LAPD commander and sergeant drunk in public at 145am

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A high-ranking officer and another supervisor with the Los Angeles Police Department were taken into custody by Glendale police early Friday morning in an alcohol-related incident, marking the third time this week that LAPD officers had been arrested, authorities said.

Glendale police identified the two as Cmdr. Nicole Mehringer, who was booked on suspicion of being intoxicated in public, and James Kelly, who was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence. Kelly is listed as a sergeant in LAPD records.

Glendale police Sgt. Dan Suttles said Mehringer was not cited and won't be charged.

Mehringer and Kelly were taken into custody about 1:45 a.m. near Lomita Avenue and Brand Boulevard after officers saw that their car had "come to rest" up against another vehicle, Glendale police said. No one was hurt, but officers suspected the two had been drinking, Suttles said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-arrests-20180427-story.html

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1. Mehringer and Kelly were the third and fourth LAPD officers taken into custody this week.

Mehringer and Kelly were the third and fourth LAPD officers taken into custody this week.

On Tuesday, an off-duty officer was arrested at a San Diego County checkpoint after Border Patrol agents found two men in his car who were in the country illegally, authorities said. Mambasse Patara — a 42-year-old officer assigned to the LAPD's South Traffic Division — later pleaded not guilty to federal charges of transporting people who were in the country illegally.

Also Tuesday, Officer John Bailey was arrested and charged with workers' compensation fraud, the LAPD said. Bailey, 43, was assigned to the department's Van Nuys Division.

This week's arrests came after another LAPD officer, Edgar Verduzco, was charged last week with murder in connection with a suspected DUI crash on the 605 Freeway in Whittier that killed three people in September.