APNewsBreak: Trooper resigns after arrest, special treatment
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trooper with the Iowa State Patrol has resigned after being arrested following a drunken, late-night disturbance in which the former college football player repeatedly pounded on a female neighbor's door, according to public documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Following his arrest, Cedar Rapids-based trooper Patrick Steinbach received special treatment at the Iowa County Jail, where the booking officer did not take his mug shot, require him to wear a jumpsuit or have him fill out a standard form answering questions about his intoxication and medical history.
A resident of Williamsburg, Iowa, called 911 on Dec. 20 to report an unknown man outside her home, pounding on the door and refusing requests to leave.
The officer smelled alcohol inside Steinbach's vehicle and saw glass bottles behind the driver's seat.
Steinbach, who lives a mile from where he was arrested, refused to take a follow-up breath test after he was transported to the county jail in Marengo.
The department never filed disciplinary charges against Steinbach with a state board, where officers can challenge terminations or disciplinary actions that cut their pay.