sandra doorley newsROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley drove home and called the Webster police chief when officers tried to pull her over for speeding Monday.
Officer-worn body camera footage of the incident was released to the public Friday, showing Doorley repeatedly invoking her position as district attorney and refusing to follow orders.
“I’m the D.A.,” Doorley says to the first officer to approach her, standing outside her car and parked in a garage when the video begins. “I was going 55 coming home from work.”
“55 in a 35,” the officer says.
“I don’t really care,” Doorley says. The officer asks her to exit the garage. “You can call Dennis Kohlmeier right now,” Why are you so upset at me,” the officer says while Doorley dials the phone. “I’m doing my job. You just admitted to me you were going 55 in a 35 on Phillips Road.”
In a statement Thursday, Doorley said she called Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier, “to inform him that I was not a threat and that I would speak to the Officer at my house down the street.” Body camera footage released Friday shows exactly what she said on the phone in the driveway.
understand that, but that doesn’t give you a right to go 55 in a 35,” the officer says.
“I don’t really care,” Doorley says. “I don’t really care. You know what? If you give me a traffic ticket that’s fine. I’m the one who prosecutes it.”
As more officers and a supervisor arrive to the scene, Doorley continues refusing to leave the garage, telling police she’d had a bad day dealing with murders in Rochester.
“I’m going to prosecute myself,” Doorley says later in the video. “Do you know what I’ll do with the ticket?” Then she lIn a statement Thursday, before the video was released, Doorley said she pled guilty and sent the ticket to Webster Town Court.
News 8 reached out to the district attorney’s office after the video was released. The office referred to the previous statement, in which Doorley said, “I believe in accepting responsibility for my actions and had no intention of using my position to receive a benefit.” That statement is available in full below, along with body camera footage from four of the responding officers.aughs.