By Matt Hardigree, 11:15 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007, 2,482 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The Aussie policehoon we told you about yesterday has been identified as a 30-year-old first class constable of the West Australian police. The officer had a reasonable excuse, as the organizer of a local carshow asked the trained pursuit driver to show off his moves. Nevertheless, the local authorities are trying to send a message and have suspended the cop over the impromptu demonstration.

An interesting twist, his wife and partner was in the passenger side of the car but has not been suspended. All of this happened more than a year ago, but it's politically convenient to make an issue out of this now. [The Age]