A Windermere Reserve Officer driving a marked city of Windermere patrol car was stopped for suspicion of DUI in Winter Springs in Polk County. The officer, a reserve still in training with the city of Windermere, was driving in her pajamas, when she was stopped by Winter Springs Police. She was stopped after a Cpl. notified Winter Springs Police that she had been pounding on the door of another Windermere officer's home and appeared to be intoxicated.
The Winter Springs officers spotted her driving the Windermere patrol car and followed her on Winter Springs Boulevard, when she suddenly turned into the George Towne neighborhood. When she was stopped, she told officers that "she turned into the area because she was afraid that a police officer was behind her, and she knew she had been drinking," according to the report. When she was asked, she admitted, "I had three beers, and I know I should not have been driving." She indicated that the officer whose door she had been pounding on was her boyfriend, but that their superiors did not know they were dating.
She passed a field sobriety test that did not require a breath test, the report states. However, records show she used her arms for balance and missed putting the tip of her finger on the tip of her nose. The Winter Springs Police Chief indicated that she was not arrested, but insisted she was not allowed to be above the law. "There is no professional courtesy," he said. After hearing that she had passed the field sobriety tests, he told police, "I can't believe she passed the exercises, she had been drinking since 9 o' clock last night," the report states.
The Windermere Police Chief indicated that she was suspended pending the outcome of an administrative investigation. She told Winter Springs officers that "she would do anything if we would let her go. She had reported that she could lose her [law enforcement] certification for this." The Windermere Police Chief referred to statewide policies for police and municipal agencies that prohibit public employees from driving publicly owned vehicles after consuming any amount of alcohol. He indicated that under the policies it did not matter "if it was one hour ago or 10 hours ago."
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