Milwaukee Police Officer Arrested on Suspicion of OWI

MILWAUKEE, WI -- Every weekend, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's department conducts an aggressive law enforcement effort to identify and remove impaired drivers from Milwaukee County's freeways.

Over the holiday weekend, they managed to pull over and arrest a Milwaukee police officer on one such stop.

According to Milwaukee County sheriff's officials, on January 1, 2017, at about 6:15a.m., a deputy stopped a vehicle on W. Bluemound Rd. at S. 83rdSt. for lane deviation, and then called for assistance with an uncooperative subject.

Michael G. Boden, age 52, of Milwaukee, refused to perform standardized field sobriety tests. The deputy indicated Boden had held a badge out the window when he pulled him over.

Boden is a current Milwaukee police officer, and said he had his police firearm in a bag in the backseat. Boden was conveyed to Froedtert Hospital for a blood draw. He was issued citations for DUI-1st, and deviation from designated lane.

He faces potential charges of Endanger Safety by Use of a Dangerous Weapon/Go armed while intoxicated, a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 9 months in jail.

As of Tuesday afternoon, online court records did not indicate that Boden had been charged with any offense.

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