Aurora Police Officer Nathan Meier promoted 3.5 years after being found drunk at wheel of police car

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https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-cop-promoted-drunk-police-car/

Aurora Police Officer Nathan Meier promoted 3.5 years after being found drunk at wheel of police car

Colorado

BY BRIAN MAASS
JANUARY 11, 2023 / 2:10 PM / CBS COLORADO

Aurora Police Officer Nathan Meier, who was found drunk at the wheel of an Aurora police vehicle in 2019, was recently promoted three and a half years after his actions brought APD into disrepute and cast doubt on the decision-making of APD command officers, CBS News Colorado recently learned.

In March 2019, Meier was found drunk while on duty and at the wheel of a running Aurora police vehicle near Buckley Air Base. Meier was in a full police uniform and was armed. He was so unresponsive, first responders had to break a car window to get to the officer.

But Meier was never arrested or charged with DUI, as command officers deemed it a medical situation. Meier's blood alcohol level was more than five times the legal limit for DUI and he admitted to drinking to the point of impairment.

The case "destroyed our reputation," said then-acting Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson.

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1. I'd like to think it's a story of an alcoholic that maybe (maybe) turned his life around

If he’s sober and doing the right things 3.5 years later, I’m not sure I’m upset about it.

I’d guess the Union saved his job when it happened. Probably mandated 28-day rehab, AA etc.

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2. Was going to post the same (nt)