Internal Affairs Investigation - Officer Hinkle Terminated
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- Incident: Internal Affairs Investigation - Officer Hinkle Terminated
Date of Release: January 10, 2022
Location: Waterbury, CT
Summary
On 12-13-22 at approximately 12 PM, Officer James Hinkle was directing traffic at the intersection of Thomaston Avenue and Homer Street due to a mechanical failure of the traffic lights at this intersection. The traffic lights were in flashing mode as Officer Hinkle directed traffic. While directing traffic, a vehicle proceeded through the intersection. Officer Hinkle provided commands to the vehicle to stop and struck the driver side of the vehicle with his hand and then the vehicle pulled over as instructed.
This incident between Officer Hinkle and the operator of the vehicle initiated an Internal Affairs investigation regarding the actions and conduct during Officer Hinkle’s interaction with the motor vehicle operator. Officer Hinkle was immediately placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the Internal Affairs investigation.
On 1-9-23, Officer Hinkle was terminated as a result of an Internal Affairs investigation that determined his conduct, actions and behaviors were in violation of departmental policies. Officer Hinkle was currently serving in his seventh year with the Waterbury Police Department and was assigned to the patrol division prior to his termination.
“As a result of the Internal Affairs investigation, Officer Hinkle was terminated from the Waterbury Police Department. His conduct during this encounter with a citizen of the community is unacceptable and not representative of the men and women serving the Waterbury Police Department. WPD officers are trained to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism when performing their duties.”- WPD Chief Fernando Spagnolo
Lieutenant Ryan
This is a perfect example of why people are afraid of the police. This officer was on one hell of a power trip.
He got a fright and could not handle it
And this is a minor incident.
Probably why he was on traffic duty to begin with.
@@xades-6654 when i am scared of getting hit by a car, i usually lunge away from the car and not towards it in an attempt to literally fist fight a moving car.
but that is just me
Never "afraid" of clowns like this... Just angry that over emotional cowards get hired to positions of authority.
He absolutely traumatized that poor lady. What an absolute monster. I hope his wife and kids are safe. He seems absolutely unhinged.
Robin Mc.Graw from Dr. Phil would say No, I couldnt look at that, it was horrible! It was horrible. It was abuse, It was not the way an officer handles a traffic stop. And the fact your screaming at her saying we don't run people over, she really is looking at you and saying your a liar! You are a mean abusive police officer! She is thinking the same thing about you.
That’s what they do
He lucky he didn't stopped my MOM, that would be in opposite direction and she would go to jail
Dude wanted to be a victim so bad.
What really gets me is that he was "so scared for his life" that he walked onto oncoming traffic just to yell at her. 🤡
facts
Right like how many different ways can she say she didn’t see it. Like wtf do you want.
@@jazmine5091 Mans was trying to find a reason to get off of traffic duty. "I almost lost my life a week away from Christmas. WOE IS ME"
and yet the car was no where near him.
Imagine what he's like in private. I worry for his kids at home. I'm glad the PD took this seriously. It erodes trust when so many departments cover things up and refuse to take responsibility. The standards for LEOs (since they have the power to take someone's freedom, and life) should be higher than in a minimum-wage job.
@@Leonicles apparently he only got fired cause he lied. He didn't get fired cause of his behavior here
He didn't care about anyone else when he abandoned his assigned post. Those drivers at the broken signal can figure it out. What a powerful man.
I know when I'm terrified of getting run over, I run towards the car and try to punch it.
Exactly, meanwhile he's screaming at her 15 accidents happen! Lol
just goes to show what was he doing there if he could just abandon his post like that! bully!!
@@richardb4022yeah it’s almost like his presence wasn’t really necessary…
Like he was just waiting for somebody to yell at him
I’d hate to be one of his children and make a mistake..spill water on the floor and he’d say “you want me to die falling to my death by slipping in your water?”
I was thinking the same thing! Can you imagine how he treats his poor wife and kids!? Talk about psychological abuse!
so accurate - that's exactly what it was like!
“Did you not thee thith bright yellow jacket?!”
@@cuberious1419 ANYTHIME WHEN YOU THEE FLATHING RED N BLUE LITHES YOU THLOWWW DOWN. IM NOT WAITHING MERRY CHRITHMATH!
Builds character. Kids are to soft these days.
“You need to calm yourself”. The SGT did the right thing. Without body cam this might have gone unaddressed.
Exactly !!
Honestly, from a distance, it is sometimes hard to tell whether they are waving me on or telling me to stop. I always appreciate when they are using the handheld signs.
THANK YOU Chris M! I have personally recommended to uniforms controlling traffic that their superiors equip them with hand-held stop signs, colored batons, anything to make the officer's intentions clearly understood.
Locally here, an officer might raise their palm for you to stop, and that palm, from the driver's perspective, is directly in front of the officer's face.
I made the gesture to one officer, with my hands above my head for stop, and he looked me like "why should I have to do that?" lol
me too, that could have been me, she was so apologetic, she was not deliberately being defiant or anything, that's quite the abuse there
He had time to de-escalate.,,,, the poor lady apologized to him, more than once….
@@nuchanhollens3432 mustache man angry, never disrespect the stache
Me, too! It’s especially hard when they’re wearing the black gloves and don’t raise the hand up high and make clear what lane of traffic they’re indicating. I often end up stopping when I’m supposed to go and getting yelled at by the cop to move. More conspicuous gloves plus signs or batons would help so much.
"Are you hurt?" ..."Emotionally"...POS needs to fired immediately.
bro really said that like anybody gaf
Little snowflake needs a safe space! LOL
I’m willing to bet that this isn’t the first time this cop has done things like this and this entire thing could have been prevented if he had been reprimanded properly from day 1
i agree
I have so much respect for a police department willing to release this footage online with the notice that he has been terminated. The amount of trust it gives back to the force is incredible.
There is no way this man should have remained on the force. By removing him you have almost certainly saved a life
This is something that always bothered me. Because half the time a police officer acts like a dipshit, they just get paid administrative leave or something, or the police department provides some blanket stantment. So I'm glad when a police department _actually_ makes the right decisions like this, and terminates someone on the spot with no questions asked.
Why would you trust a police force that hired this douchebag in the first place?
They were probably forced to by a Freedom of Information Act request.
I'm impressed he was held accountable.
Well said
They must have hated him. Looking online, you can see the news reported that his Lieutenant filed a complaint after he reviewed the bodycam footage. Hinkle lied repeatedly about the incident and even got tagged by the department for insubordination because he wanted to charge the driver with reckless driving even after the investigation was taken over by his Sergeant. Considering how often cops are willing to write off a fellow officer's bad conduct, the fact that seemingly everyone thought he was in the wrong has to confirm how little they thought of him.
This dork talked his way out of a job that it's basically impossible to get fired from a few days before Christmas, you love to see it.
Now he has to explain being unemployed a week before christmas 🤣😅
Good l hope the punk has to go on food stamps!
@@MrRed-tf7bv I don't! He shouldn't be allowed to take away from those that need food stamps like that with his reactions.
His WIfe and Kids probably been left him before Christmas
“Almost got run over” He ran out towards her car to slap it.
He almost destroyed her car.
@@PouLS Not exactly “destroyed” more of slight damage. Though as a result could’ve caused more damage.
And now he can watch over, and over, and over why he was fired.
It's almost as if he wasn't satisfied with stopping the lady. He needed to scold her, demean her, and speak to her like she was a 3-year old.
Waterbury saved thousands by firing this Officer, if he hasn't cost them thousands already.
From the looks of the video. He almost got himself hit. He jumped out in front of her. I wonder why her face was blurred out.
And you clearly love your high homicide rates
@@patrickmccoy1531 Really? Disdain from seeing a Police Officer basically berate a lady who genuinely seemed frightened and unaware of what she was supposed to do, means one 'loves high homicide rates'?
GTFOH!
An Officer can speak to a tax paying citizen with respect, and when they don't, get caught on camera, and get fired it's not me who finds them reprehensible. It's the people who they work for. And if the Police are disgusted enough to fire another uniformed officer, why don't you ask them if they "love high homicides!" and see what they say.
And I bet if the video wasn't there, he wouldv'e said the lady was berating him and he had to 'arrest' her for being beligerant.
You clearly value police bullying over respecting citizens.
@@ChillyWillyJr you clearly hate black lives. You want cops fired for a single incident bit support politicians who let that s bag who killed his baby out on bond while he faced armed robbery and assault charges on parole. Clearly you'd rather criminals run free
@@ChillyWillyJr I can't even see what Patrick wrote but I can tell by your reply that it was disgusting and it was a good thing yt took it down lol
No, she did not try to kill you. You are the one who moved toward her moving vehicle. At least the department took action.
What are you a communist? Back the Blue goddammit! It's US against them and our fine men and women in uniform are on the front lines!
I was hoping she was going to speak up when the other officers arrived.
He actually put in his report that she hit him. What a POS he is
.. he's the one that moved towards the car .. also the verbal abuse that lady had to go through and the disrespect.. he was way out of line. The way he keeps shouting at her is just not .
@@alexlo1378 I'm so glad a supervisor reported him. You almost never see that
He was super aggressive. He escalated an innocent situation. 👹👹
But you don't understand: IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!!!
So, your hand down at your waist and your palm parallel to the ground means “Stop”? That’s not how you demonstrated it to her in the parking lot…??? Wearing dark colored gloves while directing traffic was a brilliant choice too, but not nearly as brilliant as lunging at her vehicle as she passed then claiming she “tried to run you over.”
🤦🏼♂️
He attempted suicide and tried to damage her vehicle, she didn't try to run him over.
Screaming and cursing at this women was so unnecessary. What other occupation could get away with cursing out the community? Also, I have never been pulled over for a traffic violation and been told to stand outside. This guy was already clearly having a bad day and did not want to be doing traffic and found the perfect excuse to go off. YOU WEREN'T VISIBLE TO HER (EVEN IN YOUR NEON YELLOW) Take an anger management class with the free time you now have, this right here is why people feel how they do about SOME officers. You abuse your power
This guy acts like being a cop is revenge for high school.
@@BerkshireBitch I think most of them were bullied in HS.
He should have been cited for disorderly behavior.
“I won’t repeat myself!” Immediately repeats him self
😂
She wasn't close enough to even touch you, "officer" YOU ran ibto the road to hit her suv with your hand. Then proceeded to berate her. I'm glad you lost your job! This wasn't a good fit. Maybe you should get anger management as well. So much for the last 7 years. Thankfully, no one will ever have to deal with your anger anymore! I personally hope she sues the hell out of you and the force for emotional damage! 17 times in under 10 minutes she apologized to you! Such a worthless person. You should be ashamed treating her that way! Good riddance to you FORMER officer!
The next city over will hire him, and his wife and children now have to deal with a guy, with no job, who is going viral for being a maniac. It's a fair assumption that he's a domestic abuser. I mean this isn't the reaction of a person that knows how to or is ABLE to control themselves.
He absolutely created the danger and the confrontation by his crazed actions.
honestly, what a worthless cop
Hope worse than that for this scum
Exactly my thoughts.
Yeah, he’s definitely abusive to his wife. I feel so bad for that poor woman, I hope she’s okay!
Oh, he definitely beats his wife.
And his poor children too
A Seattle study actually had data showing that about 40% of households with a police spouse have reports of domestic violence. It's pretty bizarre, in some other places it's like 10%, but 10% is still 10% too much in my opinion.
It probably doesn't help either when you consider how much training police officers in the States get versus police officers in other countries.
Most likely divorced
Most of them do.
This cop was NOT in any danger until he moved out to the road .
Contrary to what you said and are getting upvoted for, he was waiving left turning cars into her path. Doing so meant he was in danger.
@@JaaS0on As its already been established multiple times, the women claimed it seemed like the pig waived her forward as well. its the pigs responsibility to make sure the route is clear before waiving a car into traffic. Its his own fault for not making sure the women was not going forward. He induced the danger. On top of this, the pigs solution to this was to step into traffic as the women drove past him? hes a dumb pig and was rightly fired for it.
@@JaaS0on yeah and nobody seems to agree with whatever you said here
@@JaaS0on furthermore any driver that is responsible KNOWS damn well if they are waving one lane on the opposite lane is to stop. Not to mention he clearly put his hand out in a stopping manner prior to her zooming thru his stop hand gesture . I do advise you watch again
The ex-officer didn't have his hands up, to alert drivers to stop. His behavior towards the driver is unacceptable, she is not a little kid, respect is a 2 way street. We don't need short fused people, in position of authority, carrying guns.
I don't necessarily think it's necessary to add "in position of authority", because let's be honest here, we don't need anyone short-fused, in position of authority or not, carrying guns.
Shouldn't talk to kids this way either
Give someone even a tiny amount of power, and that person will start to think they own the world.
Roid rage
“Almost ran me over”
You took 6 steps towards her vehicle
hem roid rage
this is why they have the seemingly stupid questions on behavior tests like:
what do you do if someone accidentally fails to stop?
a. pull them over and kindly explain to them what infraction they committed
b. let them go because it’s too much paperwork
c. pull them over and go on a 10 minute rage rampage yelling at the person about the incidence
she was 20 feet from passing you when you put your hand out AT YOUR HIP.
from what i can see in the reflection in the side of her car when you had her pulled over, you have your arm held high as you screech "this means stop! this means stop!"
but you didn't have your arm held high when you were directing traffic - IT WAS AT YOUR HIP.
Plus he was wearing black gloves making it hard to see his hand signals.
@@bigslam132 yes, indeed - especially since his dark-gloved hand was right in front of his dark pants - no contrast.
with all the other visual clues she was having to process in that setting, picking up on the dark glove down at his hip was low on the list of things process-able.
If an officer isn't making eye contact with you. It's highly likely. It's not your turn. She 100% wasn't paying attention. Especially with the speed she was going
@@firstonracingday3407 She was going 10 MPH...
The flashing lights dont give it away?
This guy got picked on in high school and never forgot it.
He is out of control. He doesn't have the demeanor or temperament needed for the job.
By his own admission she was only driving 10 mph, so how would she have run him over!? At most she would’ve bumped into him. This guy is a serious drama queen and needs psychological help! “Explain to my kids why their father got run over a week before Christmas!“ I think it’s more like, “Explain to my kids why my ass got fired!“ Can you imagine how this guy must treat his wife and his kids!? If I was that lady I would sue that ex-officer and the department for emotional and psychological abuse by this ass hat!
🤦🏽♀️ you can kill someone with a car doesn't matter how slow you're driving.
@@natashaduncan8747 you can also get hit by a car running into it's path to hit the drivers side. Oh wait, thats exactly what the cop did here...
@@natashaduncan8747did we not watch the same video?😂
@@natashaduncan8747 if a car is driving slow towards you, it literally can’t cause you severe damage. you’ll have to take extra steps do to that to yourself
Now his kids can see why daddy is an embarrassment and what not to be like in the future
There are a number of, not all, Waterbury police officers who are quite abusive to women. I've experienced it once while being stuck in the snow, uncalled for behavior, and know others with similar or worse experience.
This whole department sounds like it need to be replaced…
Could be ROID RAGE. Waterbury cops have been known to be pretty Jacked.
This behavior is rampant in the WPD. Mark Ryan badge number 500 with the Waterbury Police Department behaved this exact same way towards me and my mom after he nearly ran my mom and I off the road in his unmark Impala. He was distracted driving; he then pulled us over and started yelling at us even though it was his fault. I wish they had body cams back then.
He's a liability to the county. Federal lawsuit should be filed against that disgrace cop.
Very true! He is unhinged. I think he is retiring this year.
Until police can no longer travel 10 miles down the road and be hired by another department, there will be no consequences to their actions.
He was fired...is that not a consequence???
@@Flip5773 oh, so having to put another application in and getting another opportunity to pull the same bullshit - that’s punishment to you? When you cannot do your job right, you should not have the opportunity to continue doing it, especially to the detriment of others.
@@Flip5773 when he should be barred from law enforcement jobs in the future yes it's not really a consequence
@@Nicole-hg6dr he was fired...bottom line
In California we have SB2 that will prevent that. Police Officers getting fired and getting rehired with another agency.
Now he can explain to his kids why he doesn’t have a job a week after Christmas 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Cop: Are you hurt?
Super stupid Hinkle: Emotionally!
😂😂😂
He wouldn't make it in 10 minutes if he became a Police Officer here at CHICAGO or DETROIT.
He sounds psychotic I’m still wondering why he is flipping out. Can’t believe this man past all the tests to become a cop at least they took action and got rid of him.
Homie, you surprised that he passed? Idk where you from but cops in the US are notorious for being aggressive and abusive of power. Im genuinely surprised he got fired and not put on paid leave
Kudos to The Waterbury Police Department for publishing this video!
FOI. No choice
Yeah thanks for publishing the video after it's already been published through the Freedom of Information Act and you're caught red-handed and have no other choice except to act like the good guy. Sure they had no clue they hired a psycho wink wink
She almost hit me….video shows you running in front of car to stop it. Lady was so scared she was probably alone and thought the worst.
He was getting off by yelling at her, abuse of power!!! He tried to ruin her life with his lies!!!!
Well, one thing's for sure, lying is not the right thing to do, police officers should tell the truth about what really happened and who really did what, all of them should know that by now, but I guess not all of them know that, do they?
Thank God they did something like that. That dude needs done serious Anger management. That poor woman was probably about to have a panic attack. Glad he got fired. Hopefully they do this to the other cops that act like that.
No matter what he had no right to flip out on her ... She was saying im so sorry, im sorry .... When they are directing traffic sometimes it does look like they are waving us on rather than telling us to not go ... He needs to come down tho! The right thing was done to terminate him .....
Not surprised. I’m happy Waterbury has body cams now. I know enough stories and personal encounters at the age of 18 with cops who’ve done things they shouldn’t have. Like search me in the back of a cop car while 10 other male officers watched. Surprisingly the one who searched me is still working as the head of drug force in Waterbury 16 years later.
Omg…I got to 3:51-when he told her to get out, and he proceeds to attack her! I can’t even watch this anymore, I’m done. I thought he was going to physically attack her. The power trip and mouth on him is OUTRAGEOUS! Props to this sweet woman for handling the situation as good as she did. Glad he’s not going to be able to do this to more civilians. Can you imagine what we haven’t seen on footage???!!?!!
At the very end the other officer stops him, mid-rant, and says in serious voice... "You need to calm yourself". His whole description of what actually happened while she drove by is false. He is either a ticking time bomb or someone who drinks RedBull nonstop.
The officer hand telling her to stop was so low that I know that I would have not seen it. And why he would jump at the car while in motion…maybe I’m wrong here but he put himself in danger. He said he was emotionally hurt, but that poor woman was scare and traumatized, with all the yelling and worrying whether she might have hit him or not. I know if I was in her place, my PTSD would be so high. In this situation I don’t know what else she could have done but apologize for making a mistake. Regardless if she was wrong( I don’t think she was, but that’s my personal opinion), his behavior is unacceptable. Another thing that bothers me is when he asked the other officer to fill out the ticket, they didn’t even bother to get out of the truck to talk with the her to get her side of the story.
Agreed, but one of the cops did go over and speak with her, I guess could have been more in depth. Also, I’m pleased that the other officer at the end told him to calm himself.
@@KN-yk9kz From the video the 3rd officer spoke to her briefly but we has viewers can’t tell if he spoke with the officer writing the ticket. But I’m glad that we see the 3rd officer telling him to calm down. Hopefully he will get the help he needs for his anger/emotional issues.
Agreed. The universal stop signal all over the world is with your arm at shoulder height (or higher) with your wrist bend and your palm flat out facing the motorist. I would interpret the vague signal he gave as slow/caution. Since by his admission she was doing 10 MPH it appears that she obeyed his signal.
I lost it when he said "Emotionally."
This is a majority of how Connecticut police officers act. It’s their mental health and ability to have authority. They need to be fired
Majority?? Come on stop lol
Also, Hinkle abandoned his post. Which was more important? Continuing to direct the traffic he was assigned to or pursuing someone who -- contrary to his caterwaulings -- obviously did not come close to striking him.
Ok you're clearly a racist.
@@patrickmccoy1531 A bizarre reply.
@@tcowgill go back to bleaching your robes klan
Yeah even in the high intensity situation she seemed to be the only one thinking about his post. “Is someone else with you?” “NOOOO.”
Ok then seems dangerous to chase me down for this situation.
Imagine if it was someone who looked “threatening” my god this scared me and I wasn’t even there. He would have killed someone
i'm with officer prescott . . .
he told tinkle, "you need to calm yourself".
i think that's the simple lesson of the day.
🙂
I hope Mr. James Hinkle is reading these comments, and seeing what an absolute disgrace his behavior was.
Can only imagine what his family faces when he gets upset like that around them. My GAWD.
And I feel bad for the lady she must of been scared and shaking he would even let her speak..Treated her like a no body u can tell she's not a bad person....and he mentioned he had a family at home now for he's messed up behavior he lost a good job ..Thanks wpd for doing the right thing with this ex officer.
First thing she does is ask is if anyone else is with her, guy has no control over his emotions. My 6 year old nephew has more control over himself than this maniac. It's a fair assumption that his wife and children are victims of domestic abuse. I only wonder how many times he's given his wife a black eye.
Much of respect to Waterbury PD for releasing this video and the subsequent firing of this officer. It demonstrate responsibility and accountibility for its employees' behavior. Keep it up.
“Are you hurt?”
“Emotionally”
Police officers like him put the other good officers at risk bc they make the general public distrust and dislike all officers. It’s unfortunate. Good job ct for terminating him. Unacceptable behavior. I hope the lady is doing well.
He'll get his job back by the union/arbitrator.
@@lordhumongous4272no he will not.
@@scarefullyy4979 if history repeats itself, yes he will
@@scarefullyy4979 without a charge he is almost guaranteed a wrongful termination unless that judge decides to stick it to the union and risk the police tweeting that they will no longer be protecting his specific neighborhood.
She probably doesn't trust police anymore, she probably contacted Black Lives Matter
Waterbury police are very scary. One of the biggest problems is hiring police from the suburbs to police there. As one said to me once, "I don't live here and as far as I'm concerned anyone who does, is scum". It was an interaction that forever changed the way I see officers.
A lot of them are racist and they shouldn't be police officers in Waterbury which is predominantly hispanic/black. It's very scary actually.
Trust me, their distaste for the Waterburian knows no color.
And that whole little story never happened! Nice spin on an old fake bs story
How did my personal story become a spin on an old fake bs story 🤣 Sorry that my truth hurt you somehow. It shocked me too, but I couldn't deny what he and his sergeant said. I don't know how my interaction with them that day somehow became an urban legend 😂 The fact that you need to deny it speaks volumes on how horrific of a thing it was to say. No problem was ever fixed by being approached with ignorance.
i mean, he' snot wrong.
Thank you for reviewing this and making the right decision to remove this officer. The public is not completely aware of the stress he is under. Talking about his children means he is concerned for his safety, but it does not excuse the way he treated this poor woman. Again, thank you for taking appropriate action quickly. Reckless driving accusation is not valid in this situation and should be reviewed as well.
Or he brought up his kids as a manipulation since after all, he didn’t really almost get ran over.
I really don’t believe he was especially afraid, and he was clearly being hyperbolic about “almost being hit”
I think he knew that he was wrong, so he was trying to justify his behavior by sensationalizing the events, and hoping nobody would review the video.
mentioning his children only made me feel sorry for his them. Can’t even imagine how much worse he is at home. This guy is absolutely an abuser who needs to calm down and get on some fucking meds.
Now why would the department hire someone like this is the first place? Wouldn't they see in training that he's unfit either physically or mentally?
He's a narcissist playing the victim & using his "kids" as an excuse to abuse this lady. I bet he is just as angry talking to his kids on a daily basis.
There is a 33% chance the police unions will force the department into taking him back and a 66% he will just slide into another department.
several times he said she tried to run him over.
does that constitute a false accusation?
if she wasn't charged with "trying to run over an officer", then i guess she wasn't . . . right?
any lawyers out there with an opinion?
that's not a crime. this isn't middle school
If he wrote that in an arrest report or said it under oath it would be illegal. But unfortunately lying to the public during a traffic rant in an attempt to intimidate, scare, or berate her (or all of the above)isn't a crime.
@@S-tank_ - i'm VERY familiar with the "cops can lie game", but methinks that a straight up false accusation stated to the victim as well as to other officers is a whole 'nother level.
She was charged with with reckless driving...at 10 MPH
@@darrylg4889
You can tell the other officers are embarrassed by him.
I guess de-escalation wasn't part of his training..... let's be honest it sucks losing a job but I think he could have handled it differently. Now he has to explain to his kids why he doesn't have a job anymore which I think is worse. Good luck officer. The thing of it is is you guys sign up for this job! There's dangers that come with it. And why aren't the other officers trying to calm him down and being like okay man you're good the situation is that you're not hurt you are going home to your kids today so relax. Great job by the officer at the end saying you need to calm yourself.
dangerous professions: Police officer is # 14 on the list. Google that shit.
It's a fair assumption that he beats his wife and children. Guy has absolutely no control over his emotions. Sadly this is your typical cop in this day and age.
@@johnsanuy My brother-in-law works on a fracking crew, one day he come from a site fire visibly shaken because the well exploded. We got to talking and I told him his job is in the top 10 most dangerous jobs. He responded, "it can't be worse than a cop" and I told him "Police officers are NOT even in the top 10". He was shocked when he Googled it.
Maybe if he was better at directing traffic and not half assing it there wouldn’t have been an issue. If he had held that “stop” hand up clearly the entire time I’m sure she would’ve stopped.
He is yelling at her like that, but he is emotionally hurt with shaking hands!? Give me a break!
He was standing in front of his car. How is she supposed to see him before he steps out from in front of his car. Idk if the street light was out or what. But still. From her perspective it probably just looked like a cop car parked in the intersection. She clearly didn't see him. She's pleading for forgiveness but no top cop feels he's so important he's gotta give her shit.
This cop is butt hurt bc she didn’t see him. He was too far over the other side for her lane to see his arms. This firing was justified IMO! He needs some anger management! As a cops daughter, I know exactly this kind of attitude! This is exactly why my father and I didn’t talk for many years! The power of being a cop, treating women badly went to his head!!
His hand signal was extremely ambiguous, it could easily make sense for the turning vehicle to yield to the oncoming traffic in the opposing lane, she was nowhere near Hinky until he ran towards her moving car, his demeanor was incredibly intimidating and unprofessional, he had no control over his emotions, and he abandoned his post to go on his insane tirade instead of waiting for another officer. This is some of the worst "police work" I have ever seen, but he was luckily stopped before he lost control and caused a more serious incident.
How do people with this much of an anger management problem get through the cracks? Are we so desperate for Police we need to hire raging lunatics. Glad the DPT handled this matter, but its FKn scary how many of these guys are in uniform. This guy needs meds and therapy.
Whatever the situation was that called for him to stand there and direct traffic must not have been important enough for him to go on a 5 minute, unhinged tirade. Now he has all the time in the world to be pissed at nobody but himself.
They should pull all his body and dash cam footage. I guarantee there are many more instances of this. Imagine how he treats his wife smh Good job on the Sargent telling him to chill.
It seemed like the officer was not paying attention to the direction the driver came from and may have realized she was coming too late. The driver did not have time to recognize his directions. The officer was looking for drama, clearly. I feel for the driver, she was verbally attacked. I’m glad the Waterbury police department recognized this and took action. Body cams are invaluable this day in age.
I wish we saw what happened next. Did he actually calm himself?
If I was her husband and saw this, I would find this ex-cop and eff him up.
This Officer overreacted and he was no where near her car when she passed him.
I thought that it was just me. It looked as if he jumped out in front of her car.
At the time the lady entered the intersection, the Officer had his hand at his hip. He is wearing a black gloves and his hand is in front of his dark Blue/ Black uniform. He was not giving any signals to the woman as she pulled up to the intersection. Advice to Police keep some white glove handy for when you have to direct traffic, a lot of times we can't see your hands!
If I was, that said driver, I would go to the police station and file a HUGE complaint on him
For one, you always ensure all oncoming traffic is stopped before you allow traffic to cross. Also, a thumb over your shoulder is a dumb way to signal a vehicle to turn. Clearly an Officer induced problem.
cameras are wonderful. Tyrants must hate when the cameras expose what they really are.
Geez, I wonder how many kids he has at home waiting for him
Well little man got his Christmas celebration and later gets fired. What a little man.
Driving from a distance you can’t even tell his arm was up trying to stop traffic. It wasn’t her fault. His arm was very low. She must have been scared when she realized
She should have stopped at the light
The light is out and there's a cop in the road, spare us.
@@BrandonMatthewHB lights out means you stop. Apparently you're a terrible driver.
@@patrickmccoy1531 We're literally saying the same thing guy
@@patrickmccoy1531 It was a flashing yellow light and he never held his hand up for her to stop until he jumped out at her.
He’s no Trooper Spina 😂🤣. This guy gotta stay of the juice.
Spina was hilarious.
now his kids have a dad with no job because he couldnt keep his emotions under control. pathetic. i dont think this guy has any right being a police officer.
imagine being so delusional to think this woman was literally "trying" to hit a cop on the way to target...
I agree with most comments. I suspect with his positioning in front of his patrol unit that she likely never even saw him. He certainly wasn’t far enough in the street to get hit as he position him self nearest patrol unit which is a perfect position. Very overdramatic and yes he needs some anger management courses
7 years of service down the drain... it sucks when one is not able to control its emotions, destroying in minutes, what takes YEARS to build. I wish more police officers saw this video, to reflect on it deeply.
wouldn’t even call this service. dude was looking for someone to yell at
7 years of service that probably looked pretty similar to this tbh
"You need to calm yourself" was the only rational word a cop uttered in this video.
as someone who’s a relatively new driver this not only boils my blood but has also made me even more afraid for when i encounter police vehicles on the road, i’m also on the autism spectrum so that only adds to it because i was already afraid of being yelled at on the road not just by cops but by anyone & now that fear is just even worse. i hope this guy sees this video & all these comments & realizes just how bad he fucked up & that he apologized to the lady
Cop: "License and registration NOW"
Lady: "Give me a second"
Cop: "NOOOOOO"
🤣🤣🤣 Damn dude sounds like he needs to get laid badly. Not sure WTF is wrong with him but he needs to calm tf down.
If you were his wife, would you want to have sex with this psycho?
I agree. Maybe a good bj but I doubt it.
He’s a liar and a liability! She was nowhere near his car, and he’s like 5’6 on a good day, and his car was obstructing her view from seeing him until she was practically driving past. See how easy it was for him to lie, even with a camera on. SMH
and what are you 5 2
"Are you hurt?!?!?"
Emotionally.
Boy, bye.
And imagine how he treats his 2 kids and wife behind closed doors. I hope somone checks on them.
You can't just lose your shit like that when you're carrying a gun. Absolutely out of control
This dude was on a complete power trip. The woman immediately knew that she was wrong and apologized yet he kept screaming at her. She was clearly uncomfortable and frightened. I can understand his frustration, but there are way better ways to handle that. I will say that she probably should have just kept quiet because I feel like her trying to apologize was actually making him even more angry…
that's the word, power trip
Honestly watching it multiple times I couldn’t say she is entirely wrong. She should’ve used more caution yes, however his “stop” signal was well below his waist. He also had his back turned to her and was wearing black gloves and black pants.
There must be more to this story. The cop was an a$$hole but that's not uncommon. What's uncommon is a department dumping a 7 year veteran police officer who yelled at a driver. they wanted to get rid of this guy for some other reason. Normally the thin blue line would surround this guy in a minute. A smart reporter will keep digging to figure out why they really wanted to get rid of this guy.
Agree
Yea. I thought that too.
I have the same thought! I'm betting he has been problematic, but with this there is video proof. And the other officers lack of reaction tells me this guy flies off the handle like this pretty often.
wow props to this woman for her tenacity and intelligence in this situation. it was probably scary and i’m sure she knew if she made the wrong move she could have been made to go through worse. it’s unfortunate that she had to play to this man’s ego to avoid it lol
ugh and the way he kept asking questions and interrupting her when she tried to answer 😭 so infuriating. he didn’t want an explanation, he just wanted to lord his authority over her and make her feel small
Dude just runs away from his job and leaves the intersection to crash and burn
I blame this type of behavior on all these folks that prop law enforcement up on a pedestal... This is the outcome. An unprofessional, power drunk, degenerate.
It’s so great to see the police department be so transparent, take immediate action, investigate & fire an officer like this. Stories like this don’t make headlines but it does make a difference in the community. Respectable & commendable. If I was a citizen in this area I would feel so confident in the police force knowing they don’t condone or try to cover up this kind of behavior. Also thank goodness for cameras because this guy was gaslighting tf out of this poor woman.
If that's what had happened sure that would have been awesome but somebody else got ahold of the video through the Freedom of Information Act so they had no option but to release it and pretend like they were doing the right thing. I'm not so gullible as to believe they had no clue this guy was a psycho. Yeah that Police Department was so stunning and brave😂😂
Now he has to go home and explain to his two kids why he got fired.
Genocidal racist DemoKKKrats who are killing minorities decided they want no decent cops to even apply since any tiny mistake gets them crucified. Then, when a subpar candidate does something egregious you'll all circle jerk in excitement. You're very sick
I love that the police department actually responded to this kind of stuff!
That poor woman seemed so sweet and scared 😭😭
This exact thing happened to me once. Had an officer who was directing traffic while utility poles were being worked on. He put his hand out in a "stop" motion, which I did, but I took it as a warning that "Hey a car's coming, don't go yet" (the utility folks were blocking the view). Once the car passed and the coast was clear I started to go. Literally must've moved about 12 inches forward and the guy lost his fucking mind on me yelling that "YOU DON'T GO WHENEVER YOU WANT YOU GO WHEN I TELL YOU" we shouted back and forth and then I tried to say look, it's just a misunderstanding, I thought I was clear to go, but he cut me off and said "No you're gonna shut up and you're gonna listen"
And they wonder why they get shot
Officer hinkle didn't have to overreact like that. The driver wasn't nowhere near him. For him to go on a outrage to scream and yell at her like that over a misunderstanding is unacceptable. Now look it cost him his job and now he has to face the consequences. He could of Handled the situation way better and professionally.
So you hate black lives
@@patrickmccoy1531 I never said I hate blacks lives. I'm half black and half hispanic. Clearly you misunderstood what I said
@@SKYLINEGTRUSA if you hate cops you're helping DemoKKKrats with their genocide. FFS a state addiction counselor can get caught selling drugs to clients and total a state vehicle while high and get his job back. But a cop can't have a bad day and berate an irresponsible driver! I've had one bad interaction with a state cop where he was very rude and I just fought the ticket and won.
@@patrickmccoy1531 see you're missing the point. I never said I hate cops. Some needs to be held accountable for the actions.
@@patrickmccoy1531 nothing to say? I rest my case