I believe the Fairfax Police department is lying on this case because of three witnesses. This case and the recent shooting of an unarmed optometrist, Salvatore J. Culosi is really scaring me because I'm living in Fairfax. Recently I saw the Fairfax County Police drags an 65 years older man out of Home Depot for a small betty theft. I felt they treated him very unhuman.

What do you have if you add.

Lack of Integrity + Deception + Abuse of Power = Fairfax County Police Department...

To the family of Mr. Baboota, I am sorry to hear about your loss. I don't doubt for a second that Fairfax County Police was the cause of his unfortunate death. Good luck in trying to find out any answers in your case, you will probably quickly learn that Fairfax Police cover things up more than any Federal Agency, past President, or Communist Country in the world does. Again sorry for your loss.

Come on folks give FFPD a break, they do a lot of good, I mean other than killing Doctors for betting on a football game, and running over a guy in his car, they do some good things. They keep me in business.

Give them some time to do a proper investigation into the Dr. Culosi case. In a few years when everybody forgets about what happens they will release their results and it will appear on page 47 of the Washington Post right under the column for how to teach people how to play Bridge. Their behavior in this and many, many, many other cases over the last several years is pathetic. How can you expect the public to trust and respect a department that holds their officers to the standards less than what the public holds criminals. Integrity is something seriously lacking in that entire department.

Communications Breakdown. Wow. A man is killed by a police officer in his car and its never reported for this reason. This is what they do in this county. Thats right up there with Administrative leave and internal investigation. These are all activites that allow the Chief and Mr. Horan to craft another pack of lies to cover up their mistakes, and try to avoid any respsonibilite and hope it goes away. I saw Horans press conference a few weeks ago where his reason for a black officer Deval Bullock of Ft. Washington Md for shooting a Dr in the chest was because he was too tired. How pathetic is that and more importantly people, this is how dum this man thinks the citizens of Fairfax are. TOO TIRED! COMMUNICAITONS BREAKDOWN. Where does it stop. Oh, here is another one. With regards to Mr. Culosis family, they told them this week that the audio in the police cars that would provide a clearer accounting of what took place that night, was working but than it broke. Can u believe that. Yea i guess u can. Right there with Communications breakdown. Mr. Berra,ur right - God Help Us!

I'd like to thank Tom Jackman for doing a very informative story on my dad's situation, and getting the word out there. I'm also hoping that the Fairfax County Police Dept is ashamed for what they've done. If they'd just come forward and released the story when the incident occured, and given us all the facts up front, none of this would be happening, and we would have come to terms with this and moved on 3 months ago when my dad died. My relatives were shocked that this type of behavior by the Police happens here in America too - they thought that type of behavior was reserved for police forces in third-world, developing countries!

To the person who left no name, we have the facts in the Dr. Culosi case, Detective Baucom used excessive force by calling in a SWAT team to arrest an Optometrist for nothing more than minor sports betting. The SWAT team unit led by Fairfax Officer Deveal Bullock, shot and killed an unarmed, compliant man. FYI, their is absolutely no such thing as an accidental discharge. The reason given by FFPD for killing Dr. Culosi was that Officer Bullock was tired from deer hunting that day. That is not only unacceptable it's criminal. The Chief of FFPD and District Attorney Robert Horan have made an absolute mockery of this case, as well as many others. They never hold their Officers accountable for their actions, even when those actions are criminal in nature. They should be more than ashamed for how they handled the Dr. Culosi situation they should be held accountable and dismissed for being negligent in their actions. A man was murdered and FFPD were the ones who committed the crime, after killing Dr. Culosi, they have attempted to do nothing more than cover their own actions. I am glad they keep getting called to the carpet, and I hope the FBI and DOJ bring criminal charges against those involved.

I was involved in an accident, my Nissan hit Explorer SUV with 5 MPH speed. Explorer's bumper destroyed, Maxima had no damage or even a BUMP .. Thats the Fairfax Police version of the accident. Officer M. Pifer.

Use your common sense..
Scared, yes because I still drive on Fairfax Roads. Jitinder Baboot.. I knew him since 1981

Hey Russell, no offense FFPD lacks common sense, that's why Detective Baucom used a SWAT team to arrest an optometrist, who had no priors, never owned or operated any type of weapons, for betting on football. Which is a misdemeanor. If FFPD and Det. David Baucom had any common sense Dr. Culosi would still be alive, as would your friend Mr. Baboot.

We are Suchi & Priya Baboota from India.

Mr. J.K. Baboota was our beloved Tayaji (uncle, our Dad Mr. D.K. Baboota's elder brother).

He had been living in USA since last 40 yrs. or so, there is no way that he could have ignored the sirens of the Police cruiser considering the fact that he was an intelligent and sharp person.

Its surely the fault of the Police only.

We are still mournful regarding his sudden accidental death.

He was a very nice and kind person at heart.

We wish his soul rests in peace.

What upsets the family the most is that yes, this COULD have been the fault of Mr. Baboota - but why has not one person contacted the family to pay their respects?Why is it that they only get a phone call 5 weeks later after they sent an email to "Dr. Gridlock" ? Why are they calling it an "internal breakdown of communciation" - Does the FCPD kill so many people that they might miss a family or two to call? In speaking with the family, they have stated over and over - even if ONE officer had bothered to pick up the phone and call after the death, (not 5 weeks later!)or showed up at the funeral, they would have accepted the accident and felt a little better about it. To kill someone and not show one ounce of remorse is just INUMANE. It truly makes us no different then animals.

"They never know, even in sedate Fairfax County, when they will be attacked."

How true, and how very sad at this moment, as one officer lies dead and another fights for his or her life. They were just changing shifts.

but its not always that way

you should look at it that way

It's not a matter of judgement. The Baboota Family is more then willing to accept that accidents DO happen, they are apart of life. They are not angry that the accident happened; however their reason for being upset is quite valid. The FCPD kept them in the dark for most of the time. They could not get their story straight on how the accident happened. One Detective stated that the officer was going 60-70 mph, the report stated that the officer was going only 35 mph. They kept changing the story as which side of Columbia Pike the accident happened. One time, the officer was responding to a call. Another time, the officer was chasing someone down Columbia Pike. So which story is it? No one called them in regards to the accident or Mr. Baboota's death until they had sent an email to "Dr. Gridlock" - how sad is that? It was pathetic that they had a spokeswoman lie on T.V. saying that FCPD had tried to reach the family numerous times. We're all adults here, lets admit mistakes!

Again, it's not that the officer hit Mr. Baboota and consequently killed him. No judgement there - lets' be fair and say that the officer WAS trying to do his job. What the issue is that they refused to own up to their mistake, and very happily swept it under the rug - that is, until Mr. Tom Jackman from the Washington Post started digging around.

Mr. Baboota was my class mate in the Technical College where we studied Automoibile Engineering 1962-64. I did visit him in US couple of times and very well know that he had a good traffic sence and was never got a ticket from the police for any diving offence. The details of the accident reveal that police behaves same way all over the world protecting their own colleagues until proved otherwise. I was shocked to learn about his death especially in a road accident, the last thing I would think off as he had been driving in US for 40 years. I will be happy if the honest investigation is carried out fixing fault and responsibilities. It becomes more important as the family and friends all over the world are not satisfied with polic stories. Come on Gentelmen, let's know the truth. Whatever has happened I have lost a friend and a perfect human being known to me like that for over 40 years.