From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Body shop employees spotted racing in Roseville police squad cars
At least the two employees waited until after morning traffic eased up before getting behind the wheels of the Dodge Chargers and roaring along County Road C at “excessive speeds” for more than a mile.
Police in Roseville say two of their marked squad cars were pitted in an unauthorized street race by body shop employees along a busy street in town. The Police Department responded by taking its business elsewhere.
At least the two joy riding employees waited until after morning traffic eased up last Thursday before getting behind the wheels of the Dodge Chargers — yes, they had a hemi — and roaring along County Road C at “excessive speeds” for more than a mile from Victoria Street east to Western Avenue, said Police Lt. Lorne Rosand.
“I heard from one citizen who said it appeared they were racing” around 10:15 a.m. along the four-lane thoroughfare, where the speed limit is 40 miles per hour, Rosand said Tuesday.
A department official addressed the incident with the owner of the body shop, and police decided to sever business with Suburban Auto Body, to the east of Roseville in Little Canada.
Body shop president Dennis O’Connell Jr. countered in an e-mailed statement that “there was no speeding or dangerous driving,” explaining there was “quick acceleration from a stop sign, and no citations were given.”
One employee was fired. I can see taking a vehicle for a short road test if they were working on anything suspension or brake related but this sounds a bit excessive. They could have used the corner of a mall parking lot for this kind of test.
