A suburban New York police officer accused of an off-duty drunken driving accident that injured another police officer had been featured in a television news story warning against driving while distracted.
Scarsdale police say Westchester County Police Officer Joseph Kraus was released without bail Monday, pending a future court date on a misdemeanor DWI charge. He was not represented by a lawyer.
Police records show Kraus refused to take a breathalyzer test after driving through a blinking red light in the village on Sunday and hitting a marked police car.
Kraus was suspended with pay after the accident. The injured Scarsdale police officer underwent surgery Monday for injuries that were not considered life threatening.
A WABC-TV news video showed Kraus as part of the county's Crash Reduction Unit, which tries to prevent accidents.
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