The Gloucester Township Police Department has suspended two cops after they were both charged with drunken driving in separate incidents at the Jersey Shore on July 18.

Steven J. Lenker, 29, was arrested after Atlantic City police determined he struck a pedestrian and a parked car, and then told police he didn’t remember what happened, authorities said.

James F. Ryan, 28, who has a previous DWI arrest in 2011, was arrested after driving the wrong way on a one-way street in Longport, authorities said.

Body camera video shows Ryan standing in handcuffs, mumbling to himself, “There goes my f---ing career.”

Ryan’s attorney, Richard Madden, declined to comment. Lenker’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment.

Gloucester Township Police Capt. Brian McKendry said both officers are on paid leave per civil service rules.

“Each has been removed from active duty pending an internal investigation of the facts and circumstances, as well as pending the investigations of outside jurisdictions,” McKendry said.

Lenker has been on the force for over six years and earns $95,536. Ryan, who formerly worked as an part-time officer, was hired full time Jan. 7 and earns a salary of $45,833.

Gloucester Township Police Officers Steven J. Lenker, left, and James F. Ryan, right, were both charged with drunk driving July 18, 2019.Gloucester Township Police

According to investigative reports obtained through records requests, Atlantic City police received a report of a truck striking a pedestrian and parked car in the 600 block of Tennessee Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. July 18. The pedestrian, who was upright, talking and initially denied being hit, later was taken to the hospital with back and head pain, according to the police reports.

Atlantic City police wrote in a report that the passenger side of Lenker’s pickup was damaged and the front tire was “dislodged,” but Lenker claimed it was from parking too close to the curb. He smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech, police said.

Police determined that Lenker was driving south when he struck the pedestrian from behind as he stood next to a parked car. He drove on, struck a parked car in the same block, and then drove on the rim of the flattened tire until he struck a curb and stopped, police said.

“I don’t remember hitting a vehicle, all I remember is leaving the scene of, someone, whatever,” Lenker said, according to police. “Maybe I hit a vehicle, someone whatsoever, it might have been a thing. I’m sorry.”

Lenker failed the field sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer test, the police report said. He was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, refusal to submit to a breath test, and reckless driving.

Body camera video shows Gloucester Township Officer James F. Ryan standing in handcuffs during his arrest in Longport July 18, 2019.Longport Police

Ryan was arrested at 2:47 a.m. July 18 after Longport Officer Ray Burgan saw him pull out in front of a vehicle on Ventnor Avenue, according to the police report. Burgan stopped Ryan when he saw him driving the wrong way on North 28th Avenue, a one-way street, police said.

Ryan smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech, Burgan noted. He showed Burgan his police ID and said he was coming from “the club."

Burgan asked him how far he had to go and Ryan replied, “Another mile or so. I can park it if you want,” according to the video.

Burgan instead ordered him out of the car and performed a field sobriety test. After he failed the test, Ryan stood in the street as Burgan and another officer stood silently looking at him. His black t-shirt featured the ‘thin blue line’ flag that represents police, the body camera video showed.

“Sir, I can’t afford to lose this job, sir,” Ryan said.

“I get that. I understand that, but neither can I,” Burgan told him.

At the station, Ryan blew a .24 on the breathalyzer — three times the legal limit, police said.

Court records show Ryan was previously convicted of drunk driving. He lost his license for 90 days after New Jersey State Police pulled him over March 27, 2011 on Route 42 in Deptford Township, records show.

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