A CIVILIAN police officer has been convicted of drink driving after he crashed a car and was caught four times over the legal limit in Inverell.
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Matthew James Cutmore pleaded guilty to one count of driving with a high-range PCA in Inverell Local Court on Thursday.
The 36-year-old is employed as the Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer with New England Local Area Command, and based in Inverell.
Police were called to a single-car crash just after 10pm on December 11 near Inverell and breath tested Cutmore at the scene.
When he provided a positive sample, he was arrested and charged with high-range drink driving.
Magistrate Michael O’Brien imposed a conviction on Cutmore during the sentencing hearing, last week.
He fined him $500 for the offence and disqualified him from driving for seven months.
Mr O’Brien also backdated the disqualification period to when Cutmore’s licence was suspended in December.
– Breanna Chillingworth