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Witnesses alerted police when they saw the staggering ride, which crossed the barrier line and headed into the opposite lane. When the patrol arrived and the alleged driver had stopped at a gas station, it turned out that it was a colleague from the police who responded to the alarm.
In a check he showed Turns out that the driver had a blood alcohol concentration of 2.54 per thousand. The limit for aggravated drunk driving is 1.0 per thousand and the police are now sentenced to two months in prison, writes Bohusläningen.
The police have admitted and during the trial said that the incident caused the collapse of the whole world. On the day in question, in February this year, the police had bought a bottle of alcohol and said they had forgotten that they were scheduled to work. At first, the idea was simply to taste the alcohol, but the bottle was emptied before the police left for work.
The authority staff accountability committee He has recommended that the police be fired, but the problem has not been resolved. If the alcohol abuse by the police is considered to be medical in nature, despite the prison sentence, you will be allowed to keep your job.
– It is the staff responsibility committee that decides if this behavior is such that you can continue working or not. This is an extremely serious crime and is of course considered in the committee’s decision, says Lars Eckerdal, chief of police in Fyrbodal.
After the incident, the police received help for his addiction.
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