Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on May 25, 2017 a patrol deputy with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office stopped a black 2016 GMC Sierra for a traffic violation near Central and Rock Road in Wichita. The driver of the vehicle is a detention deputy with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and has been for one year. The driver was booked in to jail on allegations of Driving Under the Influence.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is a professional organization that honors our core values of, Integrity, Duty, Ethics, Attitude, Leadership, and Service. We take pride in demonstrating these values on a daily basis. The Sheriff’s Office will always investigate any allegation against an employee with the due diligence that the public entrusts in us.

This DUI case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office for charges and no further comments will be made by the Sheriff’s Office.