Professional courtesy results in fired cop who failed to cite Dayton, OH firefighter with DUI
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In Dayton, Ohio, Officer Travis Salyer was fired on May 19 after being with the department for seven years. Salyer is accused of failing to charge Dayton Fire Department Firefighter Brandon Lee with driving while intoxicated after Lee drove the wrong way on U.S. 35 last year and struck a number of vehicles with his pickup truck.
Salyer told police investigators he recognized Lee as a Dayton firefighter. When he brought Lee to the back of his cruiser, his patrol vehicle’s dash camera mic recorded him asking Lee if he is a city employee. Lee answered yes, and indicated he worked for the fire department’s station 11.
When a prosecutor asked Salyer why he omitted that information from his original report, Salyer said he became aware of Lee’s position as a firefighter and “was concerned if an OVI charge was pursued, there may be some sort of reprisal,” according to the report.
