25-year-old Heriberto Rivera has been with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office for 5 and a half years.

BEXAR COUNTY — An off-duty Bexar County deputy was arrested early Tuesday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated, according to BCSO.

At a press conference Tuesday, Sheriff Javier Salazar identified the deputy as 25-year-old Heriberto Rivera. Salazar says that he has been with BCSO for 5 and a half years.

This is the 25th arrest of a BCSO employee in 2018 and the 23rd deputy this year.

Rivera was arrested early Tuesday morning after San Antonio Police received a call regarding a possible drunk driver on the city's West side. Police found the vehicle in question on Hwy 151 near Military Drive and witnessed Rivera crash his car into a median barrier.

At that point, Salazar says, police pulled over the vehicle and administered a field sobriety test. Officers also found drug paraphernalia in Rivera's vehicle at the scene.

Rivera will be placed on unpaid, administrative leave. Salazar says the deputy will be drug-tested upon his release from the magistrate, and if it comes back that Rivera was using a controlled substance then he'd be "terminated immediately."

"BCSO Internal Affairs will be conducting a separate but concurrent administrative investigation into this incident, pending further criminal investigation of the case by SAPD." a press release sent to KENS 5 read.