Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 27- 30, 2006 COUNTY SEAT A-5 The Park Record COUNTY EDITOR: Patrick Parkinson 649-9014 ext. II2 countynew5@parkrecord.com Deputies' cars idle despite gas prices PCPD brass claim officers can't leave SUVs running By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Police officers in Park City are not allowed to leave their vehicles running during breaks, authorities say. The department is currently investigating an officer who left his patrol vehicle running in a parking lot in Prospector a few weeks ago, Park City police Lt. Phil Kirk said. "I think that we've corrected that problem,*1 Kirk said. The officer was likely downloading a document on his laptop computer inside the sport utility vehicle and turning off the truck would have shut down power to the electronic device, he added. "We don't authorize the officers to do that," Kirk said about officers who may leave their vehicles running. Summit County Sheriff's Office deputies, however, routinely leave SUVs idling during breaks. "When your husband's kicking the crap out of you and you're dialing 911 while he's ripping the phone out of the wall, which happens pretty much on a weekly basis in Summit County, then all of the sudden you're wondering why the cops aren't there," Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Dave Booth said. "Those are. the people that don't care that our vehicles idle." But many citizens do complain when the county's conspicuous black trucks are seen running at lunchtime. "We just don't have a choice," Booth said. The time required to log on computers and power up video cameras, radar and communications devices, could be the difference between life and death, he claimed. 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