Death of an officer

So sad to see a person of such niceness struck down by a hit-and-run drunk driver (we think).

Here's hoping:

*That the MDTA police and the Maryland Transportation Authority recognize the high risks of the situation the officer was placed in: darkness, New Year's Eve and its concurrent heavy drinking, and working on an interstate. Flares and barrels won't protect your number one asset: personnel! These kind of situations need vehicles between the speeding and aggressive interstate drivers and the officers--preferably those big MDot dumptrucks with the bright flashing lights and arrows. It's no panacea, but ideally the driver will notice and not hit that, but if they do, some protection will be afforded the people. By the way, is there any way in hell we can get people to slow down on the interstates?

*That they make a case against the Block stripper who almost certainly was driving and hit this officer. They've got an uphill battle, though, since one of the elements of drunk driving is that the offficer or witnesses see the suspect actually in control of the car. Perhaps one of her Block bar bunkies can be pressured to reveal they saw her get into the car.......even that is weak. Maybe her insurance company will raise her rates.

*That somebody figures out how that suspect vehicle made it all the way from the accident scene to the rest stop in Cecil County without being noticed. Buz thinks that there were two few cops on the interstate and they all rushed to the scene, or were tied up off the highway with arrests or handling accidents. That car had half the windshield cracked!