An off-duty police
officer has been arrested and charged after refusing a breath test in Cessnock
last night.
Central Hunter police stopped a vehicle for a random breath
test on Allandale Road about 10.35pm.
The male driver, 41, allegedly refused to take part in the
roadside breath test.
The off-duty officer, who is a senior constable at a command
in the Northern Region, was arrested and taken to Cessnock police station.
The senior constable then allegedly refused to take part in
a breath analysis at the station, police said.
He was charged with refusing to undergo a breath test and
refusing to undergo a breath analysis.
He will appear at Cessnock Local Court on July 25.