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Arizona: Police Lieutenant Gets Special Treatment During DUI Jail Sentence
Loaded on Feb. 8, 2017
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2017, page 43
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Police Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Corrections Audits.
Location:
Arizona.
Mesa, Arizona police lieutenant Rick Van Galder apparently thought he deserved special treatment after his DUI arrest – and he got it.
Van Galder was stopped by rookie officer Gonzalo Dominguez on February 12, 2016 after a concerned citizen called 911 to report a possible drunk driver. The inebriated Van ...
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