An off-duty police officer in Sydney was sentenced to 16 months` imprisonment for using his power to evade a drunk driving test. (photo by Sydney Morning Herald)
A Sydney police officer was sentenced to 16 months in prison by a Sydney court after using his power to evade random breathing tests, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
It is reported that on January 8, 2016, 50-year-old Sydney police officer Jonson (Sarah Louise Johnston) drove past northern Sydney just as the police conducted a random breathing test. After a brief conversation with a novice police officer, Johnson left without a test.
On Friday, Judge Hoy (Christopher Hoy) of Tang Ning`s Central District Court, (Downing Centre District Court), sentenced Jonson to 16 months in prison and 12 months without parole. Jonson wept at the news. Hoy says such violations are shameful.
