Chaise Watkins, a 31-year-old Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer, was arrested just after midnight on Oct. 27 after officers responding to a report of trouble with a person found him trying to park his marked patrol vehicle in an apartment complex lot in the 1500 block of Stadium Way, near West 16th and North Harding streets, IMPD told WTHR.
Officers saw “signs of intoxication” and called a supervisor to the scene. WISH-TV reported that Watkins was off duty and that the department’s Special Investigations and OVWI detectives took over. He was taken to a hospital for a blood draw, which IMPD said is department policy, and Chief Tanya Terry placed him on administrative leave with no police powers. Police preliminarily charged him with operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person and with operating while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or higher. Both are Class A misdemeanors. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision…