Claim: Chicago’s mayor says top cop drinking before incident in car.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Walter Jacobson
text: neighborhood and charged with driving under the influence, running a stop sign, invalid registration and obstructing traffic after he allegedly double-parked his 2004 Saab outside a Lincoln Park pizzeria and was seen by police "stumbling" out of the shop. Jacobson reportedly was advised by an officer not to drive his car pending a sobriety test, but he went ahead and did so anyway, and after several blocks was pulled over by officers. Jacobson ultimately passed the Breathalyzer test, and the DUI charge was dropped, just four days before his induction into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame. Jacobson ultimately pleaded

title: Chicago Police Department
text: than half the original verdict was awarded for "intentional inflection of emotional distress." In 2007, security camera footage surfaced of an intoxicated off-duty police officer, Anthony Abbate, punching and kicking a female bartender, Karolina Obrycka. This occurred at Jesse's Shortstop Inn on February 19, 2007, after Obrycka refused to serve him any more alcohol. Abbate was later arrested, charged with felony battery, and stripped of police powers after TV news stations aired the footage. The Chicago Police soon terminated Abbate from the force, but questions remained over the city's handling of the case. Abbate was allowed to enter his courtroom

title: Bill Mitchell (politician)
text: "dictating its views" to the rest of the state and Brown added that Chicago "overshadows" the rest of Illinois. An August 30, 2003, article in the Bloomington–Normal newspaper "The Pantagraph" stated that Mitchell was arrested for DUI near Heyworth, Illinois, and was also charged with improper traffic lane usage. The McLean County Sheriff's report indicated that his breath-alcohol level was 0.186 percent, which is more than twice Illinois legal BAC limit of 0.08. Mitchell pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 24 months of court supervision. Bill Mitchell (politician) Bill Mitchell (born March 29, 1960) is a Republican

title: San Diego Police Department
text: an officer who had a traffic accident while driving drunk. Detective Jeffrey Blackford struck a utility box with his car at about 1:00 a.m. on the morning of December 7, 2012. Two off-duty friends, Sergeant John Iammarino and Detective Daniel Caropres, stopped their car to render assistance but did not report the accident. Later, Sergeants William Brown and Christopher Tivanian (who were on-duty) came to the crash site. They reported the accident at about 2:15 a.m., but the driver was not administered a blood-alcohol test until about 3:00 a.m. He was just over the legal limit. In November 2014, two

title: Tim McCarthy
text: including standardized DUI tests and easier to read license plates. White won the primary election with 55% of the vote to McCarthy’s 45% of the vote, or a margin of 100,195 votes. In 1999, he earned a Master of Science degree in criminal/social justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. In March 2016, he was awarded the first annual Chief of Police of the Year award by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. The award cited his legislative advocacy, supervision of the building of the country’s first police station to receive a LEED Gold certification, working to establish the

title: Walter Jacobson
text: guilty to negligent driving, obstruction of traffic and running a stop sign, and he was sentenced to four months' supervision and was fined $450. He also agreed to undergo evaluation of his use of alcohol. After the incident, Jacobson responded—with his Perspective commentary—on Fox News, claiming he was pulled over by an unmarked car full of people in baseball caps, not policemen. He later went on to say that he was "mishandled" by the police. On June 18, 2008, Jacobson was arrested near his home in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood for DUI charges after failing a field sobriety and Breathalyzer

title: Random checkpoint
text: and 2014, a majority of sobriety checks in Chicago were conducted in black and Latino neighborhoods, despite some white neighborhoods ranking among those with the highest number of alcohol-related traffic accidents. Police also use hastily set up roadblocks to check cars and car trunks when they are pursuing an armed and dangerous fugitive, such as an escaped maximum security prisoner or a suspected armed robber or murderer who is believed to be fleeing from police. Police at such a checkpoint may be armed with shotguns, submachine guns or semiautomatic carbines, in addition to their duty sidearms, depending on the laws

title: Jack Muller
text: for his entire career. In 1953 Muller was assigned traffic duty on Rush Street. In the narrow night club–lined street, there was never enough parking, and keeping the lanes open and cars moving was a big job. He soon became a familiar sight, patrolling the street on his motorcycle. On August 7, 1954, Muller observed a Cadillac going east down the westbound lane of Oak St. The car was driven by the wife of chief judge of the Superior Court of Cook County Samuel B. Epstein, and the judge was in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses reported that as the officer

title: Lager Beer Riot
text: year, after Boone was turned out of office, the prohibition was repealed. Before 1853, Chicago had only "a small force of armed municipal officers." The Cook County sheriff's office was largely responsible for policing the city, whose constable system "was modeled on the colonial and English systems." Lacking any distinction of their own, elected town constables and night watchmen contributed to the protection of the city. In response to the inadequacy of the constable system, a police department separate and distinct from municipal courts was established in 1853. All eighty men who comprised the newly formed Chicago Police department were

title: Don Cody
text: of the board for Saskatchewan Government Insurance. The former mayor of Prince Albert is also known for his Drinking and Driving conviction. Cody was arrested March 26, 2003, at his house for being suspected of impaired driving. The police did not immediately charge Mr. Cody which ultimately led to accusations of a cover up. During the trial, the courts heard that he had been pulled over and two constables took him to the police station for a breath sample. Of note was the sample wasn't taken and he was instead driven to the home of then- police chief John Quinn.

title: William C. Marland
text: he drank heavily in office or at inappropriate times during the day have been made by Underwood. In the early 1960s, the ex-governor gave up drinking. But it was not his fate to live out his life as a private individual. A few years after his recovery, he was recognized by a "Chicago Daily News" reporter, Margery McElheny. Marland confirmed that he had been working as a taxicab driver since August, 1962, and the "Daily News" published the exclusive story on March 12, 1965, with the wire services following up on March 13, 1965. The story received great attention nationally.

title: Bob Ryan (mayor)
text: Van Akkeren (26%). On February 21, 2012, Van Akkeren defeated Ryan (53% to 47%) in the recall election. Ryan left office on March 5, 2012. On March 3, 2013 Ryan was arrested for drunk driving near Kiel. While being transported to the Manitowoc County Jail, he commented that he wished the female Manitowoc police officer had arrested him, stating she was "hot" and "smoking". Ryan was charged with an OWI after his blood alcohol level was tested; it was his first citation for drunk driving. He reached a plea agreement of a lesser charge of operating with a prohibited alcohol

title: Don Cody
text: Cody was only charged after police from Regina were called in to investigate. Mr. Cody testified during his trial that he had been drinking that day, but wasn't impaired. As a result the former chief Quinn and two senior officers were suspended immediately after the case became public. Mr. Quinn later resigned. The officers, Staff Sergeant Kelly Liebrecht and Inspector Norm Bergen, each faced a charge of obstruction, as well as a combined 15 charges under the Police Act. Cody held the mayor's seat from 1994 to October 2003. Currently, Cody serves as the elected Councillor for Prince Albert Ward

title: Mayoralty of Rob Ford
text: to "having a few beers". His brother Doug and Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday stated that the incident was blown out of proportion. Later that month, Ford was asked if he had ever smoked marijuana. Ford said, "I won't deny that, I smoked a lot of it." On October 31, 2013, Toronto's police chief Bill Blair said he had viewed a video that "depicts images that are consistent with those previously reported in the press" and added, "It's safe to say the mayor does appear in the video". The Associated Press reported that the video had been "deleted from a computer"

title: Mark Bell (journalist)
text: Tennessee. Bell reported eyewitness accounts that the detective dumped bottles containing alcohol from his cruiser after the crash and that investigators initially ignored those accounts and failed to collect the bottles at the scene. The chief of the Murfreesboro Police Department later admitted that investigators erred in not collecting the bottles, at least one of which was later linked to the sheriff's detective by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Two members of the Murfreesboro Fatal Accident Crash Team, including its commander, were forced to resign from the team and were placed on suspension by Murfreesboro Police Department's police chief and

title: Rob Ford
text: sample, when he had been arrested and convicted of drunk driving. At Saint Patrick's Day festivities in March 2012, Ford was "very intoxicated" at City Hall and a downtown restaurant. According to those attending, Ford held a "wild party" in his office. Ford knocked down a staffer, insulted others, then went to a restaurant. According to one server, Ford did cocaine in a private room at the restaurant. After "flailing around" on the restaurant's dance floor, Ford returned to City Hall by cab, making racial slurs to the driver. The Mayor then wandered around City Hall after 2 am with

title: Herb Bergson
text: charge, after crashing a vehicle he was driving into a bridge near Spooner, Wisconsin. Bergson addressed the press on December 15, after suffering from a concussion and other injuries, stating that he does not have an alcohol problem, and "would never drink again". In May 2012 Bergson was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, followed by an arrest in September 2013, which resulted in four charges, including drunk driving and driving with an open container. Bergson is the only mayor of Duluth to have also served two terms as mayor of Superior, Wisconsin, Duluth's Twin Ports sister city

title: Josh Hancock
text: that was involved in a prior accident. A police report revealed that Hancock was intoxicated at the time of his fatal accident with a blood-alcohol level of 0.157, nearly double the legal limit in Missouri. Police found 10.95 grams of marijuana and a pipe in his vehicle, although toxicology reports came back revealing that there was no marijuana in his system. Hancock was texting on his cell phone when the accident occurred, and was not wearing a seatbelt. An accident reconstruction team determined that Hancock was driving in a zone. The Cardinals' scheduled game with the Chicago Cubs later that

title: A New Day (The Wire)
text: mayor for keeping an open door. After the ministers leave, Wilson and Carcetti discuss the difficulty of their position; if Carcetti fires Herc, then the rank and file of the police department will be upset, but leniency will upset the black political infrastructure. Carcetti refers to the situation as his "first bowl of shit," alluding to the anecdote shared to him by a former mayor in Unto Others. Colonel Cedric Daniels and ASA Rhonda Pearlman host a meeting with the homicide unit. They ask for suggestions to pass on to the new mayor and state's attorney. Detective Crutchfield suggests improved

title: Murder of Laquan McDonald
text: the mayor had done that, he wouldn't be the villain in this sordid story. He'd be the hero. Or at least the guy who finally, for once in his life, did the right thing. Emanuel has since created the Task Force on Police Accountability to review current training and oversight for Chicago's police officers. He also maintains he never saw the dash-cam video until it was publicly released and will not resign. Emanuel's image received a blow when U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang accused city attorney Jordan Marsh, an attorney who handled cases in the office that represents the city