• Laura
Weintraub, 35, is a volunteer police officer at Santa Paula Police Department
in California
• She
has a Youtube channel called 'Cup Holder Commentary'
• She
was put on administrative leave for latest video about hating bicyclists
• Fellow
officer also suspended for standing up for her
By Joel Christie
volunteer police officer in California has been placed
on administrative leave after posting a video to YouTube expressing her hate of
bicyclists on the road during her free time.
Laura Weintraub, of Calabasas, has built up a minor
following on the video sharing site through a series of self-made clips called
'Cup Holder Commentary'.
The outspoken blonde films herself in the car giving
her opinions of everything from gym etiquette
But her latest vent resulted in a suspension from the
Santa Paula Police Department, causing controversy for saying: 'I hate
bicyclists, every single one of them.'
Weintraub was not on-duty at the time and does not
identify herself as an officer in the video.
However in one part of the clip she asks the driver of
the car, her husband, how much she'd have to pay for him to run over a cyclist.
The clip also finishes with a shot of an iconic image
of a horrific 2008 bike crash in Mexico, in which a drunk driver plowed into a
group of people in a race, killing one and injuring at least 10 others.
The caption read: 'Like you've never thought about it
...'
The video found its way to the station's Facebook page
and did not bode well with Weintraub's bosses, NBC San Diego reported.
On Saturday, a post from the Department said Weintraub
had been placed on administrative leave.
'The purpose of this post is to notify the community
that the volunteer who made the video about cyclist has been placed on
Administrative Leave pending an investigation,' the post said.
A second reserve officer was also placed on
administrative leave for posting a response to comments on the Department's
Facebook page.
The video was deleted from Weintraub's YouTube page as
of Saturday morning, but at least one other user saved and posted it to their
page.
