Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Lt. Brian Filipiak is shown in a booking photo after his arrest for drunken driving on Nov. 13, 2016, in Montmorency County, Michigan.

RUST TOWNSHIP, MI - A lieutenant from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office is on administrative leave following his arrest in northern Michigan on suspicion of "super drunk" driving.

A Montmorency County Sheriff's Department report shows Lt. Brian Filipiak, 47, was found to have a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit for driving after his arrest on Nov. 13 in Rust Township.

In the report, arresting officer Deputy Zachery Morrison said Filipiak had an open bottle of vodka in his backseat and had to be threatened with a Taser to follow commands.

"During the entire investigation, Brian was very uncooperative," Morrison said in his report. "Brian would try and use that he is a Lieutenant for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office to try and persuade me by letting him go (sic)."

Filipiak now faces one count of misdemeanor operating while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 or more. Filipiak registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.28 and 0.27 percent on breath tests, according to the report.

Michigan's legal limit for blood-alcohol content while driving is 0.08 percent, and stiffer penalties are in place for those who have a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 or more under the state's so-called "super drunk" driving law.

Filipiak and his attorney could not be reached for comment.

Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls for reckless driving about 1:18 p.m. Nov. 13 in the area of M-33 near Lockwood Road, with the truck in question reported as almost hitting several vehicles and almost going off the road, Morrison said in his report.

Based on the license plate number and description of the suspect vehicle, Morrison was able to find the vehicle driving on eastbound M-32, west of Ulshaffer Road, he reported. The vehicle could not maintain one lane of travel and veered into gravel on the shoulder of the road before Morrison conducted a traffic stop. He reported he then saw the driver, Filipiak, reach around to the back passenger seat.

When Morrison approached, he asked Filipiak for his driver's license, registration and proof of insurance, he said in the report.

"Brian first showed me a badge and a police ID from Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department," Morrison stated. "As Brian was showing me his police ID, Brian was having a hard time sitting still. I could also smell a strong odor of intoxicants emitting from inside the vehicle."

Morrison said that Filipiak didn't answer when asked why he reached around to the backseat when he was stopped, but Department of Natural Resources Officer Brad Belleville, who was assisting Morrison, spotted an open container of vodka in the backseat, the report states.

Morrison said Filipiak told him he was traveling to his deer camp near Rogers City and refused to get out of his truck to take field sobriety tests, the report states.

"Brian kept stating that he would, 'Just sleep it off,'" according to the report.

Morrison and Belleville had to open the vehicle door and grab Filipiak to attempt to get him out of the truck, but Filipiak only got out when Morrison pulled out his Taser, according to the report. However, Filipiak still refused to take field sobriety tests and refused to place his hands behind his back to be handcuffed - Morrison and Belleville forced his hands instead, the report indicates. He also refused to get into Morrison's patrol car, and was eventually forced inside, the report said.

He was described in the police report as swaying side to side while standing, having slurred speech, and staggering while walking during his encounter with Morrison.

Once at the Montmorency County jail, Filipiak was administered a breath test three times, because "he kept on stopping to blow on the second test," Morrison reported.

Derrick Jackson on the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office confirmed Filipiak is on unpaid administrative leave while an internal investigation into the incident takes place. An internal investigation could result in any number of outcomes, up to termination, he said.

Jackson said the department does not comment on personnel matters, which Sheriff Jerry Clayton reiterated in a statement released Monday, Dec. 19.

"I am extremely disappointed in this situation," Clayton said, according to the statement. "However, I am not commenting on an ongoing investigation. I anticipate commenting at the conclusion of the investigation and final organizational action."

Filipiak has been employed with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office for 21 years. He faces imprisonment of up to 180 days, a fine between $200 and $700, and up to 360 hours of community service.

According Montmorency County court records, Filipiak is scheduled for a pretrial conference on Jan. 6, 2017, in Montmorency County's 88-2 District Court.

He was released from jail on Nov. 14 after posting 10 percent of his $3,000 bond, records show.