AN OFF DUTY OFFICER WITH THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ARRESTED FOR D.U.I. AFTER CRASHING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT HAPPENED AROUND 4 P.M. AT WEST BLANCO AND RIKER STREET AFTER THE OFFICER LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE AND ENDED UP ON THE PAVEMENT. THE OFFICER WHO IS A 7-YEAR-VETERAN OF THE SALINAS POLICE FORCE SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS THEN CITED AT AN AREA C.H.P. OFFICE AND RELEASED. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW CONDUCTING ITS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
