'This Never Happened': Florida Sheriff's Captain Found Passed Out in Traffic Was Sent Home with a...

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Ron Filipkowski
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Jul 22, 2021
Capt Kip Beacham of the Seminole (FL) SO was passed out behind the wheel with engine his running in the middle of the road. Deputies let him go with a fist bump and no sobriety testing after they learned who he was. “I’m sorry, man. You’re good, just leave. This didn’t happen.”



Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
The deputies involved banged on his window for a minute with no response, and didn’t even do an incident report.

‘This Never Happened’: Florida Sheriff Captain Found Passed Out in Traffic Sent Home With a ‘Fist...
A sheriff’s captain in Florida appeared to get special treatment from law enforcement officials after he was found passed out in the driver’s seat of his SUV with the vehicle in drive and his foot on...
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1:52 PM · Jul 22, 2021

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/this-never-happened-florida-sheriff-captain-found-passed-out-in-traffic-was-sent-home-with-a-fist-bump-and-no-sobriety-test/

A sheriff’s captain in Florida appeared to get special treatment from law enforcement officials after he was found passed out in the driver’s seat of his SUV with the vehicle in drive and his foot on the brake at a crowded intersection, local ABC affiliate WFTV reported. He was released without a sobriety or medical exam, but not before getting a “fist bump” from one of the deputies who recognized him and sent him on his way.

According to the report, on July 8, several drivers on County Road 419 in Seminole County called police and firefighters about a car that was running but not moving because the driver of the vehicle appeared to be asleep.

WFTV reporter Karla Ray obtained dashboard camera footage of one of the sheriff’s deputies that arrived on the scene.

The footage shows deputies with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department parking their cars directly in front of and behind the SUV to prevent it from moving if the driver took his foot off of the brake. A deputy then knocks on the window for over a minute before the driver wakes up and opens the door. Several emergency responders are also shown to have arrived on the scene as one of the officers can be overheard saying the driver is “either OD-ed or asleep.”

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[captain queeg]

1. Surprised this stuff still happens

I got caught in the same situation when
I was in college back in the 70s. It was about 2am They took me to the station but one of the cops there was dating my sister and they let me go. Can’t imagine stuff like that happening nowadays.

[Walleye]

2. Sure special treatment. They know they're being watched and film. Suck on it, their attitude

[SharonClark]

3. Not surprised. Cops support each and not the

rules.