[Gary L]

Chris, people go to prison a lot longer for dealing drugs. all he had to do was do his job properly, an error of judgement isn't good enough when there's many people being prosecuted/fined/imprisoned everyday for what was an error of judgement on their part.

At the end of the day he is just another person who broke the law and paid the price. the fact that he was a "copper" makes some people think that he should be let off because he was doing his job.

his job wasn't to endanger lives, and it certainly wasn't to kill somebody as a result of doing his job wrong.