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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 06:54 PM Feb 2020

Colorado officer found passed out drunk in cruiser won't face charges

An Aurora, CO, police officer who was found passed out drunk at the wheel of his patrol car while he was on duty last March will not face DUI charges in the case because prosecutors feel they do not have enough evidence to prosecute him for driving under the influence.

Brauchler announced at a Thursday morning news conference that he would not be pursuing DUI charges against Aurora Police Department Officer Nate Meier. A series of decisions at the scene that day involving Meier’s fellow Aurora officers and some higher-ups led to Meier’s blood not being drawn that day, and the rights that Meier is owed under the law protecting his compelled testimony to internal affairs investigators, led to his decision.

Officer Meier was found passed out behind the wheel of his patrol car in the middle of the road while he was in uniform and armed with his service weapon outside Buckley Air Force Base at 3:44 p.m. on March 29 of last year. But he was never investigated for DUI, and the incident did not come to light until media reports late last year.

https://www.10news.com/news/national/officer-found-passed-out-drunk-in-cruiser-wont-face-charges-due-to-lack-of-evidence-da-says

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Colorado officer found passed out drunk in cruiser won't face charges (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 OP
Same as would have happened with any ordinary citizen FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #1
Well dressed, and not smelling of boooze? Mopar151 Feb 2020 #2
Under the same circumstances, right. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2020 #4
Time to clean out that corrupt department. MerryBlooms Feb 2020 #3
Aurora PD is a real mess. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #5

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
2. Well dressed, and not smelling of boooze?
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:05 PM
Feb 2020

Medical event. Temporary hop deficiency unresponsive to standard dosing. Drank the whole Nyquil bottle, because sniffle.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Under the same circumstances, right.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:17 PM
Feb 2020


Proving that someone is over the limit for alcohol means breathalyzer or blood test.
Alcohol is processed in the body at the rate of 1 oz per hour, give or take, depending on the state of the liver, which in heavy drinkers will process a bit slower.
By the time they would have been able to test him, he would have been under the legal limit.

The police Dept. has a problem now, tho.
It is on record that the cop was found passed out in his car, and that alcohol may have been a factor.
If they let the guy loose on the road, in a squad car, and he hurts someone while drinking, huge lawsuit.
And the fact he was on the job, in uniform, passed out in his car, is a sure fire indicator his drinking is out of control.

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
3. Time to clean out that corrupt department.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:16 PM
Feb 2020

They've lost public trust and rightfully so. How many other cases have they inappropriately handled, but haven't been exposed? Can bet this isn't their first rodeo.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Aurora PD is a real mess.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:20 PM
Feb 2020

Have kids living in Aurora,they comment often about how their PD is such a Racist BackAssWard bunch.

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