A an on-duty D.C. police officer was charged with drunk driving early Sunday morning.
Officer Arthur Thompson was arrested on a DUI charge around 2:20 a.m. in the 1400 block of 18th Street SE after a citizen complaint was called into police, according to WJLA-TV.
Officials said that officers that responded to the scene detected the odor of alchohol on Thompson and comfirmed he was under the influence after conducting field sobriety tests.
The police powers of the four-year veteran have been revoked and the Metropolitan Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating the incident.
