The Police are making arrests for DUIs.  A story broke today about 30 officers being disciplined.  Many of the disciplined officers were involved in sexual misconduct.  However, I was shocked to see a few of them were officers convicted of DUI or Alcohol Related offenses.  One of the officer’s was the the poster child for getting tough of DUIs. 

Here’s a break down of what discipline occurred:

Officers disciplined

Other current or former peace officers disciplined today were:
— Centerville police: John F. Spencer, revoked for felony convictions of child abuse and assault
— Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office: Jaron H. Brown and Ronald Friend, two-year suspensions for sexual misconduct and associating with criminals; James M. Coleman, revoked for theft conviction
— Orem police: Barry T. Nielsen, revoked for conviction of sexual battery
— Utah Highway Patrol: John C. Ellis, revoked for criminal trespass
— South Ogden: Stuart J. Ford, revoked for domestic violence
— Utah County Sheriff s Office: Troy W. Abplanalp, revoked for conviction of making threats with a weapon
— Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center: Stephanie K. Poret, revoked for drug use
— Tooele County Sheriff s Office: Elizabeth M. Miller, revoked for custodial sexual misconduct
— Salt Lake City police: Roger J. Nielson, revoked for sexual misconduct; Cortney C. Haggerty, four-year suspension for drug use
— Utah Department of Corrections: Stephen A. Gray, revoked for custodial sexual misconduct; Katie C. Schofield, revoked for custodial sexual misconduct; Robert W. Crozier, revoked for sexual misconduct with a state computer; Alan W. Hurst, three-year suspension for driving under the influence; Bryan R. Sandness, two-year conviction for driving under the influence; David A. Goodrich, 9-month suspension for pattern of misconduct
— Ogden police: Leon Weese, 18-month suspension for sexual misconduct
— University of Utah police: Tory K. Park, three-year suspension for driving under the influence
— Police academy cadets: Benjamin L. Walker, four-year suspension for theft; Valerie Hutchens, four-year suspension for falsifying her application
— Washington County Sheriff s Office: Joy L. Andrews, three-year suspension for lying
— Cache County Sheriff s Office: Jared L. Glover, one-year suspension for pattern of misconduct

Chief, jail officers among more than 30 disciplined by police board
By Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake Tribune
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Posted: 6:00 PM- ST. GEORGE – In what might be the largest docket in its history, the state’s police board Monday booted or disciplined more than 30 peace officers accused of wrongdoing.
That included action against the former Helper police chief and four Utah County jail officers all accused of sexual misconduct.
The four jail officers were found to have had sex with a woman jail employee in the evidence room and other locations in the jail, said the board’s investigator, Lt. Steve Winward. All four men, the woman and another male jail employee have already resigned after the affair came to light in the fall.
One Corrections officer, Michael Kingston, had his peace officer certification revoked, meaning he cannot practice law enforcement elsewhere in Utah. A former sergeant at the jail, Mark B. Binks, received a four-year suspension of his certification, while jail officer Michael H. Houck received a three-year suspension and jail officer James B. Collyer was suspended for two years.
The board revoked the peace officer certification of former Helper Chief George Zamantakis for having an affair with a one-time department secretary and then lying about it to state investigators.
Winward said when the affair came to light it caused a disruption in the small town. But investigators also noted Zamantakis still had the support of the mayor and other officers with the police department.
The board, called the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, adjudicated twice as many cases as normal for its quarterly meeting. Winward said the high number was not the sign of an increased discipline problem in Utah police but rather investigators and the board trying to adjudicate cases that had been ongoing.
"We were cleaning things out," Winward said.
The board meeting is coinciding with the annual conference of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association. One of the conference discussion items for Tuesday is titled: "Ethics on the Job: A Continuing Challenge."
The board also revoked the certification of former Hildale and Colorado City, Ariz., marshals Fred Barlow and Preston Barlow. The two marshals, which worked in the polygamist community on the Utah-Arizona border, already have been decertified in Arizona. They were found to have written to the community’s leader, Warren Jeffs, while he was a fugitive and they failed to answer the questions of investigators looking for Jeffs.
The board issued a four-year suspension to former Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Fred Swain. In June 2006, Swain, who lead UHP’s DUI squad, wrecked his UHP car in Draper and was charged with driving under the influence. He resigned from the patrol and later pleaded guilty to alcohol-related reckless driving.