Several Clearwater officers disciplined for unrelated internal affairs cases - 2015-06-17
Several Clearwater officers disciplined for unrelated internal affairs cases June 17, 2015,
CLEARWATER — Officer Dennis Shane Cason was off-duty, bar-hopping, and drinking Bud Light on Dec. 9. Although he felt a "buzz going," he got behind the wheel of his Ford pickup and crashed into a tree on Hercules Avenue just before 4 a.m.
Several witnesses reported that he smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, and an unsteady gait, but his blood-alcohol level was never measured and responding officers did not charge him with DUI, deciding instead to cite Cason for careless driving, according to internal affairs records released Wednesday by the Clearwater Police Department.
Cason was also suspended for eight days and will be removed from the SWAT team for two years.
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