JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Monday said an officer has been arrested and accused of driving under the influence, a first-degree misdemeanor.
The arrest of the nine-year veteran Todd Chupp, 52, marks the 11th arrest of a JSO employee in 2024.
Waters said Chupp, who was not on duty, was found Sunday after JSO got a call that someone was slumped over the steering wheel of a running truck. According to an arrest report, neighbors saw him part around 12:45 p.m. and at times was “doing weird things with his hands” and they thought he was “either drunk or on drugs.”
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Waters said the responding officer found him five hours later with an open alcohol container in the truck and Chupp appeared to be impaired. Waters said the officer then refused to participate in a field sobriety exercise.
“I hate when I have to do this but at the same time, these are adults,” Waters said. “These are men and women that we give a gun and a badge, they swear to do the right thing and do what they’re supposed to do. And when they don’t, it’s up to us and we have to make sure we hold them accountable.”
Waters said Chupp is now the subject of an internal investigation by JSO, and he’s been stripped of all of his law enforcement authority.
Earlier this month, a police officer was arrested and accused of domestic battery.
JSO employee arrests in recent years
- 2023: 13 arrests, 6 by JSO. 6 DUIs and 1 DUI manslaughter
- 2022: 12 arrests, 10 by JSO
- 2021: 10 arrests by JSO. 1 DUI
