Video: Officers ‘counseled’ after reckless driving stop | #Louisiana

BY JIM MUSTIAN
Advocate staff writer
June 24, 2013

Baton Rouge police officer David Stewart was off duty and outside his jurisdiction, but he could not overlook the swerving white pickup going nearly twice the 45 mph speed limit on Juban Road, just outside of Denham Springs.

Stewart switched on his emergency lights and gave chase, planning to alert Livingston Parish authorities after investigating what appeared to be a case of road rage or drunken driving. What the officer did not know — before a testy roadside exchange — was that the erratic motorist was also an off-duty Baton Rouge police officer.

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As the conversation grew increasingly heated, Stewart shouted that his children drive on Juban Road.

“I don’t care,” Harrison said, according to footage captured on Stewart’s dashboard camera.

“That’s what’s wrong with police officers like you,” Stewart responded. “You ought not be a police officer.”

“You’re exactly right,” said Harrison, who is assigned to the department’s Air Support Unit.

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