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Officer Charged with NY DWI in Schenectady
Off duty cop has been investigated several times for other offenses.
A Schenectady city police officer was arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated in New York last Wednesday. Joseph A. Peters, a 10-year veteran with the force, was stopped around 7:30 pm after another motorist reported a vehicle being driven erratically. Peters was off duty in his personal vehicle at the time of the DWI arrest.
Following an investigation by the police department’s Office of Professional Standards, Peters was issued two traffic tickets; one for NY DWI and another for having a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of .08%. Peters was suspended with pay. He is scheduled to be arraigned in January.
Peters, 42, was recently suspended over two separate incidents; using a racial slur during a bar fight and threatening to kill his former wife.
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SCHENECTADY — A city police officer with 10 years on the force has been suspended with pay for allegedly driving drunk in his personal car while off duty.
Joseph A. Peters IV was issued a pair of traffic tickets Wednesday night, one for driving while intoxicated and another for having a blood alcohol level above 0.08, following an investigation by the police department's Office of Professional Standards.
The 42-year-old lawman was pulled over in his older model Ford shortly before 7:30 on Guilderland Avenue after a motorist reported seeing an erratic driver along Route 5, according to police.
He was arraigned Thursday morning before City Court Judge Vincent Versaci and released pending a January appearance, said court officials.
Peters' arrest is the latest setback for the department which after two recent probes suspended officers in two separate incidents, one for allegedly using racial slurs against a man in a bar fight and another accused of threatening to kill his former wife in ongoing domestic problems.
Peters never used a racial slur during a bar fight.
Peters did not threaten to kill his former wife.
Both incidences involved different police officers, not officer Peters.