

Iammarino later called two other sergeants, William Brown and Christopher Tivanian, the motion states, and asked Tivanian to bring with him a preliminary alcohol screening device. View the Video Watchdog minute : DUI Detective

Daniel Caropreso, and they came to the scene. Instead he called two off-duty friends, Sgt. Video obtained by U-T Watchdog shows the vehicle spinning out of control before ramming the AT&T utility box, and Blackford emerging from the car moments later, followed by the arrival of other police personnel.Īccording to a filing by city prosecutors, Blackford did not immediately report the accident.

He pleaded not guilty to all charges and a hearing is scheduled March 27.īlackford crashed his unmarked sedan along Princess View Drive in the Allied Gardens section of San Diego about 12:52 a.m. Deddeh to compel the San Diego Police Department to turn over internal-affairs files.īlackford, an 11-year veteran assigned to the gang unit, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed his city-owned car into a roadside utility box early in the morning of Dec. The broader probe came to light at a court hearing on Tuesday regarding the case of Det. City Attorney's amended motion on DUI detective caseĪ drunk-driving case against a San Diego police detective has mushroomed into an investigation of four other officers who were called to the scene before an official investigation was launched.
