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IMPD officer faces second drunken driving charge



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An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was arrested Friday on preliminary drunken driving charges in Hamilton County.
Fishers police said officer Allen Johnson, 27, was driving his personal vehicle in Hamilton County while intoxicated. He was arrested and taken to Hamilton County Jail.
IMPD officials said Johnson, a 5-year veteran of the department, was off-duty at the time of his arrest. He was suspended without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
Friday's arrest was the second time Johnson has been arrested on drunken driving charges. In November 2012, Johnson was pulled over in a pick-up truck on Keystone Avenue near 71st Street for speeding. According to court documents, Johnson told an officer he had three drinks before getting in his car. Johnson failed field sobriety tests and registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.086 percent, which is above the legal limit to drive.
Court records show Johnson was found guilty in that case of one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and was placed on probation. IMPD spokesman Chris Wilburn said Friday he did not know any details about the outcome of any internal investigation in that case.
"As a department we are very disappointed right now," Lloyd Crowe, IMPD assistant chief, said in a statement after Johnson's second arrest. "We expect our officers to have better decision making skills both on-duty and off-duty. We will continue to ensure our officers have the resources available to address stress-related issues that come with a career in law enforcement, but we will not accept behavior that puts our community at risk."
Since Johnson has not been formally charged, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's office had no other information available Friday afternoon, including Johnson's blood-alcohol content at the time of his arrest. OWI charges are used when a person drives a vehicle while registering a blood-alcohol content of at least 0.08 percent.
It's unclear what Johnson's standing with IMPD will be after his internal investigation. Department policy recommends a suspension for officers who are arrested on OWI charges while driving a personally owned vehicle. A second such offense, however, can be grounds for dismissal.
Johnson is the latest in a string of IMPD officers charged with drunken driving.
On May 18, officer Edward Zehner was pulled over in New Palestine after one of the town's officers saw him driving erratically. Zehner registered a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.16 percent. Sgt. Kendale Adams, an IMPD spokesman, said Zehner served a 30-day suspension and is back on duty.
IMPD officer Bryan Neal, a patrolman on the late shift, was arrested June 6 after police said he was visibly drunk and had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when he arrived at work.
IMPD Capt. Mark Rice was arrested on June 22 by Indianapolis International Airport Police after an officer saw him driving onto the median of an I-465 exit ramp, according to a probable cause affidavit. Court documents said Rice registered a blood-alcohol content of about 0.09.

Kevin Edward Brown, who worked at IMPD for 16 years, quit after he was arrested for the second time on drunken driving charges last week. On July 28, Brown was arrested after he drove through a White Castle drive-through while apparently intoxicated and turned on his emergency lights, according to court documents.