So, The Age are reporting on Deputy Police Commissioner Ken Lay and his recent speeding fine:

Ken Lay, top traffic cop, caught speeding

Victoria’s top road cop Ken Lay says he has to rebuild his credibility with the public after he was nabbed speeding through a country town last October.

Deputy Commissioner Lay says he kept the $245 fine a secret – he only confided with Chief Commissioner Simon Overland – until now because he was the front man in a heavily promoted Christmas campaign to keep the state’s road toll down over the holidays.

Deputy Commissioner Lay, who lost three demerit points for doing 80km/h in a 70km/h zone when he passed through the town of Tooborac on the Northern Highway, said it was his first blunder in 35 years of driving.

Alright. I have no issue with Lay being caught speeding and receiving a fine as a result. I also have no issue with him being treated like any other fucker on the road and not being given any special treatment due to his rank or position. What do I take great exception to is Lay being a hypocritical cocksucker who tries to make excuses for his behaviour.

Partial credit does go to him for it being his first speeding offence in 35 years of driving. I doubt there are many drivers that could actually claim that.

Lay himself states that he didn’t notice the speed limit, claiming he was probably distracted, tired or simply not concentrating. Well, that’s fine. I seem to remember a high-ranking officer – possibly Lay himself – banging on a few months back about how there was “no excuse” to speed. Interesting that even though Lay doesn’t excuse his driving behaviour he still makes a thinly fucking veiled attempt to justify it.

And don’t even get me started on the decision by Lay and Simon Overland to delay making the whole thing public knowledge until after the New Year. Pair of fucking cockgobblers. In fact, I reckon if it weren’t for the delay, I’d be having a bit more respect for him if it had come out at the time. Might even have worked in their favour.

It’s this sort of shit which leads people to showing no fucking respect for the police. And rightly fucking so. Fuck Ken Lay, fuck Simon Overland and fuck their poor decision on handling this.

Now some homework: Come up with an amusing caption for this photo of Ken Lay.