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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | 6:33 p.m.
Authorities have remained tight-lipped surrounding the events that led a Henderson Police SWAT vehicle to be destroyed after it caught on fire.
“We’ve launched an internal investigation to determine the details of what happened, and the officer who was driving the vehicle has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of that investigation,” Henderson government spokesman Bud Cranor said.
Officer Justin Simo was in possession of the vehicle, but it was unclear if he was driving when the fire began last Wednesday night, Henderson Police spokesman Keith Paul said.
Cranor said the city is conducting its own investigation and cannot comment further until the fire and subsequent destruction of the vehicle has been looked into, Cranor said.
Unclear if he was driving? He's not allowed to simply answer the question "were you driving"?
Unbelievable.
Maybe he stopped @ Inn Zone or PT's before his blowout. I hope HPD gave him a sobriety test. Not what you would expect a seasoned police officer to do after a blowout. Fix it or call AAA. Don't drive on it & cost us taxpayers more $$$.
First Henderson has video of HPD Officer Sekatz kicking the crap out of a man on the ground and now another HPD dumb ass driving a city car on a flat tire and causing the destruction by fire of a $50,000 plus swat vehicle. Lets see how the Mayor and Council cover this one up.. Elections have consequences...
Thank goodness he's still getting paid!
Nice Scoop William D'Urso. While the rest of the known world is telling us how Henderson SWAT officer Officer Justin Simo (recently named Officer of the year) set his swat truck ablaze, you dug deeper and found it is actually Officer Justin Simone at the center of all this nonsense.
Just goes to show you that you don't have to be smart to be a police officer.
Not to worry. The taxpayers have plenty of money. Buy several new SWAT vehicles. Who cares. Plenty of money. Plenty.
And this poor, poor cop who was suspended. It doesn't matter who was driving... especially if poor poor Mr. Simo was too intoxicated. We wouldn't want a drunk cop driving around. We most certainly wouldn't want him tested at the scene. Horrors! Professional courtesy...
I doubt we will get the real facts
He won't get fired, this is probably a first offense for him and it's 3 strikes you're out policy , and he still gets paid while he's in trouble. It's no wonder people want jobs with a local entity , burn up the company car and keep your job , now go home and watch TV and We'll pay ya.