The officer admitted to drinking while on the phone with a dispatcher

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WEBVTT 911, ASKING FOR HELP.>> I NEED SOME HELP.>> WHAT'S THE ADDRESS?>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELLWE'RE AT.TODD: GREG SANDEL JR. HAD THATCONVERSATION WITH A BOONE COUNTYDISPATCHER ON THE NIGHT OFSATURDAY, OCTOBER 14.IT TOOK PLACE NEAR THIS STRETCHOF KENTUCKY 18 IN BURLINGTON.DURING THE FOUR-MINUTE 911 CALL,SANDEL REPEATEDLY ASKS HIS WIFETO STOP TRYING TO GET OUT OF HISPICKUP TRUCK.ACCORDING TO THIS POLICE REPORT,KIM SANDEL TOLD DEPUTIES SHETRIED TO EXIT THE TRUCK WHILESHE AND HUSBAND WERE IN THEMIDDLE OF A VERBAL FIGHT.IN THE 911 CALL, GREG SANDELSAID HIS WIFE HAD BEEN DRINKINGAND THEN ACKNOWLEDGED HE'D BEENDOING THE SAME.>> OK.WE'VE GOT THE POLICE ON THE WAY,BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'VEBEEN DRINKING?>> YES, I HAVE.YES, I HAVE.TODD: HERE'S GREG SANDEL'SMUGSHOT, AND HERE HE IS IN AMUCH DIFFERENT LIGHT.IN 2015, THE 47-YEAR-OLD RETIREDFROM THE KENTON COUNTY POLICEDEPARTMENT.IN THIS FACEBOOK POST, THEDEPARTMENT THANKED SANDEL FORHIS LONGTIME SERVICE AND WISHEDHIM WELL.A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR LATER,SANDEL BECAME A POLICE OFFICERIN VILLA HILLS, WHICH HEACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE CALL HEMADE TO 911.>> ARE THERE ANY WEAPONS IN THETRUCK?>> I HAVE A 22 IN THE BACK OFTHE TRUCK, BUT THERE'S NOISSUES.I'M A POLICEMAN.TODD: I SPOKE WITH VILLA HILLSPOLICE CHIEF BRYAN ALLEN TODAY.HE SAID SANDEL IS STILL WORKINGPENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE COUCASE AND ALSO A POLICE INTERNALINVESTIGATION.

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Greg Sandel Jr., an officer in Northern Kentucky, had the following conversation with a dispatcher in Boone County on the night of Oct. 14.Greg Sandel: I need some help.(INAUDIBLE)Dispatcher: What's the address?Sandel: I don't know where the hell we're at.Sandel made the call after parking his Ford pickup truck on the side of Kentucky 18, near Green Acre Lane in Burlington.Sandel: Stop, Kim. Dispatcher: You're in a Ford pickup?Sandel: (INAUDIBLE) Stop.During the four-minute 911 call, Sandel asked his wife repeatedly to stop trying to get out of his pickup truck.According to a police report, Kim Sandel told deputies she tried to exit the truck while she and husband were in the middle of a "verbal fight." Greg Sandel Jr. said she tried to jump from the truck while it was moving.In the 911 call, Sandel said his wife had been drinking and then acknowledged he'd been doing the same.Dispatcher: OK. We've got the police on the way, but I need to know if you've been drinking.Sandel: Yes, I have. Yes, I have.In 2015, Greg Sandel Jr., 47, retired from the Kenton County Police Department. In a Facebook post, the department thanked him for his longtime service and wished him well.A little more than a year later, Sandel became a police officer in Villa Hills, which he acknowledged during the call he made to 911.Dispatcher: Are any weapons in the truck?Sandel: I have a 22 in the back of the truck, but there's no issues. I'm a policeman.Greg Sandel Jr. was charged with driving under the influence and having an open container of alcohol in his truck.Deputies charged his wife with public intoxication.During his arrest, Sandel refused to take a field sobriety test. He also refused to let workers at a local hospital take a blood sample.Even so, both he and his wife were booked into the Boone County Jail.WLWT investigator Todd Dykes spoke about Sandel's arrest with Villa Hills police Chief Bryan Allen on Monday. Allen said Sandel is still working, pending the outcome of his court case and a police internal investigation.