Tiverton police release bodycam video showing officer arresting DUI driving after over lawns
By: Tiverton, RI - Tiverton police released bodycam footage of a Raynham man accused of DUI after driving over several residents’ lawns and knocking over a light post last week.
According to police, they responded to a report of an erratic driver at County View Estates in the area of Blackbird Court.
Witnesses told police that a gray SUV had driven over lawns and knocked over a light post.
Police said they found a vehicle matching the description stopped at the intersection of Blackbird Street and Lark Lane.
Bodycam video shows the driver, later identified as 35-year-old Brian Brown, appearing to be unresponsive inside a running vehicle.
An officer is seen banging on the window and instructing the driver to wake up and put the vehicle into park, as the vehicle's doors were locked.
Brown then appears to wake up, drive forwards and almost collide into a police vehicle.
Tiverton police bodycam shows the officer chasing the suspect vehicle on foot as the car slowly drives towards a house.
After the officer instructs the suspect to put the car in park and stop, he is seen breaking the driver's side window and reaching in to put the vehicle in park.
The officer is then seen forcibly removing Brown and putting him into handcuffs.
During officer questioning, bodycam footages shows Brown appeared to believe that he was in Raynham, not Tiverton.
Tiverton police said Brown had a strong odor of alcohol, and he later admitted to drinking earlier in the evening.
Brown refused to perform a field sobriety test, but complied to a preliminary breathalyzer test.
Police said Brown was charged with DUI of liquor BAC unknown.
Authorities said additional charges are anticipated in this case.