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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 436661, member: 716"]
No small coincidence, but there's an article in today's Post-Standard that includes a reference to an officer who lied (not clear whether it was only on the stand or on the crash report as well). [url]http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/12/city_of_syracuse_ordered_to_pa.html#incart_river_default[/url]
 
The relevant part: "The judge rejected Cope's contention that he came to a "near stop" before passing into the intersection where he was unable to see the vehicle approaching on the cross street.
"Officer Cope's own testimony conflicts with that of the factual evidence as established by Officer (Lonnie) Dotson, to the extent that Officer Cope testified that he slowed his vehicle to a near stop directly in a location where 45 feet of skid marks showed that he was proceeding at a high rate of speed just before the crash," Cherundolo wrote in his decision."
 
Unfortunate it may be, but it's not all that uncommon for officers to play fast and loose with the facts in attempting to reconcile behavior that was not "by the book" with an undesirable consequence. Police reports and officer testimony often feature inconsistencies.
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