Police Lieutenant Arrested For DUI; .36% BAC [Booking footage; with audio]

On June 22, 2019 Real World Police brought you exclusive footage of a police lieutenant's DUI arrest that had been kept quiet for over a year.

New Jersey media outlets covered our publication of the footage. “The drunk-driving arrest of a veteran South Jersey police officer whose blood alcohol level tested at over four times the legal limit is coming to light over a year later... Lower Township police Lt. John Chew, 48, was stopped in the Erma section of Lower Township in his Chevrolet pickup truck on April 27, 2018 after several 911 calls were received about an erratic driver operating at a high rate of speed, according to a case file posted online by an individual or group using the names "Real World Police" and "Real World Media."

Chew's arrest was withheld from the police blotter posted on the Department's Facebook page -where all other arrests for the time period were posted- and it was not disclosed in subsequent weeks. No other media outlet even knew it had happened.

Another news publication wrote: "A summary of the case by Real World Police in its YouTube video description says Chew pleaded guilty on Sept 13, 2018 to driving under the influence and was fined nearly $700, was required to use an ignition interlock for six months following a seven-month license suspension, and was required to spend 12 hours a week in a intoxicated driver resource center." That is accurate, and it was standard for a first-time DUI arrest in New Jersey. Chew retired immediately after his arrest.

Notably, we have since learned that in March 2009, John Chew himself investigated a hit-and-run incident, tracking vehicle debris and tire tracks for hours until he ended up on the doorstep of a different Lower Township police officer. Chew arrested him on a slew of charges.

Some time after publishing the initial footage, we published a portion of the footage seen here. Only it was silent. In fact, we didn't even know that an audio track existed. Audio did not play in any player we used, and ffprobe did not report that audio was present. But it was. And after a lot of cursing, we finally got it to play.

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