Cop fired after helping fellow officers in distress

[FDF12389]

Not a cop and abandoned his position without notice.

Allegedly.

I have a hard time believing he did not respond to the officer down call, which RUPD would have heard. While it may not be formally notifying them, it counts for something and he should not have been terminated.

 

[Nebor]

Not a cop and abandoned his position without notice.

Not a cop? He has the same authority and powers as any other peace officer in the state of Texas.

 

[preslove]

He definitely should have radioed dispatch that he was responding to an off campus distress call. But, he said he did :hmm:

Hopefully this will get him a job with the city/county.

 

[Nik]

"failed to notify his supervisor of his whereabouts for nearly an hour" is different than "out of contact for more than an hour."

Or did I miss the part where dispatch tried to get in touch with him and couldn't?

You're splitting hairs. He left his duty station, didn't even have the common courtesy to do something simple like radio in or somehow otherwise inform his boss that he wasn't where his boss told him to be.

Bye bye!