Video Shows Missouri Police Chief Allegedly 'Hammered Drunk,' Failing Sobriety Tests

so we'll do this and go from there okay so deep breath for me chief uh how you doing tonight sir uh do you have your driver's license and insurance where you come from tonight i'm actually from behind my castles okay the reason why i pulled you over you've been weaving quite a bit well i know because i was eating uh okay eating while driving okay um well how long's it been since your last drink a couple hours a couple hours okay um i'm a police officer where you worked at wood hazelwood okay how long have you been out in hazelwood since 1979 oh wow you're a police chief there's one all right um well uh chief um say it's been a few hours since your last drink you know how it is i just got to make sure you're okay to continue where do you live at waterford crossing okay um how about how about this chief just so i feel comfortable knowing you're not intoxicated and you're okay to go can you uh can you just resize the alphabet starting with letter d and ending on the letter n without things so d to n without singing uh starting on the letter d and ending on the letter n without singing so d to n without singing [Music] [Music] do you have your uh do you have your police id and stuff with you uh greg hall says he's the chief of hazelwood so cheap before i can let you drive i have to confirm you're not impaired okay so we could either start with the pbt see if it's necessary to do field sobriety or i could have you do some field sobriety tests either way i have to do something before i can let you drive or before we figure out something else how much longer do you have leftover hazelwood pardon me how much longer do you have left out at hazelwood are you just nine months nine months you ready to be retired it's open yeah yeah it's uh i can only imagine how much things have changed since you started in law enforcement and seeing the way it's gone all right so we'll do this and go from there okay so deep breath for me chief i'm gonna hold it just blow hard until that blow keep going keep going keep going keep going up hang on a second we'll try that one more time we're almost there deep breath for me blow hard until you tell i tell you stop keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going i will get it this time just a little bit longer if you could all right deep breath in and then just blow hard until i tell you to stop all right um hang tight right here uh i'll get back with you okay you just live right up the street um do you have your uh service handgun with you in here no you don't carry off duty no no all right um hank i'll be right back with you hey sergeant yeah it's hard to get you over here but uh you've made the big bucks so uh uh so chief hazelwood he is hammer drunk right now yeah he's he's over two he is hammered he was dodging sniper fire out there so weaving all over the place is it all on uh is it all on the uh dash cam yeah the driving and all the contracts so far yeah so he lives not too far from here up the street off k i think um he's a currency yeah because he's like six six to nine months or something away from retirement what's he said what's that what is he said what's he said yeah has he said anything is he said that uh he was coming from b hulls and went to white castle to get some food and then was heading home so i have to do the alphabet this is before i found out anything and he said that uh um [Music] oh i'm sorry he uh just complete butchered the alphabet so so i got through all that and then you gotta feel spread i haven't done field sobriety yet just observations he's uh yeah this is a tough day and age man you know um when you have he uh on all these uh electronic things and technology i didn't like to handle anything else all right your call as eyes only you would just stare at the tip of my finger right here okay hmm you you realize the position you're putting up in right i understand i've been i'm not doing anything i'm sorry hands down at your sides hang on one second for me sir um just right foot in front of your left foot heel to toe on that line keep your hands at your sides okay i gotta chase what's that bad ankles how old are you sir 66 66 yeah for being 66 you're in good condition though so right foot in front of your left foot hang on one second form of chief um i'm just gonna have you stand like this or if you're not able to just stand like that let me just go ahead and explain demonstrate this test for you okay sir say that again uh so i'm just gonna have you stand over there on the line i'm just gonna explain and demonstrate this test for you okay so from your stance you're gonna take us here's nine heel toe steps on that yellow line okay when you get to your ninth step you're going to leave your lead fun line take a serious small step nine yes correct so when you get to your ninth step you're going to leave your lead foot in line take it serious small steps turn around take another shears up nine heel toe steps back on that yellow line okay so keep it'll look like this okay so using your yo one one two three so on and so forth until you get to nine when you get to nine leave your lead fun line take a series of small steps turn around take another series nine heel toe steps back upon that yo line one two three so and so forth until you've completed the test thank you i just need you to remember hang on one second for me sir i'm just not able to do this you know what just thought that johnny [Music] i don't want to i really don't want uh i also i mean you saw what happened in in chicago right with the with their uh chief police and they they look i'm liable this is all on camera how's it how's that look if i don't do my job i i'm gonna be honest her like this is a really bad position to put me in john nesky chief meske is on his way okay and he's top he's on his way up here he's on his way and uh we did our job i'll find these like i said yeah i just it's all being on camera i just don't like hey chicago i'm sure you remember when that whole superintendent i'm not making this is not you know uh i gave i gave curt and i'm still recording i i gave courtesy uh yeah to my supervisor absolutely to let him know this the the the issue and uh because you know things like this are cause yeah no absolutely problems absolutely so i wanted him to be aware of what our decision was and give him the opportunity to make a different one or contact the chief of police and he contacted the chief of police and he lives down the street and he'll be here shortly all right perfect i will back you 100 any decision you can make on that i appreciate it yeah don't want to lock up a chief or another hammer though he's hammered and he doesn't have vgn this is a common thing for him oh really well you know unfortunately here's what happens it'll probably kill him a bitch because if he does this regularly his body is going to be really good he's obviously got an issue yeah i don't know hopefully uh people get up here and decide but either way um yeah just hopefully into retirement and he doesn't get madness hopefully we had i got family out in florida last time i was out there right i didn't see it it's not me it's not you and it's not jordan right now there's cruises and there's a captain and she so when we're done here i'm going back on patrol and i our chiefs a day a week from retirement nathan if i take him home or are you gonna have any issues not at all i'm sorry to get you out here i just no no but i want to make sure that's okay because you you do what you got to do if you don't mind i will take him home i know i have known him for a lot of years yeah it's not understandable and and again sorry to wake you up chief nope nope nope that's okay he and i are gonna have a long talk on the way home you did your job

Channel: Law&Crime Network

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Length: 14min 26sec (866 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 17 2022