Today's Indianapolis Star decried the decision that excused a high school principal Scott Syverson from arrest for drunk driving. Syverson was stopped shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday while driving home from a Christmas party hosted by Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent Concetta Raimondi. According to Fishers Police Chief George Kehl , he should have been arrested and taken to jail. A breath test showed him at twice the legal limit.A Fishers Indiana police officer's decision to take an intoxicated high school principal home instead of arresting him for drunken driving was the wrong one, Fishers Police Chief George Kehl said. "It doesn't make us look very good," said Kehl.
Matter of principal: No arrestwas big mistakeOur position: The public was badly served by an officer's decision not to arrest a high school principal accused of driving drunk.No one accused of drunken driving should ever get the breaks that Fishers High School Principal Scott Syverson received last weekend.Syverson, according to Fishers Police, badly failed a roadside sobriety test after he was stopped for driving erratically at 1 a.m. Saturday. The high school educator, a leader of impressionable teens, recorded a blood-alcohol content of 0.18 percent on a portable breath test, more than twice the legal limit.Syverson should have been immediately arrested. He should have been hauled to jail. He should now be facing a court date on charges that could carry a heavy fine, possible prison time and the loss of his license.
Instead, Fishers Police Officer Kevin Kobli simply gave Syverson a ride home. He was allowed to sleep off in his own bed the evidence of a dangerous crime. Kobli even drove Syverson's wife back to the scene to retrieve the car....
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This just astounds me for the simple fact of leadership and role modeling for your students. Being a principal, you are the leader of a school and the one that everyone looks up to, so why go and do such a foolish thing like drinking and driving. Yes, people make mistakes but this is a big one to make and I think the police department was in the wrong as well, just because he is a principal does not mean he is not allowed to get in trouble. If you do something wrong there should be consequences for them no matter what. The students most likely heard about this and probably do not have respect for him anymore because if he can do it and get away so can the students, as some may believe.
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