Holy crap, with such a disregard for a citizens life, does anyone still wonder why cops are universally hated? I guarantee you if that had been a cop on the tracks that schitshow wouldn't have went down like that.
Not a bad comment actually. The lack of response to get the car off the tracks, let alone park it there in the first place is pretty damning.
Can't put it any better, myself.
Total lack of situational awareness. Only able to function at one thing at a time.
As to the other officers not moving it, some agencies have interlocks on the cars so that only the issued officer can put it in gear once that interlock is engaged and you have to put the key back in the ignition to do it. Yes, that same interlock will allow you to drive the car without the key in the ignition.
Does that vehicle have that system? Who knows. Once the female was in the patrol car and the other vehicle secured, the FIRST thing the cop should have done is get her patrol car off of those tracks. You can search for evidence later. They had all the time in the world to search it.
Ed
