Seattle Police Charged With DUI

I realize Seattle police officers are not celebrities whom I usually blog about, but I found this recently released DUI story to be interesting and slightly funny.  Kironews.com just reported that two Seattle police officers were arrested and charged with DUI early Monday morning.  Yup you read that correct, 2 cops, here in Seattle, charged with DUI.

The two off-duty police officers, one male the other female, were driving through the SoDo district of Seattle when they crashed their car into a light pole.  According to a witness the car was still in working condition post crash and the driver, the female off duty officer, drove the car into the middle of the street, stopped the car, got out and switch seats with the male officer.  Very suspicious behavior!  The car then fled the crime scene with the male officer driving and the women officer riding shot gun.

The DUI cops were found 2 miles away from their light post hit-and-run crime scene passed out in their car, which was still in the street with the motor running.  When working police approached the car, they unfortuneately recognized their comrades.

The off-duty officers were arrested and booked at the police station.  The female’s BAC levels were .234 and .247 and the male’s BAC levels read .161 and .149, both well above Washington States DUI legal limit of .08

The female cop was processed with a DUI charge and the male officer was processed with DUI-physical control.  They may also be facing charges of hit-and-run for damaging the light post.

These 2 DUI police officers have already tarnished their reputation and could possibly lose their jobs.

A jingle comes to mind for the Seattle DUI cops:

Drunken cops, drunken cops
whacha gonna do, whacha gonna do
when the prosecutors come for you?

DUI cops, DUI cops
whacha gonna do, whacha gonna do
when the judge is sentencing you?

 

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