UPDATE TO CASE:
They determined the cop was speeding and using his laptop, both violations.
They gave him a "careless driving" ticket. He's been back on the force since a few days after the wreck.
People are outraged locally... he killed a 15 year old riding his bike to school... playing on a computer (policy of LSCO is to pull over to use, always) while speeding (at rates of "at least 50 in a 45mph").
He got a careless driving ticket. No reckless, no manslaughter, no anything. The same thing we'd get for drifting 2 lanes to turn without signaling, or eating a burger while driving (and hitting nobody). Careless driving. A ticket. And they wait til friday PM news dump to release it.
www.nbc-2.com
In SW Florida, this is a huge hotbutton issue.
Basically, cop is driving "at least" 50 mph in a 45 mph limit zone. He runs over kid who is legally in the road, but may not have had lights on his bike (family said he had reflectors, but who knows). He kills kid with his car.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/26399611/report-released-on-deputy-involved-crash-that-killed-cape-teenSo the Q is - for cops or for anyone - if you are speeding, and it's proven (as it is here with the car chip metrics), are you at fault? Is this cop looking at jail time? Fired from police dept, etc?
People are HUGELY divided here... some say "Hey, everyone speeds". Other say "kid was 15, driving to school, cop broke law, lock him up". What is the legal precedent here? (Note: "At Least" wording may mean cop was going faster - they do speed bigtime on that street).