Yakima police officer charged with DUI

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Dan Jaffe
A story about another noted police officer who got a Washington State DUI. Nothing unusual about this except that the officer is female. I don't have any statistics, but it seems that the vast majority of police officers who are arrested for DUI tend to be men.

Yakima police officer charged with DUI: "YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Yakima police officer who has been a leader in fighting gangs and graffiti has been charged with drunken driving. Probable cause for the charge against 39-year-old Officer Tarin Miller was established Wednesday in Yakima County District Court. Deputy Police Chief Kelly Rosenow says Miller is on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation. She was given a ticket by the State Patrol after another Yakima officer stopped her shortly before midnight March 2. Investigators wrote that her blood-alcohol level registered higher than .16, more than twice the .08 threshold for drunken driving. Miller is a charter member of the Yakima Gang Enforcement Team and is known for working to stop graffiti. Two men were convicted after a downtown graffiti spree that caused thousands of dollars in damage in 2006."

People look at police officers who get DUI arrests or otherwise break the law as hypocrites. What many people who judge them don't realize is that they are under a lot of stress. Like almost every person who gets a DUI, alcohol is used by police officers as a stress relief and a way to deal with work related and personal problems. Hypocritical, yes. More evil or culpable than the average person who gets a DUI, I say no. What do you think?
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