The chances are that the Inland Division Assistant Chief was very embarrassed that this has happened to him, You know that we have all these organizations against certain things In this case we have MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Driving) Which is a very powerful political group, the inland chapter of MADD is one of the strongest in the 50 States! Having said that they have done a great deal in the battle against Drunken Driving, and it is just sometimes a great more simple to take the one man that is part of the Inland Command of California's Highway Patrol and Condemn him for the rest of his life or you can take the laws of our land, and pull them out as the Fore Fathers Decided, and say that it is the spirit of the law, not so much the letter of the law.
I am going to exercise atonement and forgiveness when it comes to what the Commander did After all, he didn't fight he didn't argue he simply took the arrest, and went home. I venture a guess that there will not even be a court battle, the commander will more then likely plead guilty pay the fine loose his license and have a driver for the year.
This man might just loose his area command of the Inland Division of the California Highway Patrol. this after all is a pretty embarrassing situation for the CHP to be in especially for someone in their command staff!! So, there will be some Area Command Staff situation that will be given. However, it is only because of the position that he keeps that he will ultimately be taken from the position, if he were the second in command in the GAP, or WAL-MART, he would not have to step down and it would even be mentioned in the news but a slight blip, since he is the second in command of the Largest command staff of the CHP, he will or might loose that job, just by who he is. No other job in the United states, besides the CHP or of coarse that of Law Enforcement, because what I am getting at is a person in Law Enforcement looses that right to privacy between his personal life and his business life.
I Forgive the Commander, and I hope that his job is not ill effected due to the Arrest!!
BSRanch
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CHP officer arrested, suspected of drunken driving
INVESTIGATION: The Inland Division assistant chief hit a car at his Reche Canyon home.10:00 PM PST on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The arrest of one of the region's top-ranking California HighwayPatrol officers on suspicion of drunken driving shocked an advocate whopreviously worked with him to discourage the practice.
"I'm personally stunned and disappointed," said LoVae Pray Martines,law enforcement liaison for San Bernardino County's Mothers AgainstDrunk Driving chapter. "But it just proves, if this can happen to him,it can happen to anyone."
CHP Inland Division Assistant Chief Mike Maples, who Martines saidhas been "very committed to ending drinking and driving," is scheduledto appear in Riverside County Superior Court on Jan. 3.
Prosecutors have until then to decide if they will charge Maples,said Ingrid Wyatt, a spokeswoman with the Riverside County districtattorney's office.
Officers from CHP's Riverside station arrested the 34-yeardepartment veteran at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, after he crashed hisstate-issued cruiser into a car parked in the driveway of his RecheCanyon home, said CHP Sgt. Eric Phipps.
Maples, who was off duty, failed a field sobriety test, and wascited and released, Phipps said. The blood-alcohol content was notdisclosed.
Maples declined to comment Tuesday when he was contacted in front of his home. He cited the ongoing internal investigation.
The owner of the car Maples crashed into -- a visitor at his home --reported the accident. Damage was minor, and the visitor was not in thecar at the time, Phipps said.
"I know you can't minimize DUI," he said, "but in the scheme of things, this was very minor."
The accident occurred on the extended dirt driveway of Maples' ranchhome, just south of Colton in unincorporated Riverside County.Authorities respond to such incidents on private property only whenalcohol or recklessness is suspected, Phipps said.
Maples was "very cooperative," and did not obstruct arresting officers, Phipps said.
His work status was not disclosed Tuesday. Officials in CHP's Sacramento headquarters declined to comment.
Martines, however, said she was saddened by the incident.
"He of all people knows what happens when you drink and drive," she said. "This is just an example of what alcohol can do."
As assistant chief of the Inland Division, Maples issecond-in-command of an area larger than 12 states -- all of SanBernardino County and parts of Riverside, Kern, Inyo and Mono counties.
He supervises the region's largest offices, in San Bernardino, Riverside and Rancho Cucamonga, Phipps said.
"It's just unfortunate," Phipps said.
Reach Paul LaRocco at 909-806-3064 or plarocco@PE.com
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