MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina police sergeant was fired after he was found passed out in a department vehicle with a can of beer “between his legs,” authorities said.
Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl Ritchie said Sgt. Matt Kinard was fired Friday after he was found intoxicated while on the job, news outlets reported.
Police responded to a call around 11:20 a.m. about a man passed out in a vehicle near the East Cooper Airport.
Officers found Kinard passed out in a marked police SUV with an “open beer can between his legs.”
Ritche said he was disappointed in Kinard.
“The criminal consequences are consistent with those a non-law enforcement member of our community would be exposed to, and we should not be expected to be treated differently in this circumstance,” Ritchie said in a statement. “I am very disappointed that one of our police supervisors would conduct himself in this manner.”
Kinard was also charged with public intoxication. He was released with a courtesy summons. It’s unclear whether Kinard had an attorney who would comment on his behalf.
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