Officer wrecks squad car 29 minutes into job

[ccharles000]

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HOBART, Ind. (AP) - Police officer Tim Pochron's first day on the job went poorly: Less than a half-hour into it, his squad car was wrecked in a crash.

Pochron was inside his house at 12:29 a.m. Monday when someone hit his new squad car parked outside, as well as a tree, police said.

"Pochron was 29 minutes into the first day of his new job when his parked squad car was struck," Lt. Steve Houck said.

The driver tested positive for drugs, was arrested and taken to a hospital, police said.

Pochron, 26, was sworn in last week. He was supposed to work the morning shift Monday. Instead, he spent the morning filling out paperwork at the police station.

The force of the crash bent the rear axle of the squad car. Deputy Chief Jeff White said the car can be repaired, though he's not sure how much it will cost.

Pochron "was just heartbroken," White said.

[gateley]

1. Oh -- that poor guy! nt

[MissHoneychurch]

2. At least he didn't sit IN the car when it crashed

nor was he the reason for the crash .... both would have been worse.

[truthisfreedom]

3. Terribly intentional misleading headline. How irritating. Imagine being the poor cop reading it.

Just asinine!

[Lorien]

24. Yep. The officer didn't have any hand in wrecking the car

just a bit of bad luck, really. What are editors doing to justify their existence these days?

[AndyTiedye]

4. That's An Unfair Title

The officer didn't wreck his squad car, the guy who ran into his parked squad car wrecked it.

[cboy4]

5. Someone under the influence slams into the cop's patrol car

and he's the one who "wrecks it"?

Please.

:eyes:

[FormerOstrich]

6. There is something wrong with this tale....

I'm thinking maybe a sloppy reporter?

Who in the world is 1) at home and 2) with the company car 30 minutes into the first shift of their new job?????????

[seabeyond]

11. 1) at home and 2) with the company car 30 minutes ... doing paperwork in office...

i hear ya. all thru i am asking 29 minutes into shift and car parked out in front of house? ya right.

[Vickers]

13. I'm thinking this happened at 12:29 AM on the morning of his first day.

His shift probably started at 7:00 AM or something.

Man, that is some sloppy writing.

They are intentionally twisting the event to make it more than what it is.

[TrogL]

22. Forgot his lunch?

[jmowreader]

7. Very bad reporting, but you still have to feel for Officer Pochron

Twenty years from now, Tim Pochron's going to be chief of police in Hobart and the only thing anyone will know about him is that someone totaled his squad car the first day he was a cop.

[Historic NY]

8. I'd be pissed if it was my new car...now he gets a smelly junker.....

I'd can feel his pain.

[shadowknows69]

9. I'm too superstitious, that would be my last day on the job

Something's telling that guy he should go into insurance sales or something.

[dysfunctional press]

10. "officer's squad car wrecked 29 minutes into his first day on the job"

would be a more honest title.

[Vickers]

12. Worst. Headline. EVAR.

:eyes:

[norepubsin08]

14. 90%

of all cops are Republican assholes with an authority complex...I have no sympathy!!!

[TCJ70]

17. And that has what to do with this story? n/t

[TommyO]

18. Remember this when people have no sympathy

should something bad happen to you.

[cboy4]

20. Link to your revelation that an astonishing 90 percent

of all cops are Republican assholes with an authority complex.

What's that? You have no link?

Of course you don't. :eyes:

Yea, there are a lot of asshole cops.

But there are a lot of asshole DMV workers too.

[LanternWaste]

23. Little more than than 30 days into his illustrious career...

"Little more than than 30 days into his illustrious career at DU, and the poster already began making asinine accusation with little more than anecdotal evidence to back him up. This newspaper has no sympathy..."

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. Proof?

Anything?

[Subdivisions]

15. 29 minutes into a new job and he's loafing around his house? n/t

[TCJ70]

16. It was 12:30 in the morning on the day he was supposed to start...

...this whole story is full of bad writing.

[dorkulon]

21. My question exactly.

Maybe the headline should read: "Officer loafing at home 29 minutes into job."

[ThomWV]

19. My son totaled my car 30 minutes after he got his license

Shit happens.