Friday, 08 June 2007 02:18
Sutter Creek Police Vehicle Hit During Enforcement Stop
A Sutter Creek Police Officer was uninjured yesterday morning in a
vehicle collision after his patrol vehicle was hit by the vehicle of the driver
he was pulling over. According to the California Highway Patrol report
written by Officer Brain
Hagemann, Sutter Creek Officer Jeff Phillips was conducting a routine traffic
stop on a 99 Honda for a lighting violation. The driver, 20 year old
Shawn Compton of Volcano, pulled into a parking lot and then into a stall in
that lot.
Officer Phillips parked behind Compton, set off to the left of the rear
of Compton’s Honda. As Officer Phillips exited his car Compton began backing
up- Officer Phillips then reactivated his siren and
finally began honking at Compton as Compton continued to back up eventually
hitting the Sutter Creek Patrol car. The CHP report states that Compton was
responsible for the collision by backing up unsafely.
