How safe does this picture make you feel when your riding on a New York City subway? If I was still living in New York City, I'd be pretty pissed off seeing my tax dollars at work. If I was part of the NYPD, I'd be pretty embarrassed! Especially after the flack New York's finest has been getting for fixing tickets. Now, we have this?
A hero police officer has recently been disciplined for catching a nap on the F train while still armed and in uniform. Officer Matthew Sobota, 43, was caught sleeping on the subway by a straphanger, who snapped a photo with his cell phone camera and emailed it to the NYPD brass.
A music producer named Martin Bisi, from Brooklyn, took the photo of the sleepy cop on February 16. Bisi said that he thought that maybe a teenager could've taken the officer's gun and sell it or even use it. He emailed the photo in because he felt that the situation was potentially unsafe. Bisi noticed the officer nodding off on the train at Carroll Street just after 3 p.m. He said that the officer was asleep during his entire 7-minute trip.
Officer Sobota admitted that he'd screwed up and blamed the overtime he'd been working for the catnap. A police source did say that officer Sobota, who had been assigned to the mounted unit, was actually off duty at the time, but was headed to do outside security work sanctioned by the NYPD. Okay, but it still doesn't give him the right to sleep on a public train, while his gun is still holstered. The music producer was right! Something severe could've come out of this! Luckily, nothing bad did come out of except for the photo of officer Sobota napping on the train in uniform. Oh, and the fact that he's been disciplined for failure to be alert while in uniform, which could only cost him some vacation time. Why didn't anyone think about about putting make-up on his face or painting his nails with nail polish? What happened to "You Snooze, You Lose"? Well, I guess in a way, he did lose!
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