OFFICER 1: You’re doing the UD-10 for (unintelligible) accident?
OFFICER 2: Yes, sir.
OFFICER 1: Alright, when you enter her driver’s license number in, just accidentally change one digit.
OFFICER 2: Okay. [More]
Seems to me the public deserves to know more than just “Officer 1 and 2″…
[Via Michael G]
” So it’s my understanding then that something was indicated about switching, accidentally switching a number” said deputy chief Mark Bliss.
Wait, if the government employees were conspiring to change the number, how was it done “accidentally”?
“Detroit police confirmed with FOX 2 that the audio was authentic and was related to an on-duty crash. Sources later said it was done possibly to circumvent the required reporting that could have affected the officer’s car insurance rates.”
Got to protect the government employee’s insurance rates, who cares about how their actions cause a citizen’s rates to go up.
Got to protect the government employee’s insurance rates, who cares about how their actions cause a citizen’s rates to go up.
It’s worse than that. “Switching one number” might match someone else’s driver’s license number — someone who was not at all involved in the crash.
And that random person’s insurance rates will go up, and they’ll lose points on their license (if the state does that; some do, some don’t), and maybe be investigated or cited for “failing to report” the crash that they were not in but the “official” paperwork says they were.
IOW, it’s not a victimless crime. Someone could be monetarily and possibly reputationally harmed (if by chance having a clean driving record is part of their job requirements).