Officer pleads guilty, takes time off work

From Staff Reports

Purdue Police officer Fred Davis, 49, pled guilty in a Warren County Circuit Court to operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level content of 0.08 percent or more.

He was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to attend substance abuse classes and to perform 50 hours of community service. Davis is currently on a personal leave from the Purdue Police force. Joe Bennett, the vice president for University Relations, said Davis' decision to take time off work was personal and not University regulated.

"He's still on the force and the probation he's dealing with is his obligation to the criminal court," Bennett said.

Bennett said Davis may be back by the end of this week.

According to court documents, Davis had a 0.17 percent blood-alcohol level when he was involved in an accident on Nov. 17 on Indiana State Road 26.

Davis has been serving in the Purdue Police Department for more than 25 years.

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