Cop shows up drunk for his Mothers Against Drunk Driving award

A Florida deputy who was being honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving was too drunk to pick up his award at a banquet last summer, according to a new Pinellas County Sheriff's Office investigation.

WFLA reported Thursday that the 274-page internal affairs investigation found that
Michael Szeliga packed a bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey in his patrol car before driving to the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, where he and two fellow officers were to attend two days of DUI law enforcement training.

MADD was to give Szeliga an award for making more than 100 DUI arrests, but when he arrived for Friday night banquet, he was in no shape to mount the podium in front of 200 invited guests. A witness described him as staggeringly drunk, according to the investigation.

Flagged by Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent, who told Szeliga's supervisor that his deputy was "wasted," Szeliga was ordered back to room without receiving his award .... http://www.sfgate.com