There are A-holes in every line of work and cops are no exception. It cannot be fairly said that "all cops are bad". This guys is a special brand of special though. I hope his worker's comp claim is summarily denied given that he was engaging in illegal and probably against department policy behavior. End of story.

The sentence is tough to analyze. His lack of criminal history probably helped and his employment as a state trooper could have cut either way as far as mitigation/aggravation. 30 months probation is very light given that here in California even most misdemeanors will get you 36 months probation. As far as the charges, I'm sure there are legal standards that limited what he could be charged with. Vehicular manslaughter sounds about right.

He will have to live with what he did and I hope he suffers in his own personal hell. It won't bring the girls back but it's the only justice the family will get in this case. They will surely sue the state police and him personally and will get a huge award. Again, that won't bring back the girls and to add more victims, it's the citizens of that state that will have to pay out for this guy's actions.

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