A Connecticut State Trooper has been suspended for 15 days without pay for the “unprofessional, rude and inappropriate” manner in which he responded to a 911 call reporting that a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash last August. Justin Sawyer, 21, died of severe head injuries a few days after the accident. Sawyer crashed August 17 in Taftville, Connecticut. While he laid motionless on the pavement with blood running from his ear, his friend Russell Shepard called 911. The call was answered by Trooper Robert Peasley, who responded to Shepard’s report of the accident with, “Yeah”¦too bad,” before hanging up on Shepard. Peasley then answered another 911 call from another of Sawyer’s friends, saying, “Yeah. Help will get there. Shouldn’t be playing games.” After receiving a copy of the 911 calls, Sawyer’s family filed a complaint with the Connecticut State Police, which launched a months-long investigation. “The internal investigation revealed that despite the Trooper’s unprofessional, rude and inappropriate comments, both State Police and EMS personnel were dispatched promptly to the crash scene,” read a press release issued by the Connecticut State Police Department March 22. “Nevertheless, there is no doubt that the desk trooper, Tfc. Robert Peasley, fell far short of conduct that Connecticut residents and visitors rightly expect from the Connecticut State Police and the State Police demands from its Troopers. For that reason, TFC. Peasley who has had a 18-year unblemished career, has been suspended from duty for 15 days without pay.” “I am absolutely outraged every time I hear that ‘too bad’ and that click.” Sawyer’s father Jim Sawyer said in an interview broadcast by WTNH News Channel 8. “It will play over and over and over in my mind for the rest of my life. What I want to see is this officer should be removed from his position as a state police officer. He is not fit to wear the uniform.” David LeBlanc, President of the Connecticut State Police Union, told the Hartford Courant, “It’s a tragedy. But the discipline imposed is extremely harsh and not warranted.”