Today’s installment is an exclusive, otherwise-unreported story covering the drunk driving arrest of a Lower Township, New Jersey police lieutenant on April 27, 2018.
On that date at approximately 6:28 pm, Lower Township police communications received a call from a concerned citizen regarding a black Chevrolet truck driving erratically on Breakwater Road toward Route 9. The citizen described the vehicle as being operated at a high rate of speed and in a manner unsafe to other vehicles on the road — reporting that the driver had already ran a light and nearly crashed multiple times. Two officers were assigned to the call and responded, quickly locating the vehicle and noting that “the driver was not able to maintain the[ir] lane of travel,†and that “the vehicle cross[ed] over the center line as well as the fog line numerous times” while it was under their observation.
In the area of Route 9 and Honeysuckle road, the lead officer attempted to stop the truck, but its driver turned onto Honeysuckle and continued for another quarter mile before coming to a stop. At that point the driver of the vehicle was identified as Lower Township Police Lieutenant John A. Chew. The responding officers contacted their command staff per department protocol, and after some attempts at field sobriety tests, Chew was placed under arrest for driving under the influence.
Back at the station the on-duty administrator – also a lieutenant – observed Chew’s breath alcohol testing. His report memorialized the following events: “I then read the defendant his Miranda warnings from a card in the processing area. As I completed each sentence of the form I asked if he understood. After each question, he raised his right hand and extended the middle finger in my direction. Upon asking the last question if he wished to answer questions he again extended his middle finger in my direction. I advised I would consider that a NO.â€
Chew’s attorney hired expert witness Kevin Flanagan to review the entire arrest. Flanagan, now retired from law enforcement, spent 16 years working in and eventually leading the Alcohol Testing Unit of the New Jersey State Police. Flanagan authored a highly detailed 12 page report covering every possible deficiency in the case against Chew. Nevertheless, on September 13, 2018 John Chew pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. His driver’s license was revoked for seven months followed by six months with an ignition interlock, and he was required to spend a minimum of six hours a day for two consecutive days in an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center or IDRC. IDRCs provide a 12-hour education class conveying information about New Jersey’s alcohol and drug laws and the effect of alcohol and drugs on the body and driving ability. They also conduct screenings for referrals to assessments and/or self-help groups for treatment of substance abuse issues. Chew was also assessed $689 in fines. That battery of punishments is standard for a first DUI in New Jersey.
John Chew is no longer employed by Lower Township Police Department. As of the time of this story’s publication Lower Township Police had not responded to questions and a request for comment.
The complete 79-page case record, including the entire report by Kevin Flanagan, will be available to Patreon supporters shortly. (Thank you.)
EDIT: This is an important incident and it seems to be getting a fair amount of attention. Accordingly, I have decided to make all of the supporting documentation available. The complete case file can be found at http://tiny.cc/DUI.
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I feel bad for the people who call this a bootlicker channel. You are confusing them.
So they can get back to work – drunk drivers getting law enforcement jobs
He's under arrest – no handcuffs, wouldnt even have searched him if the camera wasnt on – he is running the show !
Special treatment for their "BOYS"
So he is going to find out who called and the rest are going to make their life miserable – I'm pretty sure nobodfy else would be let know who called !
I actually feel extremely bad for the other police who had to arrest a superior….
Average citizen would be on the way to the hospital first, then jail.
🤢🤮are you that sweet to all the drunks on the road?
Im sorry but no.. he chose to drink and drive and knew what he was risking with the first sip. Call an Uber, a friend, but I can't feel bad for him
15:30
“I would love to know who called.â€
Nothing at all concerning about a member of law enforcement saying that.
It's interesting to me how bluntly they talk about being recorded while being recorded.
I wish they treated everyone this kindly
Homie straight up said “we gotta do everything pretty much by the book hereâ€
I wish cops were this nice to me when I got arrested.
One system for me and another for thee. LEO's must be consistant in thier methods. I expect every LEO to treat people they stop just as if they were stopping thier Lt. I am sure that will happen when I can fly across the sky and fart skittles in a rainbow of colors.
they can never take what they dish out, how funny. he refused to take the cuffs but you are no more special than the next citizen, pathetic how they think they are above the law. despicable
I wish the cops would treat us the same way they're more rough and if we said we didn't want to get handcuffed they would slam us against the car and put the cuffs on police will never change their so nice to their officer but what about US citizens why can't they pay us the same respect
Josh is a chicken he put all that on the other officer he kept his camera off the lieutenant the whole time and he won't even say with your observations the other cop what do you think he knows Josh knows that his Lieutenant his boss is drunk
He is so wasted wow
Well more proof no matter who you are alcohol abuse will destroy your life in a heartbeat 😑
Maybe instead of everyone crying about these guys having to arrest their own LT, think about your job and how hard it would be to just fuck over your own boss for whatever reason. It's tough. They're probably thinking about their own job security and ultimately they did the right thing. A lot of people in this comment section that wouldn't have the balls to do what they did.
these cops think their above the law its bullshit
theses 2 cops are so scared they should be fired
Bent coppers drive Chevy trucks.
This is actual proof that police need to be recorded to do their jobs
I love how nervous the arresting officer is… If this were anyone else they would be on the ground for resisting
.36 ??? Holy crap .. Something tells me this ain't the first time.
Can’t wait till 2077 when will have cameras in our eyes and memory storage in our brains
Sad to hear how tough it is for this cop to do the right thing.
Asset seizure at its finest
That sweet officer could barely keep his head up. Poor guys!
weird I was pulled out of my truck and put on the ground when I got my DUI..
SO, there are times you don’t have to “do things by the book “, WoW 😯
The STUPID peoples comments smh!!! Like they’ve never themselves been behind the wheel when they shouldn’t have. Unless you’ve never drank a sip of alcohol in your life, I can guarantee each and every single one of ya have drove when you shouldn’t of. You just haven’t got caught yet…
The arresting officer was a good guy and was really affected by this .
my take on, it is if they treated everyone like this they would have a hell of a lot less complaints from the public. i don't think they did anything special, everyone should have this privilege.
Proof Positive that mandatory always-on bodycams make a legitimate, trusted police force. "Trust, but verify."
Oh man those officers hearts were breaking… ugh
His ringtone lol
Taze that loser.