Body cam footage: Albuquerque officer arrested for DWI (2024)

DETECTIVES SAY ALCOHOL DOES NOT SEEM TO BE INVOLVED THIS EVENING, NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO OF AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING. IT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH AS SASHA LENNINGER SHOWS US, THE OFFICER CLAIMED HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK. IT IS JUNE 9TH WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YOU ARE NOW UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE MAN IN HANDCUFFS ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER JORDAN HERNANDEZ, PORTUGAL A-P-D UNIT DOING OVER 100, KEEPS DRIVING OFF THE ROAD JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SERGEANT TOBY LAFAVE IS ON I-25 WHEN HE SPOTS HERNANDEZ IN HIS POLICE UNIT. HE PULLS HIM OVER NEAR BOBBY FOSTER ROAD. HOW’S IT GOING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? WHAT’S THE HURRY? I’M JUST IN MY WAY TO WORK. I’M AT. I HAVE LIKE 9 OR 11 MINUTES LEFT. HERNANDEZ IS IN FULL UNIFORM IN HIS MARKED POLICE CAR, DRIVING FROM HIS HOME IN LOS LUNAS TO THE POLICE SUBSTATION IN THE FOOTHILLS. WERE YOU DOING A BUCK 12? I TURNED AROUND, I ACTUALLY SAW YOU IN THE MEDIAN. I TURNED AROUND AND I’VE BEEN CHASING YOU PROBABLY SINCE THE 212 ISH. OKAY, I’LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. OKAY. ONE. YOU’RE SPEEDING. YES, SIR. WITH NO LIGHTS ON. TWO, I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU KEEP GOING OFF THE ROAD. THAT’S WHY I STOPPED YOU LITTLE DID HERNANDEZ KNOW, SERGEANT LAFAVE IS A VETERAN OFFICER WITH SEVERAL YEARS IN THE DWI UNIT AND HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST DUI ARRESTS WITH STATE POLICE AT MORE THAN 3000. HERNANDEZ, WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO DRINK ALCOHOL? UH, YESTERDAY. OKAY, I’M GOING TO CHECK YOUR EYES REAL QUICK. OKAY. HERNANDEZ IS ASKED TO PERFORM SEVERAL TESTS. HERNANDEZ, DO ME A FAVOR ON THAT IMAGINARY LINE. PLACE YOUR LEFT FOOT JUST LIKE THIS. OKAY? GO AHEAD AND DO IT FOR ME. NOW. MR. HERNANDEZ, I’M SORRY. THAT WAS YOUR RIGHT FOOT. THEN HE’S ASKED TO COUNT BACKWARDS FROM 58 TO 43. 56 OR. SORRY, 40 OR 58 TO WHERE? THAT’S WHEN SERGEANT LAFAVE TELLS HIM THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, MR. HERNANDEZ, I BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE WELL OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. OKAY, OKAY. YOU’RE SPEEDING. YES, SIR. YOU’RE YOU’RE DRIVING BEHAVIOR. OKAY. I MEAN, YES, I MEAN YES. DID YOU DO GREAT IN THE FIELDS? NO. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE FIELD SOBRIETY TEST? YES, SERGEANT LAFAVE THEN CALLS ANOTHER SERGEANT WITH ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TO COME PICK UP HERNANDEZ’S POLICE CAR AND GEAR, BODY CAMERA, VIDEO CAPTURES THE MOMENT THEY AGREE WITH THE ARREST. I WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT, HE LOOKS INEBRIATED, ISN’T HE IN ALBUQUERQUE? SASHA LENNINGER KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS HERNANDEZ IS CHARGED WITH DWI, SPEEDING AND FAILING TO MAINTAIN A LANE. HIS NEXT HEARING IS JULY 5TH. HE IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE