Officer alters police report to protect deputy chief in DUI arrest case, bodycam released

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Orange Village, OH - A North Royalton police officer claims his superiors altered his arrest report to remove a felony charge against Orange Village Deputy Chief Patrick O'Callahan, who was arrested for drunk driving earlier this month.

It all centers on O'Callahan's Oct. 11 arrest just before midnight, when that North Royalton patrolman pulled O'Callahan over for allegedly speeding, making sweeping turns and veering in and out of lanes.

Body camera footage shows the traffic stop, where O'Callahan identified himself as deputy chief for the Orange Village Police Department.

When asked how much he had to drink, O'Callahan responded "not much" twice.

"Deputy Chief for Orange and he's drunk," the arresting officer said during the stop, according to body camera audio.

O'Callahan refused field sobriety tests and declined to provide a breath sample before his arrest.

"Dude it’s just my luck," the arresting officer added. "It’s a bad thing, it’s a terrible thing because I keep getting these dang gone people that are making poor decisions that shouldn’t be making poor decisions."

That arresting officer then located several guns inside the car.

The arresting patrolman, through his attorney, claims he filed a police report that included charges of DUI, a traffic violation and a felony charge for improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

However, according to the arresting officer's attorney in an email to News 5, the officer said his superiors went in and, without his knowledge or permission, "altered the report by removing all references to the felony charge. "

The patrolman took those claims to the mayor and county prosecutor.