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Locklear Arrest: Let's Go to the Videotape!
Santa Barbara Police Department
Despite what you may have read elsewhere, there were no weird doings during the Heather Locklear bust this weekend. So says the California Highway Patrol.
Earlier today, TMZ insinuated that the arresting officer was taking snapshots for his private collection based on photographs of the incident.
“It’s strictly for evidence," CHP spokesman Lt. Dane Lobb tells E! News. "The officer was using his video camera to document the field sobriety test.”
In the TMZ photos, the officer is seen wielding a cell phone—not part of the agency-issued gear—and taking pictures as Locklear is being handcuffed behind a patrol car.
But Lobb says the pictures and video were taken on that phone only because the officer’s regular camera was not working.
“He used the next best thing. There’s no celebrity or amount of money that we would give up our career to sell a picture,” says Lobb.
Lobb says all the evidence will go straight to the district attorney’s office and be erased from the officer’s phone. “It’s a matter of routine. One thing we’re always concerned about is people accusing officers of brutality. We have to cover our bases."
Another use for the photographs is to determine a person’s condition at the time of arrest. “We look at how they are dressed. Are their pants unzipped? Is their hair disheveled?”
Locklear, 47, was booked for suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance. She is free on $5,000 bail and has yet to comment on the Saturday incident.
Lobb, meanwhile, also took a potshot at TMZ for even suggesting the officers did anything improper: “It’s not appropriate. It’s beneath us. We’re just doing our job.”
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