[kch50428]

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) � The police chief of the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way has issued a public apology for a minor traffic accident that happened while he was checking his BlackBerry in his unmarked police car.

The city summed it up Thursday in a news release that began �Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson is mortified.� Apparently Wilson stopped for a red light on March 18 and glanced down at his BlackBerry to view newspaper headlines and e-mails. He then took his foot off the brake and collided with the car in front of him.

The Seattle Times reports no one was injured and the cars weren�t damaged.

Still, City Manager Neal Beets gave Wilson a verbal reprimand.

The police chief says he takes full responsibility.

He should have known better.

[Penumbra]

I dont get how he let off the brakes only while just looking at his bb, some people can't control their driving abilities sometimes

[TheSultan]

old news now but thanks for sharing it anyway!!

[Iceman]

Yep it was posted yday in this thread, I found it very interesting though...

http://forums.crackberry.com/f2/poli...t=police+chief

[wildCOUNTRY]

Doh! Haha.

[zarzamora_hermosa]

I didn't see it yesterday, so I'm glad I saw it today... thanks

[Tremortality]

Thought this looked familiar unless there happened to be 2 silly police chiefs running into people.......