Reply With QuoteThey all should live in buffalo.Lopez, 37, a Northeast District officer, is a decorated eight-year veteran of the force who lives in Holland
I wanna hear our Police Officer members argue as to why this woman should ever be allowed to keep her job
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial...28/1009475.asp
Officer suspended after Cheektowaga gun-firing spree
Troopers who arrested off-duty Buffalo cop and her friend unable to determine motive
By VANESSA THOMAS
News Staff Reporter
7/28/2006
Dawn Lopez was suspended without pay.
Off-duty Buffalo Police Officer Dawn Lopez parked her car on the shoulder of the Thruway in Cheektowaga and fired her service handgun out the window early Wednesday, according to state police. Her passenger, Buffalo art teacher Megan Corcoran, also fired a shot from the 9mm Glock out the car window, state police said.
The two fired several bullets toward a grassy area backed by a fence, with a residential neighborhood about 75 to 100 yards away, state police said. No one was injured.
Troopers who arrested the pair were not able to determine the motive for the shooting. Both were charged with second-degree reckless endangerment - a misdemeanor.
Lopez, 37, a Northeast District officer, is a decorated eight-year veteran of the force who lives in Holland. She has been suspended without pay and charged with one departmental charge for conduct unbecoming of an officer.
Corcoran, 39, is an art teacher at South Park High School and lives on Baynes Street. "It would seem to be a reckless lapse of judgment," said State Police Capt. Michael Nigrelli of the Thruway station. "We never got a concrete, bona-fide explanation why the event occurred.
"It was a very dangerous activity that wasn't well thought-out," he added. "It appears there was no malicious intent to endanger another person, but the incident itself was reckless."
Nigrelli also said police "have no evidence that there was alcohol impairment."
DA sees alcohol as factor
However, Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark believes alcohol was a factor because the women admitted they had been drinking at several bars just before they fired the weapon. Clark also was disturbed that state police did not conduct sobriety tests on the driver.
They all should live in buffalo.Lopez, 37, a Northeast District officer, is a decorated eight-year veteran of the force who lives in Holland
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DA sees alcohol as factor
However, Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark believes alcohol was a factor because the women admitted they had been drinking at several bars just before they fired the weapon. Clark also was disturbed that state police did not conduct sobriety tests on the driver.
Of course they didn't conduct sobriety test.. it's that don't cross the blue line thingy..
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Do the police conduct sobriety tests every time they pull Frank Clark over? I hear it's a frequent thing.Originally Posted by therising
Is it legal to discharge a firearm in Cheektowaga? Or for that matter- since it's state property- what does the state law say about this?
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Hmm, butch carpet muncher wants to impress lipstick lesbian with her tool?
The difference between taxes and robbery is the mode of coercion.
It's a state law. They can live where they want. Anybody should be free to live where they want.
It's unlawful to discharge a firearm within 100 feet of any roadway in NYS.
100' 1" is fine though.
The difference between taxes and robbery is the mode of coercion.
Wonder if it's the same Meghan Corcoran from the all female indy pop band "and sometimes Y". I think she played the harmonica and sang. About the right age.
probably the stress of the wage freeze brought this on. Some time off for stress comp would help them both. I can attest she is a very , very good Cop. This is quite surprising, I'm sure she is regretting this occurred. And Northshore you don't have to be 100 feet off the road to shoot, you just have to be off the road. You can be 3 feet off the road. The Gameys want you on the other side of the ditch , if there is one. You can't shoot OVER a road, that is illegal.
You are correct about the discharge of firearms.
Sorry
Are we speaking from inside knowledge? Or just guessing?
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This response begs a few questions:
1) If she was a waitress who hadn't rec'd a raise in a year or 2, woudl you also say "it was probably the stress of the wage freeze"?
2) Do you think she should ever get her gun back?
3) What are Gameys?
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