EXCESSIVE HONKING DEBACLE
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A CINCINNATI POLICE SERGEANT IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR HIS CONDUCT INVOLVING THE ARREST OF A DRIVER ACCUSED OF EXCESSIVE HONKING LAST YEAR.
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER REPORTS THAT SERGEANT JAMES PERKINS WAS IN AN UNMARKED VEHICLE ON THE CLAY WADE BAILEY BRIDGE ROUGHLY THIS TIME LAST YEAR. HE PASSED A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY BROOKLYN DAVIS WHO SAYS HE CUT HER OFF, NEARLY RUNNING HER CAR OFF THE ROAD. SHE HONKED AT HIM. HE STOPPED HIS CAR, CONFRONTED HER AND THEN ARRESTED BOTH DAVIS AND HER PASSENGER. DAVIS RECORDED THE INCIDENT ON HER CELL PHONE. THE CHARGES WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN COURT. NOW PERKINS COULD FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.