An
officer at the Yale Police Department remains on active duty after a recent
arrest for drunk driving in New York City.
The
32-year-old male, charged with three misdemeanor counts for operating a motor
vehicle while intoxicated and impaired by alcohol, is “working and fulfilling
his normal duties and responsibilities,” according to university spokesman Tom
Conroy. The Yale Police Department is conducting its own internal investigation
into the matter.
On
April 23, around 9:20 p.m., in front of a Rite-Aid on Manhattan’s Lower East
Side, a witness claims he saw the officer asleep behind the wheel of a gray
2012 Dodge automobile, according to an incident report written by New York City
Officer Stephen Patti. When the witness tried to wake the officer up, the
officer allegedly sped forward, crashing into another vehicle.
Patti
wrote that he arrived on the scene and noticed the car’s engine running and
damage to its front. The officer admitted he’d been driving. Patti noted that
the officer had watery, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and the odor of booze on
his breath. The officer looked unsteady on his feet, Patti added.
A
chemical analysis of the officer’s blood, breath, urine and saliva, administered
by another NYPD cop, noted a blood alcohol content of 0.17 percent — twice the
legal limit.
The
officer informed Yale Police Department after the incident occurred, and Police
Chief Ronnell Higgins initiated the internal review, Conroy said.
The
New York County district attorney is prosecuting the case, with the officer’s
next court date scheduled for Tuesday, June 6. “As the incident is still going
through the legal process, we don’t have more to add about it at this time,”
Conroy added. Source:
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