Suffolk police officer David Mascarella told Internal Affairs he had two or three 12-ounce vodka sodas while off-duty at lunch and golfing in 2020. Evidence showed his pickup truck going as fast as 61 mph — in a 40 mph zone — seconds before it slammed into another car waiting to turn off a busy street, fracturing the skull of a 2-year-old-boy strapped inside and leaving him with lasting neurological injuries. Mascarella refused two sobriety tests that officers didn’t attempt until more than two hours later. 18 months have gone by and he’s back on the job. Link in bio to read the full investigation on how the police department tried to fire him for what they called “egregious” misconduct but an outside arbitrator found “insufficient evidence to justify [his] termination.” - - #longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #suffolkcountyny #suffolkcounty #stjames #stjamesny #scpd #policeofficer #suffolkpolice #internalaffairs #reelsig #igreels #linkinbio