I think instead of asking if she needed medical attention, he should have been proactive and treated her condition with a full can of pepper spray.

Jeez lady, just take the ticket and go on with your miserable existence. What a fruitcake!

Stupid on steroids. The cop went way above and beyond to be professional and polite, even going so far as to cut her a break, and her level of mental illness wouldn't even accept a positive outcome. This woman and those like her need to depart this planet.

And her apology:

[On Friday, October 27, Berky publicly apologized. In her apology, she said:

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"The video released earlier this week of my Town of Ulster traffic stop captured a tough moment for me. Like so many working families, I too face tough times and stressful situations. As a professional, a public servant and a mother, I know my interaction with Police Officer Gary Short was unacceptable. I want to apologize to Officer Short and thank him for his patience and professionalism with me during a very difficult time.

This has been a humbling experience for me. I hope to use it to grow and learn how to better represent the diverse working families who reside in the great the city of Kingston.”

Frankly, I am amazed nothing was mentioned of the Trump-Russia collusion in her ticketing, PTSD, police militarization, police profiling, or any of the other 157 of liberal excuses for bad behavior.

So, I give her a -3.6 on the stop (it was funny) and a 7.5 on the apology (both are on a scale of 1-10). We are still waiting on the East German judge to enter their score.

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"The video released earlier this week of my Town of Ulster traffic stop captured my interaction with Police Officer Gary Short, (which) was unacceptable. I want to apologize to Officer Short and thank him for his patience and professionalism with me during a very difficult time (I created).

This has been a humbling experience for me. I hope to use it to grow and learn how to better represent the diverse working families who reside in the great the city of Kingston.”

That's what she could have written.

But she's a batshit crazy leftest loon and her passive-aggressive apology is all she has.

Certainly hope the video gets lots of airtime, come election time for her.

I think I understand discretion. He didn't have to give her the speeding ticket, but in attempting to give her a break, he was going to cite her for what he admitted she was innocent--not wearing her seat belt. She could have pleaded not guilty and have the dash cam audio as perfect evidence.

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
I think I understand discretion. He didn't have to give her the speeding ticket, but in attempting to give her a break, he was going to cite her for what he admitted she was innocent--not wearing her seat belt. She could have pleaded not guilty and have the dash cam audio as perfect evidence.

That part I actually didn’t understand.

He has discretion to issue a citation or not. Many times Officer will write for under the actual speed, but still speeding or write the lessor offense if there were multiple ones.

Never heard of an officer offering to write a citation for something that DIDN’T happen.

I could understand if she was speeding AND not wearing her seatbelt, writing just the seatbelt. When he signs the citation he is essentially saying “I testify I saw this person do this” and by his own admission she was wearing the seatbelt. That struck me as odd that he would essentially falsify a ticket to try and cut a break.

Write for 5 over, let go with a warning, write the full speed after she failed the “attitude test”, but to offer to write bogus charge? That doesn’t seem like “discretion” to me.

What say the SF LEOs? Is that a common thing?

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Never heard of an officer offering to write a citation for something that DIDN’T happen.

A deputy once gave me a ticket for failure to have my license on my person. It was a $7 fine and required me to go to the courthouse and show my license to the clerk when I paid it. The alternative he explained was a $130 speeding ticket, but I could pay that by mail. I earned the speeding ticket and he handed my license back to me while he explained my options. I caught on right quick that he was giving me a break and said "I'll take bring my license to the courthouse for $7 please." I haven't been pulled over since. It'd be a shame if the everything on video age changed an officer's ability to cut people some slack.

Will the video sink her chances at re-election? I hope so.

no one that fragile should have any more power than what it takes to brush one's teeth

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C U Next Tuesday, in Court.

I thought I heard her say "I only make 130" when she was saying how broke she was and couldn't afford a ticket. Did I hear that correctly?

EDIT: I listened again and at about 1:40 she says it. Can't live on that, totally broke. She must be great at city planning and budgeting.

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Originally posted by 911Boss:

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
I think I understand discretion. He didn't have to give her the speeding ticket, but in attempting to give her a break, he was going to cite her for what he admitted she was innocent--not wearing her seat belt. She could have pleaded not guilty and have the dash cam audio as perfect evidence.

That part I actually didn’t understand.

He has discretion to issue a citation or not. Many times Officer will write for under the actual speed, but still speeding or write the lessor offense if there were multiple ones.

Never heard of an officer offering to write a citation for something that DIDN’T happen.

I could understand if she was speeding AND not wearing her seatbelt, writing just the seatbelt. When he signs the citation he is essentially saying “I testify I saw this person do this” and by his own admission she was wearing the seatbelt. That struck me as odd that he would essentially falsify a ticket to try and cut a break.

Write for 5 over, let go with a warning, write the full speed after she failed the “attitude test”, but to offer to write bogus charge? That doesn’t seem like “discretion” to me.

What say the SF LEOs? Is that a common thing?

My son was pulled over by a NJ State Trooper for doing 75 in a 65 on a state highway. The Trooper gave him a break by instead giving him a ticket for no seat belt. 1. It saved him money. 2. He didn't receive points on his license. The Trooper was being nice, but it is also a warning that we are watching and next time it will be a ticket.

I can't even imagine having to sit in a meeting with her, let alone try to act like my time is being spent wisely trying to govern with her in any meeting that I'm in.

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Originally posted by rtquig:
My son was pulled over by a NJ State Trooper for doing 75 in a 65 on a state highway. The Trooper gave him a break by instead giving him a ticket for no seat belt. 1. It saved him money. 2. He didn't receive points on his license. The Trooper was being nice, but it is also a warning that we are watching and next time it will be a ticket.

It would be unappreciative of the break received, but wouldn't the person easily win by pleading not guilty to the lesser charge for which they were innocent?

That LEO deserves a medal for the patience he exercised. She needed killin'.

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Originally posted by Keystoner:

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Originally posted by rtquig:
My son was pulled over by a NJ State Trooper for doing 75 in a 65 on a state highway. The Trooper gave him a break by instead giving him a ticket for no seat belt. 1. It saved him money. 2. He didn't receive points on his license. The Trooper was being nice, but it is also a warning that we are watching and next time it will be a ticket.

It would be unappreciative of the break received, but wouldn't the person easily win by pleading not guilty to the lesser charge for which they were innocent?

I have only been in court a few times, but the times I have gone the judge had taken the word of the Police over the word of the accused. My guess, and this is only a guess is that the Police would then say he was both speeding and wasn't wearing a seat belt. I let him off with the lesser charge.

Disgusting

All of that thrashing about and whiny nonsense over a Goddamned traffic ticket. Fucking pathetic.

Oh, you're embarrassed now, lady? Well you damn well SHOULD be embarrassed, your freaking pissing child. GROW UP!!

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Originally posted by Keystoner:

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Originally posted by rtquig:
My son was pulled over by a NJ State Trooper for doing 75 in a 65 on a state highway. The Trooper gave him a break by instead giving him a ticket for no seat belt. 1. It saved him money. 2. He didn't receive points on his license. The Trooper was being nice, but it is also a warning that we are watching and next time it will be a ticket.

It would be unappreciative of the break received, but wouldn't the person easily win by pleading not guilty to the lesser charge for which they were innocent?

I think at that point the prosecutor would bring up the speeding charge, and anything else that was observed. In this specific case, she could have been charged with the cell phone usage that she admitted to, as well as expired drivers license and expired registration. He told her he was able to verify she had it, but he still could charge her for not having it on her person at the time.

Just because he didn't write the ticket at the time does not preclude charges being brought against her later.

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Originally posted by tgtshuter:
"I'm broke. I'm completely broke."

Here's part of her background:

Berky began her career as a design and construction project manager for projects in DUMBO, Brooklyn, lower Manhattan and noted cultural institutions such as Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Carnegie Hall. She also worked as a consultant for the World Bank in Washington, DC and for government agencies and NGOs in Jerusalem, Rome and several other cities in the US and abroad. Since moving to the Hudson Valley in 2004, Jennifer worked for eight years as Deputy Director of Planning for Ulster County and, in 2012, re-established her consulting practice, Hone Strategic, LLC (link is external), providing urban planning, preservation, and development advising. She works with numerous community leaders, municipalities, non-profit organizations and private developers on sustainable, community-driven development projects. Berky is also a regular lecturer for undergraduate and education in environmental and urban studies, including, including 4 years at Bard College (link is external).

With all this---SHE ONLY MAKES $20,000 A YEAR?!?!?

She needs to be throttled

Fucking obstructionist trash