New details revealed on traffic stop of cop's relative

YOUNGSTOWN — Dispatch tapes involving the relative of a city police officer who received a citation for having an open container of alcohol in a car after a traffic stop last week reveal aspects of the case not included in a police incident report.

Tapes released to The Vindicator by the Youngstown Police Department show officers asked for a tow truck to come to the scene, took a person to the room where blood-alcohol tests are given, and also asked for an officer who was certified to run the machine that gives the BAC test.

Those details were left out of a police report that mentioned that Joseph K. Slattery Jr., 54, of Youngstown, was cited for having an open container about 5:30 p.m. Friday in the 1500 block of Mahoning Avenue on the West Side after an officer pulled over a car he was driving for running a red light at Steel Street and Mahoning.

Slattery is a relative of a city police officer. Departmental sources claimed he was given preferential treatment by not being arrested or charged with driving under the influence.

The police department’s Internal Affairs Division is investigating the stop.

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