Body camera video of Monroe County DA Sandra Doorley's traffic stop released
By: The Town of Webster released body camera footage on Friday, showing Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley's tense interaction with a Webster police officer. It came after Doorley was caught speeding on Monday.
Doorley released a statement on Thursday, admitting she had been driving 55 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone along Phillips Road in Webster. Doorley explains in the video, the distance was less than half a mile from her neighborhood. She can be heard saying she was driving home from work, when she realized she had been caught.
Instead of pulling over, Doorley said she called Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier to inform him that she was not a threat. She said that she would talk to the officer at her house.
In the video, when asked why she didn't stop, Doorley said, "I didn't feel like stopping on Phillips Road at 5:30." The officer then replied, "That's not your choice. You know that."
The officer then asked, "What do you want us to do, not do our jobs because it's you?"
"No, it’s fine, I said write me a ticket, but I was just saying I was not going to stop on Phillips Road at 5:30," said Doorley.
"OK, well, you broke another law because of that, right? You should know better," said the officer.
Doorley can be heard responding with, "Just write me the traffic ticket."
The officer reminded Doorley that it's not a traffic ticket, it's in fact now an arrestable offense. "You know this," he repeated.
In another clip, Doorley chalks it up to having a really bad day "dealing with murders in the city," before eventually apologizing.