Detroit Cop, while drunk, in a vehicle, shoots gun, in front of a following cop.idiot

[Hockey9019]

What an idiot

Detroit cop allegedly shoots off gun

BY ART BUKOWSKI
abukowski@record-eagle.com

KALKASKA -- A Detroit police officer faces criminal charges after he allegedly fired a gun from a car window while drunk.

Kalkaska County Prosecutor Brian Donnelly this week charged Michael Arthur Knox, 38, with possession of a firearm while under the influence and reckless use of a firearm, he said.

Knox is from the Detroit suburb of New Hudson and told a Kalkaska County sheriff's deputy he is a Detroit police officer, Undersheriff Bruce Gualtiere said. Sheriff's officials later contacted the Detroit Police Department and confirmed Knox is a police officer there, Gualtiere said.

Detroit police officials could not be reached for comment, and Knox did not return a call for comment.

Knox allegedly fired a semi-automatic handgun out the window of a vehicle traveling down Rapid City Road at about 11 p.m. on May 9. A Kalkaska sheriff's deputy traveling behind the vehicle heard a few "loud pops" and pulled the vehicle over, Gualtiere said.

Knox, who sat in the front passenger side, allegedly was highly intoxicated and admitted to shooting the weapon out the window, Gualtiere said. The driver of the vehicle said Knox fired the gun because he believed they were being tailgated, Donnelly said.

There was no indication Knox aimed at anything in particular as he fired the shots, Donnelly said, and the gun wasn't a service weapon.

Deputies confiscated the gun but didn't arrest Knox, Donnelly said. They didn't make an arrest because they couldn't immediately make contact with the prosecutor's office, Gualtiere said.

The sheriff's department later sent information about the incident to Donnelly for charges.

Three other men were in the vehicle with Knox, Gualtiere said. All were from New Hudson, and Gualtiere said he believed one of the men has a cabin in the area.

Donnelly rarely issues the charge of possessing a firearm while intoxicated, he said, and Knox's job makes this case especially strange.

"It's the kind of thing that you would hope a person with the kind of training and experience a police officer (has) wouldn't do," he said. "It's not good, and we have to take that seriously."

http://www.record-eagle.com/local/lo...138094104.html

[Aussie George]

The driver of the vehicle said Knox fired the gun because he believed they were being tailgated, Donnelly said.

Oh well, that makes it alright then. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

What an idiot!!

[TNCJGA]

Why is it idiots like that have the job, and the rest of us are fighting to get the job?

[Piggy]

If you do a news search, Detroit Police just got into a pursuit over the weekend with a suspended Detroit Police Officer. They chased him all over the city at 100+ mph speed before they finally got him.

The news said he has been on unpaid suspension since 2006. What the heck kind of IA investigation takes two years?

[Hockey9019]

If you do a news search, Detroit Police just got into a pursuit over the weekend with a suspended Detroit Police Officer. They chased him all over the city at 100+ mph speed before they finally got him.

The news said he has been on unpaid suspension since 2006. What the heck kind of IA investigation takes two years?

Its Detroit. They take 3-4 years to complete a full one.

[Piggy]

Maybe they were holding off to see if he'd die of natural causes. :confused:

[shugs]

Leading officers on a pursuit???!!!! I'd be fired 15 seconds after they ran my tag!!!

[Johninaustin]

If you do a news search, Detroit Police just got into a pursuit over the weekend with a suspended Detroit Police Officer. They chased him all over the city at 100+ mph speed before they finally got him.

The news said he has been on unpaid suspension since 2006. What the heck kind of IA investigation takes two years?

Here, if you have a scumbag officer whose antics do not rise to the level of a prosecutable criminal offense and you NEVER want him working in the field again, you put him on indefinite suspension. (it's unpaid) You still hold his certificate so he can't apply anywhere else.