This video shows neighboring Pennsylvania law enforcers at war with each other.
A far cry from good community relations, the viral video makes these officers from Darby and Colwyn boroughs look like the proverbial keystone cops, and worse.
It all started when a Colwyn officer crossed the street into Darby to nab a man that had just punched a woman in the face. The officer had apparently been flagged down by the woman.
The problem (at least in the eyes of the Darby Police chief) was that it was in the neighboring Delaware County borough of Darby.
While I understand the jurisdictional legal concerns that may be present, I would argue that the officer couldn’t just continue driving and ignore the woman. So he stopped to render aid and control the situation.
As the report details, the Darby Police chief came soon thereafter to the scene yelling at the Colwyn officer to get out of Darby. Incredibly, officers had to use their skills – you know, the ones they use on emotional members of the public at calls for police service – to de-escalate the police chief, but it was to no avail.
Officers then had to physically intervene to stop the fight from escalating to a physical level. All of this played out in public view involving the very type of behavior that we are called to control. Incredible.
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