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Eugene Police Department officers
responded to the accident, and in an
EPD report, Bonertz said he was at
tempting to remove both bikers from
campus. Bonertz also admitted in the
EPD report to hitting Gariepy with his
patrol vehicle when the bike crossed
into his path.
The DPS investigation called into
question Bonertz's conduct directly fol
lowing the incident. According to the
report, Bonertz failed to notify "any
body" at the time of the incident. Bon
ertz said it was 5 a m. by the time he
finished his report and decided to wait
for his supervisor to arrive. Bonertz said
he didn't think he had time to make a
call, and added that he felt the task was
dispatch's responsibility.
According to the report, Bonertz vi
olated ; 'PS standards for immediately
reporting accidents.
Ihe report also stated that Bonertz
* drove his vehicle on the sidewalk
during the pursuit, which is a viola
tion of DPS rules. Bonertz admitted
it was routine for him to drive on
sidewalks, and he said he didn't have
remorse for pursuing Gariepy in the
pedestrian area.
Bonertz said he felt what he did was
safe because it was a "well-lit area" with
wide sidewalks, and because he was
only driving between 10 and 15mph.
In a separate interview cited in the
report, officer Jay Frances said DPS of
ficers occasionally drive on sidewalks
despite direct orders from DPS ad
ministrators to not do so.
DPS Interim Director Tom Hicks
said DPS has a policy instructing of
ficers to drive in a safe manner while
on campus.
"We're taking a look at that and see
ing whether or not that should be
clarified or not," Hicks said.
Hicks added that some circum
stances exist in which an officer could
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Donald Tean Gariepy returns to the scene of the July 21 accident where he was struck by a DPS vehicle driven by former officer Michael John Bonertz.
drive on the sidewalk, including situa
tions in which construction blocks ac
cess to a scene or in the case of a med
ical emergency.
Bonertz said driving on the side
walk was necessary "to keep up with"
Gariepy. Bonertz added that he was
worried about officer Joan Redlinger
— who was on foot near the bikers —
because she is a "small woman" and
he feared for her safety.
According to the radio log,
Redlinger didn't make any requests
for emergency assistance, nor did she
give any transmission indicating she
was in danger.
In the DPS report, Bonertz said he
felt that Saylor took "EPD's side based
on what they said." Bonertz also said
EPD officers "threatened to arrest him
for hitting Gariepy."
In the report, Saylor concluded:
"Officer Bonertz ... failed (to) fol
low department policy and directives,
in spite of specific directions not to
drive on the sidewalk. Officer Bonertz
has violated the department's stan
dards of conduct and general order
for immediately reporting accidents.
" ... It is also of great concern that
officer Bonertz does not view his ac
tions unsafe in any fashion and feels
fully justified in what he did."
The investigation into Bonertz's ac
tions found that, while he committed
no criminal wrongdoing, his miscon
duct warranted punishment "up to and
including possibility of termination."
Hicks said he could not confirm
whether Bonertz would have been
fired, citing the case as a personnel issue
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