Real Lawyers React: Cop Body Slams his Drunk Chief of Police 

I’m super confused. Isn’t an off-duty chief just a civilian? And if a civilian shows up drunk to a traffic stop, involves themselves, then grabs a cop, wouldn’t this conduct be “acceptable?”

There is a history with this chief who has a history of drinking and his department knows all about it. He was off duty at the time of this event. BTW, as a public sector employee when you are suspended you do not go to your supervisor's office to discuss this. Once the word "suspended" is used, the legal process begins. The chief resigned shortly after this event to save his pension and the Borough of Bradley Beach started disciplinary action against him. He's a long term Municipal employee and acted as though he was untouchable long before this event. Read the coverage of this event. Billy is still a LEO in the town. This was not good for the Chief, for Billy or for the Town. Let's been done with it.

If I remember right, the chief was forced into early retirement.

I think if any of us had gabbed Billy the way the chief did, we would still be picking gravel out of our foreheads. Never mind what billy did to the chief.

This one frustrated me a little. I wish someone on your team made sure you knew at least what happened prior to this and after. All the cops were tired of him showing up drunk to crime scenes. This is just when he finally snapped. Chief was allowed to resign instead of being fired so he didn’t lose his pension (which I think is bullshit) Sergeant I believe got a slap on the wrist basically for making a scene but he was fine.

Id say chief is a regular showing up drunk lol

Also, did the chief drive to the scene drunk? If that was a civilian he’d be arrested!

The chief was drunk and obstruction of the crash scene He should have not been on site

I would never go back to the office to be reprimanded by an intoxicated manager. I would ask them to schedule a meeting the next day, and id be bringing backup

The police chief was fired after this.

Billy for Chief!

If the chief was drunk or under the influence, wouldn’t he have no authority to give orders legally? Isn’t it a crime for him to be on duty or act in his official capacity while under the influence?

The fact that the other officers didn't arrest Billy speaks volumes to me. Obviously there's something wrong with the chief or someone would've jumped to his defense. Instead they boxed the chief out and were perfectly willing to let Billy return to the DUI. If the chief wasn't wrong, I can't imagine officers acting this way.

I think there’s also a time and place to say hey your jacket is a little to beat up get a new one. On scene of a DWI definitely not that place. My guess is the chief has a history of poor leadership and alcohol issues and the officer had a history of blowing up and they both came to a head. Hopefully the police chief walked up the scene and not drove he seemed pretty drunk

Chief just chilling downtown at 11pm? Lol

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If the driver was arrested and charged with DUI and I were the Prosecutor working this case, I'd want to make sure that neither Billy or The Chief were involved in the investigation and arrest, and that I could make a case based on the officers left at the scene and what they did. If I couldn't make a case without relying on anything from Billy or The Chief, I'd probably drop it due to the taint. If it went to trial, I'm damn sure going to argue to keep the video out on the basis it's not relevant to the case and it's unduly prejudicial to the state's case. If I were the defense, I'd be arguing to have the video included specifically because it casts light on how that police department works and to raise the question about how well that department trains their officers to do the job. EDIT: By the way, NO, I am not a lawyer, licensed or otherwise. I only play one in my head. Would be interesting to see how close I came to how real lawyers would have handled this.

I guess they have so many cops on this scene is to break up the fights between the chief and other officers. 😂😎

Installing a mute button on the body camera is deliberate. Cops should never turn their body cams off except breaks and bathroom use. Otherwise it should be deemed as "Obstructing".

The chief was drunk "again" and showed up to insert his dominance on an active crime scene. He singled out Billy boy and made him change his jacket. Billy did and the chief religiously tried to pull him away from his DWI stop to tell him all kinds of crap. Also It wasn't the first time the chief showed up to work drunk! Because of this ole Billy started getting picked on by his drunk chief and big Billy stepped in and put an end to his BS. That chief should have been offered drug and alcohol in hospital treatment with daily testing and if he doesn't want that then his other choice was to fire the chief on the spot. This is how I think it should have been handled. Be blessed! ☝️🙏

I am a former Police officer and this kinda of cop doesn't belong on any street

Damn, you guys really missed the boat on this one. Just a little bit of research on the history of this chief would've probably changed your analysis. This was the straw that broke the camel's back. Not an isolated incident.

man I've never disagreed more with you guys. This chief is wasted and making a fool of himself. This guy was trying to avoid a clearly hammered person from messing this up. He was extremely well behaved given his boss was too drunk to even talk to him. This isn't a guy with 2-3 too many drinks. He's trashed! This is your worst take ever guys. Sarge might have an ego but we can't judge that on this. He's just tired of his boss showing up drunk drunk...and look I like to drink. I can be drunk and behave myself with co workers...this guy was SOOOOOOO beyond that and has clearly done this before. This is a guy 12 drinks in and 4 hours of drinking in trying to tell people what to do!

I wonder what it has to do with chief suspending him and the Police Union or equivalent saying that not to say anything until they are present

If billy would've just detained the chief with for the articulatable reason of appearing intoxicated and impeding the investigation rather than choke slamming him, he could've protected his ego and been in the right. There has to have been some serious beef here

Chief had no authority here. He was off duty. Also how did he get to the scene after drinking? He would be considered unfit for duty even if he was on duty. As being off duty he absolutely was obstructing the scene. Sgt didn't say he was pushed either. He said he was grabbed. Facts matter. I hope you're not ever my lawyers.

Billy's biggest mistake was not arresting Cheify as soon as hands were laid. As others here have pointed out, if anyone else did that there would be no question at all. Billy had the initiative and the authority but the moment he let Cheif up without cuffing him he gave that up.

I missed it, did the Chief drive there?

I'm one of those people who believes that an officer's body camera should be on and recording from the beginning to the end of their shift. I can somewhat understand the argument about certain incidents regarding privacy. However, my counter argument is the fact that every single record that is released is heavily edited/redacted...so where does the need for "privacy" actually come into play ?

Pity that you can't make a negative inference if an officer mutes the camera.

I would have appreciated a definition of the Brady list.

THERE WAS NO " BODYSLAM" he repositioned the drunk chief. THESE CHANNELS WITH THE CLICKBAIT TITLES ARE JUST SAD.

I'm on Billy's side on this one, sorry.

Did you guys watch the video? Terrifying that you defend people in court. You missed a lot of things that were said. First and last video I would watch from you guys. Good luck to any of your clients.

"Take him in" "No, YOU'RE gonna go in" I love it

Damn you guys really incriminated yourselves on this one. I guess its true that Attorneys and lawyers listen to the higher ups. Chief could never be wrong, right? Hahaha rubes....

This is the worst take I’ve seen on this and that’s sad coming from attorneys.

Normally you guys do great grade A work breaking things down. However, I feel in this case, this was a D level analysis.

i mean these are the vids that kinda make me cringe. The incident happened long enough ago that you can do a quick google search and find out what happened. You guys talked bad so much about Billy but if you took the 2 min at the end of the vid to say "well lets find out what happened" youd have found out it wasnt the first time the chief did something like this and he was forced into early retirement while Billy seemingly got a slap on the wrist because in the end he was protecting his officers from a drunken chief, this incident was just the straw that broke the camels back

Old video..! 😱

This mess is of little/no use to the general public. Just 2 lawyers laughing and having a good time. Why not just air some SNL skits and react to that? Good grief. F for both lawyers, F for creator -

Billy is dangerous! He should not be a representative of the law!

Why are these lawyers on the side of the drunk chief who quit cause this is a continuous problem?? Shitty lawyers I'm not watching these guys ever again

Why didn't Billy just say cheif you're drunk at the start. Then follow protocol?. He was obviously fed up with his shit anyway. Both deserve being fired

Billy is an detriment to that department. He is a hot head im sure he has some complaints for being over aggressive.

These guys are commenting and don’t even know the full story. Chief was drunk and interfering with an investigation under the influence. I commend the officer for trying to hold the integrity of the scene and stepping up to a drunk superior when the situation called for it. Fuck that chief, get him some alcohol help and some law lessons

I charge Derek with YWI. (Youtubing While Intoxicated) He has no business operating a microphone in this condition.