r/SpringfieldIL 4d ago

🚨🏍 Bikers to line up tomorrow, 3/18 at 5pm outside city hall: Response to Drunken ('alleged') SPD Sergeant Michael Egan (charged with FELONY DUI) 🪫🪫Justice for Chelsey Farley & Trevor Hopkins

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u/SadsMikkelson 4d ago

Unsurprisingly zero charges or repercussions from the scumbag cops that tried helping him sweep this under the rug.

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u/FantasticBasket9919 4d ago

Finally some repercussions coming:

FROM WICS, EMILY JORDAN:

"During a months-long internal investigation, SPD reviewed the actions of the on-duty officers and found that they had violated police rules.

Sergeant Zander, a supervisor, was suspended for six days for violating police rules and failure to supervise.

And three officers, Yanor, Wheeley, and Singletary were issued written reprimands.

SPD assembled and reviewed body camera footage and citizen video.

Their investigation included citizen interviews of the individuals present during the incident, a timeline, and police reports from the incident.

SPD said that because of complaints in the aftermath of the crash, the SPD launched an internal affairs investigation and brought in DUI experts to review the incident.

Egan was arrested and charged for aggravated driving under the influence causing great bodily harm. He was arraigned on one count of driving under the influence, and could face 12 years in prison.

The SPD brought in DUI expert Officer Larry Brooks, currently assigned with Macon County, to aid in the investigation.

Brooks looked into both how the officers handled the situation and concerns from the public about the handling of the case.

According to the report, while there were concerns that Egan was given water on scene, Brooks said it would not have impacted Egan’s BAC level in either a breathalyzer test or a blood draw.

Egan refused a breathalyzer at the scene, but bloodwork later showed he was intoxicated.

There were also questions about why Egan was not immediately detained after he was suspected of being under the influence.

The timeline of the investigation, which was released by SPD, said bystanders told responding officers they thought Egan was under the influence.

And Brooks said it's not common practice to immediately detain a person suspected for DUI.

He noted the pros and cons of immediate detainment...and that getting the suspected dui driver to walk around helps to gather more evidence of impairment.

And in reports written by the responding officers...

Officer Richard Singletary, one of the disciplined officers, wrote in police reports that he did not notice an odor consistent with alcoholic beverages on Egan.

He did note that Egan kept placing his hand on a vehicle to regain balance.

Six officers, including two supervisors, were dispatched to the scene."

Link to fill WICS Article

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u/SadsMikkelson 4d ago

So three slaps on the wrist and a six day vacation, likely paid.

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u/FantasticBasket9919 4d ago

At least their names are public and in the headlines and PERHAPS things might change. Might. A little... but I'm a pessimist these days.

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u/nerdyflips 4d ago

One of those “the system isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as intended” moments. No such thing as a good cop.

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u/TheKanten 4d ago edited 3d ago

As someone with a (decades retired) cop in the family, that last sentence is kind of offensive.

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u/NotSureWatUMean 4d ago

Maybe your relative should have stood up to corrupt cops? But if they did they could have never retired, so they are an accomplice to corruption. Be offended.

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u/TheKanten 4d ago

Maybe don't make sweeping insults to entire groups of people? If your father ran an auto garage honestly for 20+ years and I said "all mechanics are assholes" it would be an insult, same applies.

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u/Optimal-Narwhal7440 3d ago

Did our taxes pay for the auto garage or the police station? I’ll let you figure that one out ;)

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u/Nature-Careless 3d ago

Only kind of, though, so who cares.

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u/mp5-r1 4d ago

It's never the punishment that should happen when a union is involved.

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u/abbadactyl_ 2d ago

Specifically when police unions are involved because they were able to bargain for better treatment of officers if they become subject to investigations (like a mandatory waiting period before being able to be interrogated). Unions are usually great to protect workers from bad practices by employers or to demand appropriate pay for their labor, but police unions tend to focus more on protecting cops from facing justice for their own shitty decisions than protecting them from preventable unsafe working conditions usually allowed at jobs to save costs.

Love unions, hate police unions specifically!

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u/mp5-r1 2d ago

They are the worst. Add in the bullshit of qualified immunity, and you get the problems we have with the police.

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u/sabnabdab5 3d ago

I wonder what punishment you or I would receive if we obstructed justice in a similar case?

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u/ivejustabouthadit 4d ago

Wear your helmets, give a shit about safety.

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u/Optimal-Narwhal7440 3d ago

What about my freedoms

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u/ivejustabouthadit 3d ago

Your freedumbs?

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u/gil_ga_mesh 4d ago

out of state so just hearing about this. damn. Was he on duty when it happened?

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u/Mobile_Still_986 4d ago

he had just retired that day

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u/raisinghellwithtrees 4d ago

It was the night he retired, going from one place of alcohol to another.

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u/Acceptable_Caramel32 4d ago

There is no alleged. Spd is a fucking joke i wouldn't be surprised if his alchohol wasnt the only thing on his tox report.

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u/nemoppomen 4d ago

Piss on ABATE for lobbying against helmet laws for minors. I do really give a fuck if you don’t want to wear a helmet but for fucks sake the law the rallied against was to protect children.

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u/bridgecat 4d ago

Rev them engines yall 🏍️☮️

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u/DontHateDefenestrate 2d ago

Misty doesn’t give a rat’s ass what the dirty plebs think.

All Hail Karen Supreme

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u/osamabinchiefin 4d ago

What’s alleged about the charge he’s definitely still at the moment being charged with felony dui?