Alexandria, Virginia police chief arrested in neighboring county. Arlington cops charge David Baker with DUI.
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Chief David Baker from Alexandria Police Department website.
This is not fire or EMS related, but I think it has a great deal of relevance to all of us. You may recall the case of former Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Assistant Chief Gregory DeHaven, where allegations of “professional courtesy” by police allowed him to avoid a DUI arrest after DeHaven crashed a fire department vehicle into a police car on the side of I-270. There was no such courtesy given last night by Arlington County, Virginia police to the chief of a neighboring department.
City of Alexandria Police Chief David Baker is accused of driving under the influence with a reported blood alcohol level of .19. Chief Baker was involved in a collision with his unmarked city vehicle as he tried to merge onto I-66 from North Fairfax Drive.
According to police, the Ford Explorer Baker was driving hit another car. A woman in that car was hospitalized with possible neck injuries.
The Washington Post reports that because the blood alcohol level was above .15, Baker could face a minimum sentence of 5-days in jail.
Baker has been police chief for three-years and had been a deputy chief in Alexandria for 16 years. David Baker started his career in the DC Police Department in 1970. He retired from DC in 1991 as a captain in the Special Operations Division. In that post he supervised traffic enforcement.
