Screwed Twice On The Same Day By Two Different Guys
The cost was $167.00. The first time was at work; the second, on the highway.
Construction foreman Gavin Docherty was nailed twice on the same day.
The first time was by a co-worker. With a powerful nail gun, Gavin was nailed smack in his forehead.
A first-aid officer at the job site quickly put Gavin in a vehicle, complete with the nail protruding from his forehead, and sped off to Saanich Peninsula Hospital about a mile away (a couple of kilometers).
Due to their haste to have Gavin to the hospital quickly, they were driving without a seat belt, and in excess of the posted speed limit by traveling 92 km/57mph in a 50km/30mph zone.
Halfway to the hospital the men get stopped by a police car on Central Saanich Road.
Now at this point, I might be grateful for the arrival of a police officer. They serve and protect, trained in administering standard first aid, CPR, have even been known to deliver babies on the side of the highway should the moment present itself. Modern police forces make extensive use of radio communications equipment, carried both on the person and installed in vehicles, to co-ordinate their work, share information, and get help quickly.
The Central Saanich Police Department states on it’s own website (chief’s desk) it adheres to the following values:
People Who Care About People Respect The Rights Of Individuals Responsiveness To Our Community Work In Partnership With Others
… and welcomes ‘positive suggestions’ from the public by
Contacting Chief Paul Hames through e-mail
Or at their office
Central Saanich Police Service
1903 Mt. Newton X-Road
Saanichton BC
V8M 2A9
Does the officer offer his assistance? No.
Does the officer call for assistance? No.
Does the officer provide an escort to the hospital? No.
Does the officer run around his police car three times backwards and shout “You’ve Got A Nail Gunned Through Your Head!”? No.
“We showed him the nail sticking out of my forehead but he didn’t care at all,” Gavin Docherty told A-Channel news. “He was dead set on getting some tickets.”
Two frantic men, one in pain, terrified of this nail protruding from his head, inserted via a powerful nail gun, they even explained why they were in a rush; nothing seemed to phase this officer.
So what does this Caring, Respectful, Responsive, and Working in Partnership With Others Police Officer Do?
He follows the two to the hospital, and once there, issued them a $167.00 seat belt ticket.
Gavin gets screwed yet again, this time by the guy that works for the Central Saanich Police Department.
During an interview with Central Saanich police Chief Constable Paul Hames, he comments “I think the officer used his discretion with the two different tickets.” According to Paul Hames, the speeding fine would have been more than $300.00.
“My concern is for the safety of the public at large,” Chief Constable Paul Hames said.
Now how is following two guys to the hospital in order to give them a ticket for not wearing a seat belt going to protect the public at large?
What is the lesson learned here?
If you are just moments away from a hospital and therefore happen to be in a situation where you can save a life by transporting a fellow human to said hospital should they just so happen to have a nail gunned through their head, always always always drive with your seat belt.
“The public will see a nail in a forehead and possibly not see the other side of the story,” Paul Hames said.
Maybe Gavin Docherty wasn’t the only one who needed his head examined.
That’s interesting, and the police replies seem like official party line B.S., but I wonder if there is another side to the story? Still, even if they were driving wrecklessly enough that the officer thought they were an impediment to other drivers, he ought not have let them drive away the first time. That does seem rather strange.
That’s F’ed up on many counts!
$167 for a seat belt violation?! It’s $15 here in GA, USA.
Wonder if it was a seatbelt violation x 2. It’s a violation in many states for the passenger in the front seat to not be wearing their seat belt now, too.
Plus the guy had a hospital bill. jeesh.