In a story published Friday morning in the Democrat and Chronicle, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley acknowledged to D&C reporter Gary Craig that there was friction in her interaction with a Webster police officer during a Monday traffic stop for speeding.
On Friday afternoon, based on a Freedom of Information Law request, the Webster Police Department released video from the body-worn camera of the officer, Cameron Crisafulli, and of other officers who responded to the scene.
Instead of stopping, Doorley continued on to her residence about half a mile away in a subdivision off Phillips Road because, she told Craig, there was less traffic there.
She said she wanted the chief to tell the officer who she was so he would know there was no possible danger to him after the stop since she did not stop immediately.
Because, he says, “I was right behind you.” As the argument continues, he asks, “What is that you’re so against what I’m doing?
You say you’re a DA?” She replies, “I’m the DA … I’m the DA of Monroe County.” “I understand that,” says Crisafulli, who eventually calls for a supervisor to the scene.
“But that doesn’t give you the right to go 55 in a 35.” Doorley asks Crisafulli if he knows what she has been dealing with all day and then tells him: three homicides in the city of Rochester.
Nobody, including your District Attorney, is above the rule of law, even traffic laws.”
The Democrat and Chronicle published a story on Friday morning, in which Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley admitted to DandC reporter Gary Craig that she had a tense exchange with a Webster police officer during a traffic stop on Monday due to speeding.
The Webster Police Department made video from the body-worn camera of responding officers, including Cameron Crisafulli, available on Friday afternoon in response to a Freedom of Information Law request.
A tense exchange is depicted, in which Doorley curses at Officer Crisafulli and disobeys his orders while pacing back and forth in her garage and, at one point, going inside her house on Webster’s Fallen Leaf Terrace, where the stop was terminated.
Doorley curses at Crisafulli and then says, “I don’t know why you’re acting like this toward me.” He then points out that she ought to have stopped on Phillips Road, where the policeman attempted to pull her over at 5:30 p.m. with his emergency lights on. me.
Doorley told Craig that she didn’t stop, that she kept going because there was less traffic to her home, which was about a half mile away in a subdivision off Phillips Road.
“Because I didn’t feel like stopping on Phillips Road at 5:30,” she explains angrily in the video when Crisafulli asks her why she didn’t pull over. “.
She said to Craig that while Crisafulli was following her, she had called Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier from her car.
She stated that since she did not stop right away, she wanted the chief to identify herself to the officer so that he would know there was no chance of him being in danger following the stop.
She phones Kohlmeier once more and begs him to leave her alone during their tense exchange with Crisafulli, which is caught on camera.
Doorley once questions Crisafulli about how she could have known he was attempting to pull her over rather than someone else.
I was right behind you, he claims, which is why. “.
“What’s that you’re so against what I’m doing? I’m doing my job,” he asks as the argument goes on. “You claim to be a DA?”.
“I’m the DA… I’m the DA of Monroe County,” she responds. “.
When a supervisor is finally called to the scene, Crisafulli responds, “I understand that.”. But you don’t have the right to drive a 35 mph car 55 mph. “.
After asking if he is aware of what Crisafulli has been coping with all day, Doorley reveals to him that there have been three murders in the city of Rochester.
“Do you think I really care if I was going 20 miles over the speed limit?” she queries.
When the 26-minute body-cam footage from Crisafulli ends, Doorley accepts the traffic ticket, looking noticeably more composed.
She made the following statement in a statement released on Thursday: “I sent the ticket to the Webster Town Court and pled guilty by 1:00 PM on Tuesday because I didn’t want to use my position to get benefits and I believe in taking responsibility for my actions. Everyone is subject to the law, even your district attorney; this includes traffic laws. “.
