New Jersey Police Lieutenant Arrested for Drunk Driving; .36% BAC – Everything Law and Order Blog

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.”

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 His driver’s license was revoked for seven months followed by six months with an ignition interlock, and he was required to spend a minimum of six hours a day for two consecutive days in an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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40 thoughts on “New Jersey Police Lieutenant Arrested for Drunk Driving; .36% BAC”
  1. 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 !

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. I love how nervous the arresting officer is… If this were anyone else they would be on the ground for resisting

  9. 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…

  10. 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.

  11. Proof Positive that mandatory always-on bodycams make a legitimate, trusted police force. "Trust, but verify."

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