GREEN BAY,USA - On March 27,2007 Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken issued himself a ticket for an unsafe lane change.He didn't have to write himself a ticket,but Kocken said it was the right thing to do.Three weeks earlier Sheriff Kocken had rear-ended a suspected speeder after that driver slowed.Sheriff was tailing a speeder on Velp Avenue, intent on giving the driver a warning,but he ended up writing himself a ticket.
Sheriff Kocken’s county-owned Ford 500 rear-ended the Chevrolet Cavalier he was following after the driver slowed to turn and he was unable to avoid a crash. Kocken had moved behind the Cavalier to avoid a snow-removal vehicle in his lane. No one was injured in the March 7 crash at 10:59 a.m. on Velp Avenue near Riverview Drive.
Neither the Brown County district attorney's office nor the deputy,Greg Rabas, who completed the accident report felt that Sheriff Kocken deserved a citation.
"But it kept bothering me and finally I decided to write myself a ticket. I felt it was the right thing to do",Sheriff Kocken said in an interview last week.The ticket carries a $160.80 fine that Sheriff said he fully intends to pay.“I haven’t paid it yet, but I will,” he said.
"As sheriff, I'm held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don't hold myself accountable? "I'm satisfied I'm doing the right thing." he said.
Sheriff Dennis Kocken
The 52-year-old Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken told investigators he was southbound on Velp Avenue in the right lane going 35 mph when he saw the Cavalier pass him in the left lane.He was trailing the Cavalier to determine its speed when he had to swerve to avoid a snowblower wheel in his lane and he moved into the other driver's lane and hit the car when the driver of that car slowed.Both vehicles were drivable so they pulled into the lot.The local West Bend newspaper first reported Knoebel’s story in February 2007.
The incident marks the second citation in Wisconsin in seven months that a Wisconsin state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September 2006, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.
Sheriff Kocken’s county-owned Ford 500 rear-ended the Chevrolet Cavalier he was following after the driver slowed to turn and he was unable to avoid a crash. Kocken had moved behind the Cavalier to avoid a snow-removal vehicle in his lane. No one was injured in the March 7 crash at 10:59 a.m. on Velp Avenue near Riverview Drive.
Neither the Brown County district attorney's office nor the deputy,Greg Rabas, who completed the accident report felt that Sheriff Kocken deserved a citation.
"But it kept bothering me and finally I decided to write myself a ticket. I felt it was the right thing to do",Sheriff Kocken said in an interview last week.The ticket carries a $160.80 fine that Sheriff said he fully intends to pay.“I haven’t paid it yet, but I will,” he said.
"As sheriff, I'm held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don't hold myself accountable? "I'm satisfied I'm doing the right thing." he said.
The 52-year-old Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken told investigators he was southbound on Velp Avenue in the right lane going 35 mph when he saw the Cavalier pass him in the left lane.He was trailing the Cavalier to determine its speed when he had to swerve to avoid a snowblower wheel in his lane and he moved into the other driver's lane and hit the car when the driver of that car slowed.Both vehicles were drivable so they pulled into the lot.The local West Bend newspaper first reported Knoebel’s story in February 2007.
The incident marks the second citation in Wisconsin in seven months that a Wisconsin state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September 2006, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.
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