A San Jose police officer was arrested final week on suspicion of driving inebriated earlier than a two-car collision, in response to authorities.
The California Freeway Patrol responded about 3:43 a.m. Friday to a crash on southbound Interstate 880, simply north of Tennyson Highway in Hayward, in response to a CHP report. Nobody was injured within the collision.
Officers spoke with witnesses and suspected a driver was at fault for the crash. They performed a DUI investigation, decided the person was inebriated and arrested him suspicion of DUI. He was cited and launched the identical day.
San Jose police Officer Steve Aponte confirmed Tuesday that CHP officers arrested an off-duty SJPD officer on suspicion of DUI over the weekend however declined to offer his identify, citing an ongoing inner investigation and a personnel matter. The officer had not been positioned on administrative go away as of Tuesday morning, Aponte mentioned.
There are sources obtainable for San Jose cops coping with substance points, Aponte added, together with counseling, peer help and one-on-one help by the division’s disaster administration unit.
San Jose authorities confirmed final week that they have been investigating a police officer for allegedly being inebriated whereas on responsibility — and dealing the case of a kidnapped three-month-old child.
“When any officer no matter company, county or state tarnishes the badge, all of us undergo the implications,” San Jose police Chief Mata mentioned at a information convention about that case final week.
On the identical information convention, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo known as for drug and alcohol testing for all officers within the division to be included within the metropolis’s subsequent contract with the Police Officers Affiliation.