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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / February 2008Gustine CA Police Chief Busted for Drunk Driving - Now On Paid Administrative Leave.
http://www.sandiegodrunkdrivingattorney.net/2008/02/police-chief-faces-possible- california.html Gustine Police Chief In DUI Case, On Paid Leave Police Chief Kris Anderson Failed Field Sobriety Tests February 25, 2008 GUSTINE, Calif. -- The police chief for the community of Gustine is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. City Attorney Tom Ebersole said the arrest is a personnel issue at this time, which is considered confidential. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said Chief Kris Anderson was arrested early Sunday on Interstate 580 after his Jeep sport utility vehicle was seen weaving erratically and he failed a field sobriety test. The 59-year-old Anderson has been police chief in Gustine, a town about 30 miles southwest of Modesto, since January last year. City officials said Sgt. Devon Stavrowsky will serve as acting police chief while Anderson's arrest is investigated. Police said at about 11:31 p.m. Saturday, the California Highway Patrol received a call about a vehicle being driven erratically by a possible impaired driver. A CHP unit found the 2002 Jeep sport utility vehicle on I-580 east of the Corral Hollow Road off-ramp, and saw the vehicle weaving all over the road, police said. Anderson failed to perform the field sobriety tests correctly and was arrested at 12:03 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving, police said. He was later taken to the CHP office in Tracy where he performed a breath test, police said, and was cited and immedialty released to a family member. Chief Anderson did not go to jail. The CHP said they had a lot of road problems to deal with at the time, and did not want to tie up a highway patrolman at the San Joaquin County Jail. http://www.sandiegodrunkdrivingattorney.net/2008/02/police-chief-faces-possible- california.html > Gustine Police Chief In DUI Case, On Paid Leave > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > problems to deal with at the time, and did not want to tie up a > highway patrolman at the San Joaquin County Jail. They always seem to come up with convenient (lame-a.s) excuses like this when it comes to cops breaking the law. But if it was the average Joe... John B. >http://www.sandiegodrunkdrivingattorney.net/2008/02/police-chief-faces-possible- california.html >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >They always seem to come up with convenient (lame-a.s) excuses like this >when it comes to cops breaking the law. But if it was the average Joe... Yeah, that's why I never cry a tear when I hear about a cop getting blasted out of his shoes. Most them are two-faced scumbags. The Blue-Brother Hood of silence is great at protecting thier own. Now if they can only send those three cops in New York who killed those two unarmed bridesgrooms and the groom himself by fring 50 bullets at them, it will be a real justice done. I'm amazed he was even arrested. We'll see how this turns out but i think cops should be held to a higher standard and a dui conviction should mean automatic termination from the force. >I'm amazed he was even arrested. We'll see how this turns out but i think >cops should be held to a higher standard and a dui conviction should mean >automatic termination from the force. I agree wholeheartedly. Funny how the CHP couldn't find the time to take this drunk cop down to the county jail for booking, a mug shot and fingerprinting, like all DUI drivers and other arrestees have done to them by law. > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:22:31 -0000, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > down to the county jail for booking, a mug shot and fingerprinting, > like all DUI drivers and other arrestees have done to them by law. Sounds like he was treated the same as any other 'responsible' citizen. It is common to do a cite and release for people who are certain to show up for their court appearances. When I was working the jail the ones booked into jail were about 30 percent of the arrests. Harry K |
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