A police officer has been charged after being caught allegedly drink driving earlier this month.
Just after 8pm on Sunday 3 March 2019, officers from Nepean Traffic & Highway Patrol Command were conducting stationary random breath testing duties on Russell Street, Emu Plains, when they stopped a vehicle.
The driver – a female detective senior constable attached to a specialist command – returned a positive result and was arrested.
She was taken to Penrith Police Station where she returned an alleged breath analysis reading of 0.067.
The officer was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice for drive with low range PCA – second offence and will appear at Penrith Local Court on Thursday 18 April 2019.
The officer remains on normal administrative duties and subject to internal management action.
