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# Belgian police officer drunkenly crashes car on 'night of traffic safety'
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## A senior Belgian police offier drunkenly crashed into a ditch on Belgium's
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"night of traffic safety".
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![A senior Belgian police offier drunkenly crashed into a ditch on Belgium's
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'night of traffic safety'][1]
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The crash happened on the night of a high-profile national campaign against
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drunk-driving
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[![Bruno Waterfield][2]][3]
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By [Bruno Waterfield][4], Brussels 5:17PM GMT 14 Dec 2010
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Marc Guillemin, a Flemish police chief, lost control of his car at the
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weekend, after visiting friends, on the night of a high-profile national
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campaign against drunk-driving.
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He has been forced to withdraw his application to run Ghent police, one of the
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top police jobs in Belgium. The job became vacant after its previous incumbent
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was sacked after drunkenly causing an accident and then trying to get junior
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officers to cover it up.
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Mr Guillemin, 50, the head of the Flemish maritime police, was not injured in
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the crash, which did not involve other people or cars. When breathalysed he
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tested positive.
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"I realise that I face criminal prosecution and I am potentially risking a
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disciplinary sanction," he said.
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"You keep replaying the movie all the time. But that does not help. It's no
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use crying over spilled milk. It was stupid and avoidable. But regret only
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comes after the sin."
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Fernand Koekelberg, the commissioner general of the [Belgian][6] Federal
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police, said: "We are awaiting the report of the prosecutor to decide our
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attitude. He has an example to set and he knows what awaits him. Drinking and
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driving cannot be tolerated."
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