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(Photo: WDIV video) A recent Detroit Fire Department embarrassment now has a chaser, just over a week later. An acting battalion chief from the Ladder 6 company, found to be drunk early Monday after the on-duty crash above, is on unpaid leave and faces possible dismissal, Fire Commissioner Eric Jones tells WXYZ, Fox 2 and the Freep. The unnamed officer, who wasn t injured, was screened for drugs and alcohol, and tests revealed he was intoxicated, according to the commissioner. Due to the ongoing investigation, Jones declined to give his blood-alcohol level. The same officer was disciplined in 2016 after testing positive for driving with unprescribed codeine in his blood, Fox 2 says.
(Photo: WDIV video) A recent Detroit Fire Department embarrassment now has a chaser, just over a week later. An acting battalion chief from the Ladder 6 company, found to be drunk early Monday after the on-duty crash above, is on unpaid leave and faces possible dismissal, Fire Commissioner Eric Jones tells WXYZ, Fox 2 and the Freep. The unnamed officer, who wasn t injured, was screened for drugs and alcohol, and tests revealed he was intoxicated, according to the commissioner. Due to the ongoing investigation, Jones declined to give his blood-alcohol level. The same officer was disciplined in 2016 after testing positive for driving with unprescribed codeine in his blood, Fox 2 says.