Chief wants cell phone issue settled

Source: Clovis News Journal, N.新蒲崗迷你倉M.Aug. 30--Clovis Police Chief Steve Sanders on Thursday promised to deliver the phone records of an officer accused of running a Clovis man off the road near Sandia Elementary School earlier this month.Sanders said in a lengthy interview that investigators initially downloaded data from Officer Adrianna Munoz-Woods' cell phone and found nothing to indicate she was using the phone when she admitted accidentally forcing Abby Parrish off the road.Munoz-Woods told an internal investigator she was trying to clear her fogged up windshield when she crossed the center line."We apologize for putting Mr. Parrish in that position," Sanders said. "We realize we've got to pay attention to what we're doing when we're driving. We'll try to produce the phone records once we can get them here the first of the month (September) and alleviate this idea that she was on the cell phone."Sanders said Munoz-Woods asked her cell phone provider on Thursday to deliver the records as soon as possible. The request is in response to questions raised by Parrish's attorney, Dan Lindsey.Lindsey noted a report by an internal investigator released Wednesday didn't indicate police obtained Munoz-Woods cell records during their review.Sanders declined to discuss whether Munoz-Woods was disciplined in connection with the incident, saying it was a personnel matter. He did mini storageonfirm she was cited in April for following too close after crashing a patrol car into the rear of another vehicle. He said a speeding ticket accusing her of doing 80 mph in a 55 mph zone was from 2011, when she was attending the police academy and not a Clovis officer.Sanders also expressed frustration over media coverage of Parrish's complaint.Sanders said, in part, "...these kids (officers) go out and drive literally 100 miles every day in an eight-hour shift. And ... with 15 guys in a 24-hour period ... something like this is going to, bound to happen."Lindsey had called the internal investigation a sham and said he would be asking for state police or the Attorney General to investigate Parrish's complaint."We talked to the state police about the case," Sanders said. "We talked to the sheriff's office about the case. Without witnessing a traffic violation they can't write a citation. So really it's an in-house personnel issue. Mr. Lindsey is talking about taking this to the AG's office and the state police. You know, knock himself out."We're sorry that it took place," Sanders said. "But I don't appreciate being challenged and our integrity being challenged that we can't investigate our own."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Clovis News Journal (Clovis, N.M.) Visit the Clovis News Journal (Clovis, N.M.) at .cnjonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage