Officer won't be cited - Would a regular citizen be so lucky?

From the Cincinnati Enquirer:

PRICE HILL-- A Cincinnati police officer won't be cited in an accident in which her cruiser knocked a car carrying a mother and child onto its side.

District Three Police Specialist Patricia Hoffbauer, 44, hit another car at West Eighth Street and Hermosa Avenue about 1 p.m. Thursday when she failed to yield to eastbound traffic while making a left turn south onto Hermosa Avenue, police said. The other car hit a tree and flipped onto its left side.

The driver, Noel Walker, 21, of Delhi Township, and her 11-month-old son, Cameron Walker, were taken to University Hospital with minor injuries, treated and released. Walker is three months pregnant. Hoffbauer was not injured.

I would be willing to bet I'd be cited for failure to yield if I were the one who caused the accident. Is this another example of the city flaunting its power? Remember the Cincinnati Garbage truck fiasco trashing my friend's car?