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catbyte

(34,402 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:52 PM Jul 2016

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Um, I would seriously question this officer's "training" and "experience"...

Florida cops mistake white flakes from Krispy Kreme doughnut for crystal meth

An Orlando man was cleared on charges of crystal meth possession, but guilty of having a Krispy Kreme doughnut habit.

A Florida cop mistook white flakes on his car’s floor — glazed sugar — for crystal meth, charging him with possession of the illegal stimulant in December.

“I recognized through my 11 years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer the substance to be some sort of narcotic,” the officer wrote in her arrest report.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-cops-mistake-krispy-kreme-doughnut-glaze-crystal-meth-article-1.2729757
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Unbelievable.

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Um, I would seriously question this officer's "training" and "experience"... (Original Post) catbyte Jul 2016 OP

Cut that cop some slack Doc_Technical Jul 2016 #1

he was a she and donuts=copcrack Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #4

After 11 years of training and experience, you'd think he'd be an expert on donuts. Iggo Jul 2016 #2

Everybody knows they're like crack. Not meth, crack. Jeez! sl8 Jul 2016 #3

This is why I have an issue with those so-called "field tests" Glassunion Jul 2016 #5

Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)

1. Cut that cop some slack

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 02:12 PM

Jul 2016

The arresting officer was undergoing a doughnut jones so
his eyes were glazed and that affected his vision and judgment.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

4. he was a she and donuts=copcrack

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Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:03 PM

Jul 2016

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

2. After 11 years of training and experience, you'd think he'd be an expert on donuts.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 02:57 PM

Jul 2016

sl8

(13,787 posts)

3. Everybody knows they're like crack. Not meth, crack. Jeez!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 04:59 PM

Jul 2016

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

5. This is why I have an issue with those so-called "field tests"

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 06:01 PM

Jul 2016

Tested positive in not one, but two field tests. If the police want you guilty, you are.

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