https://nypost.com/2023/03/17/oklahoma-city-police-captain-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/An Oklahoma City police captain who was arrested for driving under the influence repeatedly asked the arresting officer to turn off his body camera during the investigation.
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As the officer approaches the SUV, he asks French if he’s been drinking, to which he replies, “I’m a captain on the police department,” before specifying he serves as a captain in Oklahoma City.
French then seemingly pointed to his chest and whispered to the officer to “turn the camera off.”
The officer ignored his initial request, asking French how much he had to drink.
French, not wanting to be recorded, made the same motion toward his chest, signaling to stop the bodycam footage.
“I’m not turning my camera off,” the officer says in disbelief at the request.
As the officer began his investigation, French said he’d been playing poker and had “three or four” beers, with his last drink around midnight — nearly two hours before being pulled over.
When asked if it was wise for him to be driving, the captain replied, “No, but I came from four blocks [away].”
French is struggling to complete various field sobriety tests, unable to keep his balance, and asks — for the third time — that the officer “please” turn his camera off.
“I know you are aware of our bodycam policy,” the officer told French. “You know I cannot turn off this bodycam.”
“I do, but I’d like to talk to you,” French said.
The officer tells French — who relentlessly keeps asking for the body camera to be turned off — that he will turn it off following the conclusion of his investigation, with French reiterating that he is a captain.
“I’m a sergeant and I’ve taken an oath to uphold the law. I don’t show favoritism to anyone regardless. I don’t care if you’re a gang banger or the president of the United States,” the officer said.
