Print Version - Click here to return to the normal view. Print it!

Cop suspended from day job

From the New York Post:

A New Jersey cop who moonlights as a comic has been suspended without pay for his gross-out stand-up routine.

Officials say West Orange Police Sgt. John Feder is guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer after he cracked jokes about raping a bride at knifepoint, molesting his own 5-year-old son and bestiality.

Sgt. Feder: Do you have any idea how fast you were going?

West Orange Motorist: Hey! Aren’t you that guy who does the bit about diddling your little boy?

Sgt. Feder: That’s not the issue here–

West Orange Motorist: You sick bastard! You make jokes about sick shit like that and think you can give me a ticket?!?

You get the idea. We get a little itchy when someone gets canned for doing standup. Perhaps Sgt. Feder should have used a stage name. People with occupations that are far less high-profile often hide their dalliances with standup, fearful of what their bosses or co-workers might think. We don’t anticipate seeing a lawsuit from Sgt. Feder any time soon. Perhaps he should literally give up his day job.