Immediately, all 9 members of the Rochester Metropolis Council collectively penned a letter addressed to New York State Lawyer Normal Letitia James urging an inquiry into Monroe County District Lawyer Sandra Doorley’s actions throughout a site visitors cease by a Webster police officer Monday.
Doorley was rushing, going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone, and didn’t cease for Officer Cameron Crisafulli after he activated his emergency lights. Reasonably than stopping, Doorley proceeded to her residence, roughly a half a mile away.
Friday afternoon, in response to a Freedom of Data Legislation request, the Webster Police Division launched footage from Officer Crisafulli’s body-worn digicam and recordings from different officers current on the scene.
Extra:Caught on Digicam: DA Sandra Doorley defies police orders in site visitors cease
Within the video, Officer Crisfulli inquires why Doorley did not pull over. “As a result of I did not wish to cease on Phillips Street at 5:30,” she says.
The footage captures a tense confrontation as Doorley rejects Officer Crisafulli’s directions, cursing at him whereas shifting out and in of the storage.
At one level, the BWC footage reveals Doorley calling Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier and saying, “Are you able to please inform him to go away me alone?”
Doorley accepts the site visitors ticket on the finish of the video.
“Current physique digicam footage, shared by the Webster Police Division, has raised important issues relating to Ms. Doorley’s habits throughout a site visitors cease in Webster, New York,” the letter reads. “This incident has led us to query her health to function District Lawyer, and we consider an investigation by your workplace is warranted. The habits exhibited by Ms. Doorley throughout the site visitors cease, as captured within the physique digicam footage, seems to violate these requirements. Such habits undermines the credibility and integrity of our justice system and erodes public belief.”
Metropolis Council members say they’re firmly united of their conviction that Doorley’s actions warrant a complete investigation by the Lawyer Normal to reaffirm that no particular person, no matter their standing, is exempt from authorized scrutiny.
“It’s essential to find out whether or not her actions throughout the site visitors cease mirror broader points that would affect the honest administration of justice in Monroe County.”
— Robert Bell is a multimedia journalist and reporter at The Democrat & Chronicle. He was born in Rochester, grew up in Philadelphia and studied movie in Los Angeles. Comply with him at @byrobbell on X and @byrobbell on IG. Contact him at [email protected].