HPD

After Mayor Pothole rammed that poor SOB with the Mayoral Town Car a while back, there were some suggestions that it might be better for the Mayor use his personal driver to get around the city.

Well, if the Mayor's driver isn't any better than the Police Chief's driver, maybe that's not such a good idea. According to this KHOU report, the Police Chief's driver was involved in an accident that totaled the city vehicle he was driving (in Fort Bend County). But before a wrecker arrived, HPD had already picked up the vehicle and whisked it away.

Why were they in such a hurry? Surely they didn't want to cover up an accident caused by the Police Chief's driver who (OH BY THE WAY) blew a .129 and a .132 on his breathalyzer test AFTER being taken back to the HPD accident division. Nicely done!

The driver now joins Chief Bradford on paid leave (unfortunately, Mayor Pothole is still being paid AND is still on the job).

Impressive.

Just one last question: WHY THE HELL DOES EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THIS DAMN CITY NEED A PERSONAL DRIVER?!

(10-10-02 Update) The Dreadful Chron has FINALLY posted a dreadfully written article on the matter, and unsurprisingly, the two writers don't bother to mention the BAC levels cited by KHOU. If those levels were that high TWO HOURS after the accident, imagine what they were when the drunk idiot totaled the HPD Expedition!

[Posted at 20:16 CST on 10/09/02] [Link]