A police officer who posted on TikTok that freeway drivers ought to ‘get the f*** out of the best way’ of fellow cops was suspended – however for simply 10 hours.
Breanna Strauss of the Washington Federal Manner Police Division brought on an outrage on social media with the clip of herself in uniform. She stated she was talking for herself but in addition for the ‘bigger majority of different officers on the market’.
‘If we’re driving on the freeway with our police vehicles, get the f***out of the best way. Get the f*** out of the best way,’ she says within the video.
‘Should you merge and we observe behind you and we merge too, you’re in all probability in hassle. Greatest solution to discover that out is to get the f*** out of the best way.’
Strauss continues by contrasting what cops are allowed to do versus different drivers on the highway.
‘I can run 90 miles an hour. You may’t. You may’t do this so get the f*** out of the best way,’ she says. ‘If us officers keep behind you lengthy sufficient, we are able to discover a motive to drag you over.’
She wraps with: ‘Tremendous easy. That’s all. You’re welcome.’
Strauss has since deleted the TikTok put up, however it was shared on Reddit, the place many customers known as for her to face a harsher punishment than the transient suspension with out pay.
The video went viral over the summer time and the police division launched an investigation into the incident. They discovered that Strauss didn't have prior disciplinary points.
‘We had not acquired any complaints in opposition to Officer Straus concerning arrests, citations, or site visitors stops,’ Commander Kurt Schwan on the time informed the Federal Manner Mirror.
The probe concluded on July 7, discovering that Strauss violated the police division’s private and social media protocols. She was suspended for as a result of her video was in violation.
Strauss was sworn into the division in August 2021.
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