Local press seeks BAC tests in probe of traffic stop

YOUNGSTOWN — The Vindicator and its news partner, 21 WFMJ-TV, are asking to see results of a blood-alcohol test done on the relative of a city police officer.

The two media outlets filed a public records request today with the police department’s Internal Affairs Division to see if results on the machine are available for Joseph K. Slattery, 54, of Youngstown.

Records indicate that Slattery was in the room where the test is administered, but no result was entered in the log kept for the machine.

Slattery was given a citation for open container and running a red light after he was pulled over about 5:30 p.m. last Friday for failing to stop at a red light at Mahoning Avenue and Steel Street. He had an open can of beer in his hand when he was pulled over.

Police department sources have said that Slattery should have been arrested or charged with driving while impaired. Instead, he was given the two citations and released with a court date.

Internal affairs is investigating to see if preferential treatment was given.

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