On Thursday, a state committee suggested that a Portland police officer who drove while intoxicated to a crime scene have his police certification revoked for life.
In addition to retiring while under investigation, Bradley McIntyre kept his driving-under-the-influence arrest in Washington state a few weeks prior a secret from his superiors.
Mark Daniel, a member of the state Board on Public Safety Standards & Training’s police policy committee, described McIntyre’s actions as “extremely aggravating.”
Daniel pointed out that McIntyre had the opportunity to get assistance following his arrest for impaired driving in Clark County in February 2021, but he chose to hide it and was later found intoxicated while on duty.
Daniel, the police chief of Mount Angel and head of the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, stated that it is simply incomprehensible for someone to arrive at work intoxicated, operate a police car while intoxicated, and attend to a homicide investigation while intoxicated. Therefore, I think a lifelong suspension is suitable.
After determining that McIntyre had broken the state’s moral fitness requirements for police officers, the police policy committee unanimously decided to cancel his lifelong police certification. The entire board will now vote on the recommendation.
McIntyre examined and preserved crime scene evidence while employed by the Portland Police Bureau as a forensic criminalist. According to official documents, he retired in late January 2023 while being investigated.
When contacted subsequently, McIntyre, who is now 58, declined to comment on the certification suggestion and did not attend the committee meeting.
He just mentioned that he is doing his hardest and that he regrets his history being brought up again, and that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
On February 25, 2021, McIntyre was taken into custody in Portland when a supervisor saw that he appeared intoxicated while responding to a murder scene.
Investigators were informed by the supervisor that McIntyre was slow and lethargic and seemed to be out of his game. According to state documents, he struggled to balance while processing the crime scene and braced himself by leaning on a car.
McIntyre took the wheel of a forensic evidence division vehicle and drove away despite being instructed to sit in the passenger seat. According to the papers, McIntyre did not stop when his supervisor went to the car and hit the window with his flashlight in an attempt to call his attention.
McIntyre was pulled over during a traffic stop by two officers who were instructed to stop his vehicle. His blood alcohol concentration was.26%, more than three times the legal limit, and he was charged with driving while intoxicated.
After being sent to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, McIntyre made a guilty plea and entered diversion in June 2021. His administrative leave was imposed. After McIntyre successfully completed diversion, the charge was dropped a year later.
However, an internal affairs investigation revealed that McIntyre had previously been involved in an automobile accident in La Center that was related to DUII.
A Clark County sheriff’s officer discovered McIntyre’s vehicle in a ditch after responding to an accident report on February 3, 2021. According to state documents, McIntyre was found hiding behind a nearby tree and was treated for a facial cut at a hospital.
The deputy reported that McIntyre’s eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred, and he had an alcoholic odor on his breath. A blood sample revealed a blood alcohol concentration of.19 percent. According to state records, McInytre claimed to have been coming from a casino, had consumed two or three beers, and had swerved to prevent a car turning into his lane.
McIntyre failed to notify the Police Bureau of the collision or the charge as required. Formally, he was charged on February 4, 2021. A Clark County court put him on five-year bench probation and postponed prosecution till October 2023.
McIntyre was reportedly quite drunk in both the Portland and Clark County cases, according to Scotty Nowning, a Salem police investigator and the chair of the police policy committee.
Given that McIntyre claimed to have taken his last drink at 3 p.m. but blew a.26 far into his shift at 1:30 a.m., Nowning pointed out that it was likely that McIntyre was drinking while on duty in Portland.
Veteran Tigard police officer Kevin Dresser, a committee member, pointed to McIntyre’s disrespect for public safety and the possibility that he compromised a homicide investigation.
Others pointed to McIntyre’s two DUIIs in a short period of time, his failure to report his first DUII, and his refusal to appear for his planned internal affairs investigation as aggravating circumstances.
According to state records, McIntyre left the Police Bureau on February 26, 2021, and remained there until his retirement.In January 1998, Portland police had employed him.
— Maxine Bernstein writes about criminal justice and federal courts. You can contact her via [email protected], 503-221-8212, X@maxoregonian, or LinkedIn.
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