The following is the report of Deputy Chief Paul Brock:
On October 25, 2019 at 10:36pm, I was off duty at my residence when I received a phone call from Lieutenant Marc Pacheco, L282. Lieutenant Pacheco called to advise me that graveyard officers had been dispatched to a possible intoxicated driver and located the vehicle on Highway 70 near the Mesa Grande exit. He stated that the driver of the vehicle was Stephanie Carabajal. He further indicated that the officers were standing by waiting for Sergeant Feliciano Garcia L737 to arrive at the location. I then immediately placed a phone call to Deputy Chief Miguel Dominguez as he is the Deputy Chief over investigations. I placed a second phone call to Lieutenant Pacheco and asked him to request that New Mexico State Police conduct the investigation into this incident.
I then proceeded to the scene from my residence. I arrived at the location near 11:15 pm and contacted Sergeant Garcia. Sergeant Garcia gave me a quick briefing of the circumstances and stated that Ms. Carabajal was seated inside her vehicle and they were waiting for state police to arrive.
I observed Ms. Carabajal’ s vehicle facing east bound partially parked in the outside lane and partially on the roadway shoulder. A blue Nissan pickup displaying NM license plate NWR204. I stood by until state police arrived and began an investigation. I stood next to the state police unit as the state police officer and Sergeant Garcia contacted both the witness and Ms. Carabajal. I observed Ms. Carabajal exit her vehicle from the passenger front door and walk back towards the state police unit. While walking back Ms. Carabajal lifted her arm up to block the light from the emergency lights on the state police unit. She then sat on the front bumper area of the unit and had a conversation with the state police officer. Shortly thereafter Ms. Carabajal was placed into handcuffs by the state police officer and placed in the rear seat of his unit. I could not hear the conversation that Ms. Carabajal had with the officer as I was not close enough and the engine noise from the unit prevented me from hearing it.
After Ms. Carabajal was arrested, I placed another phone call to Deputy Chief Dominguez advising him of what occurred. After speaking with DC Dominguez and walking back to speak with Sergeant Garcia I passed by the state police unit and Ms. Carabajal attempted to speak with me through the open window. Ms. Carabajal stated to me “DC Brock, I wasn’t driving.†I told her to stand by and the state police officer would be back to speak with her. This was the only contact or conversation I had with Ms. Carabajal as I did not want to interfere with the investigation. I was only at the scene to gather information to provide to DC Dominguez and Chief Gallagher at a later time and ensure that all departmental policies and procedures were [misspelled “where” in the original] followed regarding an incident of this nature.
I had another short conversation with Sergeant Garcia and then left the location proceeding back to my residence near 12:10 am October 26, 2019.
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I know this guy personally through his Church & he is a Creep…& a little Snitch..He will reap what he has sowed…Ill take care of this…Lol
They are Liars!! They are told to lie to investigate..Wake up people.. Ask for an attorney & do not answer any questions.. None! None! None!
AWWWW hes cold
At the end of the day it’s going to be her word versus the Karen
So much for clearing the highway and cops actually caring about officer safety.
Why is every cop 50 lbs overweight. Oh yeah donuts.
There goes her job and pension.
Did Ms. Carabajal get fired, or she was able to keep her job? And what was her punishment?
Are they enlisting immature high school students for police detectives now?
So much for the courtesy pass for one of your own..
That was thrown out the window the moment 12 officers with P.O.V CAMS and sergeants and state police got involved..
There was no choice but to cuff her.
Sad situation and career potentially ruined .
She is extremely lucky no one was hurt.
Anyone else would have been cuffed and arrested in 5 minutes. Cops are not trustworthy. She refused, no breathalyzer, no evidence. Law says refusal means the loss of licence for 1 year. No mention of that. They will bury this.
… how could they go through with the arrest without calling the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the head of NATO? How unprofessional.
America's fine police. One idiot affirmative action hire passed out on hwy, surrounded by armed trained professionals(supposedly) wasting hours to get their shift over with. They quit "policing" once they found out it was a harmless drunk. but no reason to get back into the violence and dangerous criminals. Quick call a supervisor, that will waste another hour.
I don't know why these police or detectives just don't take a taxi home instead of driving this drunk. What a waste of a job.
I sure will mind my own business! I will never report anything to dispatch … I would have to repeat story 20 times.
One hour and three minutes later of a nice nap handcuffs go on! 🤣🤣🤣
Why don’t they let witness write a statement on Starbucks napkin? What LE agency is that? Boy they sure need remedial training on policing including this captain!
55 minutes, 7 police and story repeated 18 times and drunk employee still sleeping it off.
Everyone has to repeat story six times or more!
She will be sober by the time sergeant gets there
They are WAY too gentle with her. If it was not a female cop they would not act like that.
Rumor has that if you drive by that stretch of highway on a cold dark night that you will the ghost vehicle of the witness waiting to tell another officer about the incident.
Another one bites the dust.
She should have been a model instead of a cop. She looks pretty decent and would be expected to do dumb crap on alcohol or drugs that would only boost her career.
“You guys are all hot right now, huh?â€Â
code for we cant let her off, huh?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No field test?.. special treatment for police even if they "get arrested" for drunk driving..
so what happened? Did she get in trouble?