felony charges, yes?

for filing a false report, firing a gun, vandalism, etc.

with all it equipment is pretty expensive 35-45k, I can't imagine the insurance picking up the tab w/o charges.

"The officer, only identified as 27 years of age, was hired in June and had not yet attended the police academy."

This beget the question why the hell was he even working if he wasn't yet certified???

are popular in New England, at least from the pranksters I've known.

He's fired?

He ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and ordered
to pay restitution and do extensive pyschological evaluation.

Something's wrong with hiring such a cretin in the first place.

Seems pointless to me- LOCK EM UP. Stick him in general pop' and make sure everyone knows he was a cop.

Idiot messed up the car, needed to find an excuse, claimed to be shot at.

I think it's like the guy in SC that shot the guy in the back then tried to reframe the incident.

Sometimes when people do something wrong, they try to cover it up.

When they get caught, it gets quite ugly. But I don't think he's psycho.

The officer must have serious mental health issues or is incompetent or malicious beyond measure.

Thankfully, the department immediately terminated his employment and will take other actions as may be justified and necessary.

Did he want to get some lady's attention?

I keep hearing that on CNN.

Maybe he wanted to add to the data supporting this; maybe he just took one for the team.

I guess I should've added the sarcasm thingie. I wasn't being serious.

whereas the Texas Lt Governor has asked us to pay for a police officers lunch tab....

Millis? That's a pretty low-probability place for a cruiser to get shot at. Middle class, calm, suburban.

At least that is what I am sensing from police remarks here in Mass. And the less said about it, the faster it will go away.

know the rules.

His mistake was shooting at his car, presumably to make the tale believable. He should have called in and said, "I think somebody just fired at my car, and I ran off the road."