Dallas police officer had marijuana in her system at the time of November DWI arrest

Dallas, Texas

A Dallas police officer, Anastasia Brown, who was arrested in November on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Fort Worth is now facing being fired after drug tests found marijuana in her system.

Assistant Chief Vince Golbeck, who supervises the city's seven patrol stations, made the recommendation to fire the officer during a disciplinary hearing Thursday.

"It's very disturbing," Golbeck said. "That won't be tolerated."

According to the Fort Worth police report, officers spotted a disabled black Honda pulled onto the service road of Interstate 20 near Campus Drive about 11 p.m. Nov. 25. The vehicle was running, and the driver was asleep or passed out behind the wheel. The report describes police as having a very difficult time getting Brown to wake up.

"I asked Brown what she was doing and she stated she was just tired and started laughing," the officer wrote. "It then became immediately apparent that Brown was acting strange and under the influence of some substance. Brown continually was laughing about the situation she was in, her eyes were glazed over and red, her head swayed while moving and I was detecting an odor of alcoholic beverage on her person."

Police then arrested her.

During an inventory search of Brown's vehicle, police found a Wal-Mart shopping bag in the passenger floorboard with "with a strong smell of an unknown substance," the report said.

Inside the bag, police found "one burn plate with residue, two clear glass pipes with unknown burnt residue, two burned filters with residue, unused filters and scissors with residue," the report said. "Officers believed the residue to be methamphetamine."

Police Chief David Brown will make the final decision on Brown's employment.

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