A sloshed Cincinnati police captain allegedly tried to talk her way out of DUI charges by asking an arresting officer if it helped that she’s a fellow cop, according to a report.
Capt. Amanda Caton, 55, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated early Sunday in Loveland, where an officer pulled her over as she drove with her husband, Patrick, who is also a cop in Cincinnati, according to a police report obtained by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
“Does it help that I am a police officer?” Amanda Caton allegedly asked in a slurred voice, according to the report.
Caton, whose eyes were allegedly glassy and bloodshot, then handed over her police ID card and confirmed that she had a firearm in her purse. An officer told Caton to lock the loaded gun in her trunk, but she instead handed it over to the Loveland cop, police said.
Caton’s husband, who was sitting in the passenger seat, proceeded to hold up his police badge before becoming irate that the cop wasn’t letting the fellow law enforcement officers go, the arrest report alleges.
The arresting cop explained to the pair that Caton “reeked of alcohol” and that he could not “just let them go,” as she had failed a sobriety test — after initially declining to perform one because she had heels on, police said.
The officers finally offered to give Patrick a ride to his nearby home, but he said he wouldn’t accept a lift from “you guys,” then left the scene under threat of arrest, police said.
Cops later took Caton to the Loveland Police Department, then back to her home. Once there, an aggressive Patrick allegedly continued confronting the officers, according to the police report.
“Be sure to tell your moms that you met real cops tonight,” it quotes him as saying.
In 2003, Patrick was fired by Cincinnati police after he was acquitted for assault in the 2001 death of Roger Owensby. He was one of three cops accused of beating and choking the man, who later died from his injuries. The lieutenant was later reinstated and awarded $200,000 back pay, the newspaper reports.
Cincinnati police declined to release additional information regarding Caton’s arrest, citing a pending criminal matter.
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