A 32-year veteran of the Oklahoma City police department is on paid administrative leave after getting arrested for driving under the influence. Bodycam footage of the incident paints a bleak picture of the officer as he pleads for the arresting officer to turn off the camera so that they can have a private conversation. “I don’t show favoritism,” says the on-duty officer.

The officer arrested for DUI is James “Matt” French, a Captain with the OKPD. Officer Christopher Skinner pulled French over for speeding and swerving between lanes. After making contact with French, Skinner wrote that his breath smelled of alcohol, his eyes were watering, and his speech was slurred. In response to a question about whether or not he had been drinking, French replies “I’m a captain on the police department.”

After Skinner repeated the question, French gestures towards his chest and whispers “turn your camera off” twice before Skinner clearly says “I’m not turning my camera off.” French confirms that he’s part of the Investigations department and continues pleading for Skinner to turn off his bodycam. “Will you please talk to me? You can turn it off and turn it on,” he continues.

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Admirably, the video shows that Skinner replies clearly “I understand that sir… I’m a sergeant and I’ve taken an oath to uphold the law. I don’t show favoritism to anyone regardless. I don’t care if you’re a gang banger or the President of the United States.” After the arrest, records indicate that French bonded out of jail later that morning. While he’s on leave now, the investigation is continuing.

“As soon as we were notified of the incident, he was placed on administrative leave with pay,” OKCPD Chief Wade Gourley said to OKCFox25. “We do have a process that when criminal charges are filed, per our FOP contract, we do what is called a pre-determination hearing to then put that person on leave without pay, because again it’s a criminal matter. So we can put him on leave without pay, but there’s a process we have to go through to do that.”

As for whether or not Officer Skinner might face the ire of his co-workers, Chief Gourley seems to have his back. “The officer did exactly as he should have, and handled it very professionally in my opinion. As far as how the officer responded, he did exactly as he should have,” Gourley said. “Our policies of our body camera, there’s certain types of calls that the body cameras are required to be on, and traffic stops are one of those.

“So the officer told him, you know, ‘I can’t turn the camera off.’ As to why Captain French was saying that, I can only make assumptions, but the officer did exactly as he should have by not turning the camera off.”

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