Drunk policeman caught directing traffic that didn’t exist: Police

Inset: Garrison Deputy Page (Bibb County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Garrison Page Receives 2019 Deputy of the Year Award (Houston County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook).

AND Georgia A police officer who once won the Deputy of the Year award has been arrested and charged DUI last week after he drunkenly tried to direct traffic outside an elementary school – even though police officers said there were no cars in the area.

“It’s none of your business,” Houston County Sheriff’s Deputy Garrison Page said when asked what he was doing and whether he needed medical attention, according to an incident report obtained by a local NBC affiliate. WMGT.

Page, a former Bibb County police officer who started working in Houston County just eight days before his arrest, was at Skyview Elementary School in Lizella, Georgia – dressed in plain clothes and driving a patrol car – when he was encountered by Board of Education officers last Tuesday, according to the lawsuit. Police.

According to a Nov. 19 incident report, Page was allegedly slurring his words and standing unsteadily while talking to officers about what he was doing. The report states that at one point he even walked away to allegedly stand in the road.

According to a local ABC affiliate, one witness who saw the scene told authorities that Page seemed “out of order” and was talking to himself while driving cars that didn’t exist. WSB.

BOE officers said Page smelled the odor of alcohol, prompting them to arrest him on suspicion of DUI for allegedly arriving at the scene. According to WSB, an open can of Mike’s Harder Lemonade and an unopened can of Natural Light beer were allegedly found in his police car.

Page, who wonDeputy of the Year” in 2019, while working in Houston County, he allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer test, and after his arrest, he was uncooperative with the Bibb County Jail, and staff reported that he tried to remove the needle from his arm while attempting a blood test.

Authorities had to obtain an order from a Supreme Court judge to finally draw his blood, although the results have not been made public.

Page was reportedly fired after being booked on DUI charges. HCSO officials say he has been suspended pending termination of his employment.