Bryant, Ark.
A Bryant police officer arrested a Little Rock police officer for DWI, refusal to submit a breath test, and speeding on August 14, 2008.
Officer Nick Ramsey pulled over Russell Littleton, 38, last month.
The report says he was going 19 miles above the speed limit. Police Chief Tony Coffman says when Officer Ramsey pulled him over, "he smelled odor of alcohol from the vehicle."
Ramsey declined to talk to THV, but according to his report, Littleton asked him if he could show him "professional courtesy and let him go."
"You have ordinary citizens that say 'come on man give me a break, let me go'," says Coffman.
According to the report, Littleton says he had four drinks that day. He says "he had three drinks this evening and one drink for lunch."
During one of the sobriety tests, he was swaying and "had leg tremors during the test."
Once at the police station, Ramsey writes, "several times he was on the phone and I could hear the other party yelling obscenities about me arresting him and not letting him go. Mr. Littleton made the comment to me that if I came through Little Rock that I would be taken care of."
Coffman says he does not consider this a threat.
"DWI is a pretty serious offense and nobody wants one. It doesn't matter if it's the general public or police officer," says Coffman.
Coffman commends his officer for doing the right thing.
"Officer Ramsey went by what the law said, and went by the rules," says Coffman.
Little Rock police are investigating the incident and would not comment on the case. However, they did say, Littleton was driving a city vehicle at the time he was pulled over and is banned from driving one until the investigation is over.
He appears before a judge November 20th at the Bryant District Court.
More Information:
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/sep/22/undercover-lr-detective-arrested-dwi/?subscriber/national
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