Detention Deputy Arrested again, still suspended with pay

Aaron Simpson, 28 has been placed on administrative leave with pay I might add for yet another DUI charge.

Simpson is a Detention Deputy at the Pinellas County jail and once again they process one of their own.

Now the awesome part of this arrest is one of the off duty detectives of the same department called in on Simpson to report his vehicle was being driven erratically.

Simpson was stopped in the area of Belcher Road and Bryan Dairy Road in Pinellas Park.

Simpson was off duty and in his private vehicle at the time of the arrest. (At least he wasn't drunk at work)

Simpson has been with the Sheriff’s Office over 6 years and it appears working with the inmates there he still has not learned “Don’t Drink and Drive.”

I think that is the TV advertisement we see daily on TV in Florida, they are stepping up DUI enforcement and if you drink and drive they will arrest you.

His disregard for the DUI law is apparent from his arrest record at the jail.

02/22/2008 Arrested for DUI
And if that wasn’t bad enough
11/04/2008 Arrested for DUI

After working the street as a cop, I can see making a mistake once and getting caught. Not that I agree with drinking and driving and never will, but I can see how it happens to some people.

But you would think a person in Simpson’s position would have been smart enough not to do the same thing again, especially while still out on a pretrial release for his first offense.

Personally, if I were in Simpson’s shoes, I would have done everything in my power to assure I would not be arrested again. I would have entered into an alcohol abuse program and then begged the Sheriff not to fire me for the first arrest. (If he even wants to keep his job)
But not Simpson.

Granted a DUI arrest is not the worst thing in the world, but it goes back to why I post so much about Police being arrested. This man took an Oath of Office to uphold and to maintain high moral standards in the community and yet he has been arrested twice. Sickening that a man could have that much disregard for his position and still maintain employment.

But hey why not, commit a crime and get paid leave until the matters are resolved in court. Its already been 9 months since his first arrest, so I wonder if the Sheriff will continue to pay him for 9 more months (or longer) until this matter is resolved.

Nice to know that instead of replacing him, we are leaving an opening at the jail to leave his co-workers even more short handed. What a system we have. Gotta love it, especially if you commit a crime and continue to get paid for doing absolutely nothing.