IT’S A HEATED TRAFFIC STOP MAKING WAVES IN THE POLICE COMMUNITY THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE MAN IN THAT VIDEO IS THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR FOR THE NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND I RETIRED METRO POLICE CAPTAIN IN PART OF HIS JOB IS INVESTIGATING PUBLIC INTEGRITY. THIS IS A NEWS NOW AT 4.30 I’M DAVID CHARNS.
I’M DENISE VALDEZ. OUR INVESTIGATORS OBTAINING THAT VIDEO IS A STATE EMPLOYEE GETSÂ PULLED OVER FOR HOLDING HIS PHONE WHILE DRIVING A STATE CAR. BUT IT’S WHAT HE SAID THAT HAS SOME PEOPLE ASKING WHY HE STILL HAS THAT STATE JOB.
WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS REPORT CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.
UNDER THIS ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP FROM AUGUST FOR DRIVING WHILE HOLDING A PHONE IS ABOUT TO GET HEATED BACK TO THE SPEAKER PHONE.
OKAY. YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND,
THE MAN IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT IS 62 YEAR-OLD WILLIAM SCOTT METRO BLURRING HIS FACE BECAUSE THE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO DOÂ SO. BUT SCOTT IS ABOUT TO TELL THIS METRO TRAFFIC OFFICER WHO HE I APPRECIATE THAT METRO AND I AM BEST DAYS RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. SO THEN YOU KNOW, THE LAW AND THE LAW WHICH SCOTT WORKS TO UPHOLD EVERY DAY AS THE CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S LINKED IN PROFILE SAYING HE INSTRUCTS COURSES INCLUDING PREVENTING POLICE ON POLICE CONFRONTATIONS,
ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP, EVEN DEVELOPING A COURSE CALLED POLICING WITH PRIDE. SO MAYBE JUST TALK AVENUE SAID, GIVE ME GIVE ME A HARD TIME BECAUSE PERFECT, I’MÂ TELLING YOU, I DIDN’T KNOW.
KEVIN HAS IN CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN MCMAHAN SCOTT HIMSELF JOINING METRO IN 1991. RETIRING ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AS A CAPTAIN BEFORE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTED HIM TO HIS TAXPAYER FUNDED LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THE CARS ARE NOT STOP AND GO SIT IN THE CAR WHILE YOU’VE EVERY TIME I EVERY SECOND I SPEND WITH YOU.
TELLS ME THAT THERE’S NO WAY THAT YOU’RE MAYBE RETIRED COP MINUTES INTO THE STOP. SCOTT GETS OUT OF THE STATE VEHICLE TRYING TO PROVE HE’S A RETIRED COP. THE TRAFFIC OFFICER LATER RETURNING WITH A TICKET FOR HOLDING THAT PHONE WHILE DRIVING RECORDS SHOW THE LAS VEGAS MUNICIPAL COURT WOULD LATER LOWER THAT TICKET TO A PARKING VIOLATION.
THEY GO RIGHT THERE RIGHT NEXT TO HIS LEG WITH THAT.
WHAT YOU DO? SCOTT THEN STARTS ARGUING DROPPING NAMES IN AN ANTI-GAY SLUR.
CLEARLY A AND THIS IS WHY THE WHY YOU GOT ADDICTED TO POT. WHY AND WHAT IT MIGHT SAY. OKAY. VERY CLASSY.
I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU’RE RETIRED AND NOT WITH THE DEPARTMENT ANYMORE.
THE UNION REPRESENTING METRO POLICE OFFICERS TELLS ME THIS WAS, QUOTE, APPALLING AND DISGUSTING.
WE CONTACTED SCOTT FOR COMMENT AND INSTEAD HEARD DIRECTLY FROM A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. IN THAT STATEMENT, THEY SAY THEY DO NOT CONDONE THE CONDUCT OR COMMENTS ADDING, QUOTE,
WE ARE CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL INQUIRY INTO THE MATTER TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION THAT COMPORT WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO RESPECT AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION. CHIEF SCOTT HAS EXPRESSED SINCEREÂ REMORSE AND APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ACTIONS. NOW IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SCOTT DOES MAKE
