Life is Tragic

A Prince George’s County police lieutenant charged four times this year with driving under the influence passed out behind the wheel of a running police cruiser in one incident, had to be tasered and pepper-sprayed in another and was at fault in a hit-and-run in a third, Laurel Police said yesterday.

In February, an officer found Lt. Kenneth W. Parrish, 44, asleep in the cruiser, its emergency lights on, in front of Laurel High School shortly after noon on a school day, a spokesman for the Laurel police said. Parrish’s cruiser was in the road, running and in drive, his foot resting on the brake pedal and his body slumped over the steering wheel, spokesman Jimmy Collins said.

Parrish, a 20-year veteran who was off-duty at the time, was charged and released to the county police. He was suspended that day.

“It doesn’t appear that he’s going to be reinstated, obviously,” said Maj. Andy Ellis, a county police spokesman.

Blogger’s Comment: “Mmm. It’s good to know that the police are watching our backs! It’s a short post today, I’m aware, but life calls! And when a bitch calls her pimp, he must attend to ‘dat ho’.