A Sussex Police staff member has been banned from driving after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.
Jeremy Talman, 63, who works as mobile engineer for Sussex Police, was arrested on 19 February on suspicion of driving a police vehicle on duty on the A27 Chichester bypass while under the influence of alcohol.
His breath test revealed there was 42 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. He was suspended from duty and charged with the offence.
Talman, of Blackboy Lane, Chichester, appeared before Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 11 March and admitted the charge. He was disqualified from driving for three years, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 victim surcharge.
