Trooper arrested for DUI at training
A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was arrested for driving while impaired when he reported for an in-service training session at the Patrol’s district office in Duluth on Wednesday.By: Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun
DULUTH, Minn. — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was arrested for driving while impaired when he reported for an in-service training session at the Patrol’s district office in Duluth on Wednesday.
Trooper Nick Morse of Two Harbors has been placed on investigative leave.
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Morse drove his squad car from his home in Two Harbors and arrived at the training at 8:10 a.m. A supervisor noticed the odor of alcohol coming from Morse, who was given field sobriety tests and arrested
Morse was taken to the St. Louis County Jail, where a breath test showed an alcohol concentration of .08, which is the legal limit in Minnesota. Morse was then booked into the St. Louis County Jail and issued a citation for 4th Degree DUI.
Morse has been a state trooper since April 2009. He has not previously been disciplined.
“State troopers are dedicated to taking impaired drivers off the road, which makes this incident even more egregious and unacceptable,” Col. Kevin Daly, chief of the State Patrol, said in a prepared statement. “We don’t tolerate impaired driving, regardless of who is behind the wheel.”
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