Posted on 07/26/2006 9:34:06 AM PDT by ncountylee
PLANTATION -- A veteran officer and police academy DUI instructor was driving drunk, naked from the waist down, and speeding on Florida's Turnpike at 90 mph when she was pulled over by an Orange County Sheriff's deputy on the night of Dec. 9, according to a Plantation Police Internal Affairs report released this week.
She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits.
Officer Laurie Primeau, 47, has been suspended without pay until Aug. 8. The 1994 Plantation Officer of the Year has been with the department for almost 27 years.
The report states she drew the attention of a police officer when she swerved into his lane and "almost collided" with him.
"I asked her, `Where are your pants?' and I think she answered, `I don't know,'" Deputy David Alvarado told Plantation investigators. "Kinda shocked me."
Alvarado said he asked for backup because "I didn't want to be alone too long with a naked female on the side of the road."
He asked her again about her pants and she reached for her sweatpants and she put them on, he said.
Alvarado told investigators that Primeau "was sweating real bad. Her face was real red. Her eyes were bloodshot." He told investigators she failed a few roadside sobriety exercises.
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Can't make this stuff up.
tip: Don't take fashion cues from Porky Pig
Is it safe to assume her career as a DUI instructor is over?
"She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits."
Maybe Laurie should just use a regular old water bottle next time.
Wow - she definitely went off the Plantation...
Speeding, naked from the waist down, and large open bottle of Southern Comfort. What could go wrong?
Doh! Alcohol is a leading cause of pants that mysteriously disappear.
Let's see:
She's drunk, speeding, naked from the waste down, with an open bottle of liquor in the car, and she is a DUI instructor. Sounds qualified to me!
If she can't teach you how to do it, nobody can! You go party girl!
Training, eh?
I'm actually impressed that the cops did the right thing and busted her. Drunken cops usually get a ride home and a stern lecture. They don't usually get caught officially until they crash.
I was thinking the same thing! She's a great DUI instructor. She'll show you how to do it right!
career as a DUI instructor is over?
sounds like she is great at it.
LOL.I'd like to know why she wasn't wearing any pants.Now that is odd.Maybe a psych exam is in order?
This thread needs a salacious ping!
No. She's not crazy. Probably just a hard alcoholic.
I had an alcoholic roommate in college. He'd get so wasted that he'd pass out with his clothes on and urinate on himself. Then in the middle of the night he'd wake up and remove his wet, soiled pants and underwear and pass back out. He often woke up naked from the waste down (and very embarrased).
Those were the bad nights. On the good nights he'd pee on his floor, in the corner, in the trash can, on his stereo, etc. He always thought he was in the bathroom too.
A unionized city job? Surely you jest!! From the article:
...If she violates department policy or engages in drunken driving again, the chief told Primeau, "I am placing you on notice that you will be terminated."
"This is how you properly do a DIU." "HICK" "BURB"
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