Aurora Police Officer DUI Incident

Aurora Police Officer DUI Case

Incident Overview

• Aurora Police Officer Nate Meier was found passed out drunk in his department car on March 26.
• Medical paperwork indicated Meier's blood alcohol content was five times the legal limit.
• Officers at the scene noted he smelled of alcohol.
• Meier confessed to internal affairs investigators that he was driving drunk.

Lack of Criminal Charges

• Officer Nate Meier will not face DUI charges or any other criminal counts.
• The Aurora Police Department never investigated the incident as a possible crime.
• A series of laws prevents the evidence from being used at a trial.
• 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler announced this at a news conference.
• Brauchler suggested that if someone else had been in the car, the situation would have been treated differently.

Controversy and Resignations

• The case became public and marred the final months of former Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz’s tenure.
• Deputy Chief Paul O’Keefe renounced his plans to serve as interim police chief and retired instead.