Fresno police officer arrested for DUI, department confirms

In a statement, the Fresno Police Department said Pichardo was already connected paid permission for a "non-disciplinary matter."

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Police Department confirms 1 of its officers was arrested for driving nether the influence.

It happened connected McCall Avenue, northbound of Highway 180 astir 2:30 p.m. connected Sunday.

The California Highway Patrol says the Fresno County Sheriff's Office initially stopped FPD serviceman Kent Pichardo and past turned the incidental implicit to CHP for a DUI evaluation.

Authorities accidental Pichardo fell dormant astatine a reddish airy and did not determination erstwhile it turned green. He was arrested for misdemeanor DUI, past cited and released to a liable party.

In a statement, the Fresno Police Department said Pichardo was already connected paid permission for a "non-disciplinary matter."

An interior affairs probe has been launched into the incident.

The connection goes connected to say, "As with immoderate allegations of misconduct, spot and transparency with our assemblage is paramount and we volition analyse the substance thoroughly."