Arkansas: troubled trooper quits after DUI arrest

From Arkansas Times
Remember Andrew Rhew, the state trooper who was reinstated after being fired for failure to run emergency lights and sirens before a high-speed crash killed an Arkansas motorist?
The State Police reports that he resigned this morning. He turned in his car and other equipment, but gave no specific reason for the resignation. The agency learned later of a possible reason for the resignation.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that Andrew Rhew was arrested at 12:23 a.m. Sunday for “driving while intoxicated and failed to drive on right half of roadway resulting in an accident.” A Highway Patrol employee in that district said there were no injuries reported in the accident, but the trooper who had the accident report was not immediately available to provide more details. Rhew apparently lives in the Missouri bootheel. …..MORE

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