@Lodka, what really makes me sick is that you feel that this behavior is okay and that you seem willing to just press the "I believe" button when it comes to misbehavior from fellow officers. If punching near retirement age women in the face is a technique that is taught in the police academy, then the system is more rotten than most would believe. Additionally, even though you state that UHP cleared him of wrongdoing (reference please), he was fired by the Department of Public Safety for excessive force stemming from that same incident. Guess a cop like you must have done the original investigation.

Unbelievably biased story from a so called "news" organization. They don't bother to get the facts, only show a few seconds of the dash cam video and the "journalist" on the street eggs on citizens response to the staged video. Whatever happened to reporting the story? UHP originally investigated the trooper for the punching incident, AND CLEARED HIM OF WRONGDOING. Why? Because the woman was DUI, fled from police, rammed police cars and was hit by a taser that did not control her. So the trooper used techniques taught in the police academy to control her. I have been an officer for 19 years and seen 115 lb women kick out windows of police cars. Makes me sick sometimes to see how we treat those who put themselves on the line every day. No, I don't work with the trooper, but I do know him from working with troopers and he is a good officer. Those that criticize, come do the job and see how you do. I don't watch channel 4, just caught the story flipping to 5. This crap just reinforces why. You don't want to report news, you just want to sensationalize any story for ratings and money. C.Platt