FOR THE RECORD, this officer was my wife. She works hard at keeping all the pepole in the city safe. The City of raleigh alows offices to work events at many arenas in the city. The reason they drive the police cars is because they represent the city. If for any reason someone was required to be sent to jail then only the police cars are equiped with safty glass etc. can you imagine carring someone in your peronal car never mind one that could be a small city car that wouldnot have the safty glass between them. In most cases offices work alone so driving someone to the station to be booked in anything that is not equiped to do so is asking for troubble. AS for the number of cars do your home work. In ANY such acccident there are numberous cars. Cars from the cheif of the watch for the night to the first on the sceen. Not forgetting the specilaists to examine the sceen to see whos at fault and the relevent speeds.

Drunk driving receives such a minor slap on the wrist. This is not a laughing matter. A person chose to drink, drive and injured someone. That is what is important here. That's all. If NC would treat drunk drivers the way they deserve to be treated, perhaps more people would choose to act responsibly. I wish this officer a speedy recovery and I wish this drunk driver a speedy trip to jail and then rehab!

I wonder if the officer driving the car was a Democrat or Republican. That could solve the whole issue of fault right there!

we all want those cops at events for safety, so why argue about that? our officers don't earn enough pay for their jobs. she was hit by a drunk driver, that would be the issue. hope the officer is ok. my own daughter was hit by a drunk driver.the rules are simple: if you drink don't drive and if you drive don't drink.

Lots of nonsense arguments over this topic. The important parts of this story in my opinion are that 1. An idiot drove drunk, 2. someone got hurt b/c of said idiot. 3. Fortunately the injuries were minor. I'm glad that the officer wasn't hurt worse. I hope the drunk sees time for the infraction. We need more harsh punishments for driving under the influence!