Jackson said Dailey sought help in the past for alcoholism. She said he even took a leave of absence from the Duluth Police Department for several months about a year ago to seek help for the problem.

He stayed sober for about nine months, but then dropped out of an Alcoholics Anonymous program when a member of the group kept "outing" him to fellow police officers, Jackson said.

On the day of the shooting, Dailey had "two drinks that he can remember and then woke up in a pool of blood," Jackson said.

"He doesn't recall anything about the incident," she said.

Jackson said Dailey is sorry for what he's done, but that his behavior had surprised even himself. He has no prior criminal history and no record of acting out against anyone, Jackson said.

"He is so full of shame that you can barely talk to him about it," Jackson added.

Dailey's brother and parents attended the hearing, but declined to comment about the case.

Also in the courtroom was Fulton County Police Officer Paul Phillips, his wife and several friends. They left quickly without speaking to reporters.

Police say that Dailey, 42, was off-duty and wearing a bulletproof vest when he flagged down a passing female motorist in Sugar Hill on Feb. 1. He asked her to call 911, and then allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray and threatened to kill her during a brief struggle that ensued.

Dailey then initiated a gun battle with Phillips, who was on his way home from work in a marked patrol car when bystanders flagged him down and asked him to intervene.

Phillips was shot in the arm and spent two weeks in the hospital. Dailey was shot in the hand. He was treated and released into police custody the following day.


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[Darin]

He's saying that alcoholism and depression was the reason he tried to kill an Officer?


That is more that just sad. That is pathetic. :mad:

[ruby0711]

He's saying that alcoholism and depression was the reason he tried to kill an Officer?


That is more that just sad. That is pathetic. :mad:

+1 :mad: