CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - One St. Louis County police officer has been fired and another has resigned after they were arrested this month on suspicion of drunken driving.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the arrests bring to three the number of department officers facing allegations of driving drunk while off-duty. Police Chief Jon Belmar has called the situation “troubling.”
The firing happened Thursday and stemmed from a probationary officer’s arrest the night before in O’Fallon, Illinois. Another officer resigned days earlier after his second DWI arrest in a year.
The third officer was charged with DWI and resisting arrest after fleeing a St. Louis police stop in February. Police say officers used a Taser to subdue him after he crashed. He remains suspended without pay.
Belmar says officers have to be held accountable.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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