Bellevue officers investigated after dustup at CenturyLink

BY Chris Sullivan  on September 19, 2012 @ 5:37 am (Updated: 6:53 am - 9/19/12 )

Some Bellevue Police officers are in trouble for hassling a Seattle officer who was working Sunday's Seahawks game at CenturyLink Field.

Three off-duty Bellevue officers had apparently been doing some heavy tailgating before the game. The Seattle Times reports one of them tossed a beer cup on the ground in front of the Seattle officer, and when she asked him to pick it up, they all surrounded her and started calling her names.

The officers flashed their badges and taunted the officer. Backup was called, but the unruly behavior continued.

Bellevue's chief has since apologized to the officer and ordered an internal investigation. No one in the group was arrested or cited, though the officers appeared to be intoxicated.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • 333 wrote...
    police
    September 19, 2012 5:39 pm
    i meant..police, whatever..haha
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  • gomariners wrote...
    Exactly
    September 19, 2012 6:33 pm
    why I don't go to Seahawk games any more. Drunk obnoxious loud mouth people - that these drunks were Police is worse.
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  • skillda1 wrote...
    It's good to see this surface
    September 19, 2012 7:25 pm
    I have worked in Bellevue for 12 plus years. I have never seen a Bellevue police officer be anything but rude. Especially the motorcycle cops. Serves them right. Glad to hear it. Karma on them. They need to shape up and realize their behavior is pathetic on or off duty!!
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  • Hectic wrote...
    So in other words
    September 19, 2012 8:09 pm
    Cops are just like every other drunken idiot. Nothing to see here...
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  • Forrest wrote...
    Another example of cop integrity
    September 19, 2012 9:09 pm
    http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=40815
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  • C"mon Man wrote...
    Her
    September 19, 2012 10:22 pm
    Sounds like it is time for some sensitivity training. There is always two sides to every story.
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    333 times two
    September 20, 2012 1:24 am
    work on math
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  • Basso wrote...
    Good at harassing a cop....
    September 20, 2012 4:48 am
    Not so good at finding justice for Sky. These are the people we expect to use military gear and drones legally? We are screwed.
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