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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh police officer has now been placed on paid administrative leave after recently being charged with DUI for the second time in less than five years. On November 10th, 2025, forty-four-year-old Sergeant Tariq Jamal-Francis of Pittsburgh, was found parked in Plum Borough with his car angled into the road, but police confirmed that he was asleep behind the wheel. According to a criminal complaint, Jamal-Francis allegedly told officers he was “Pittsburgh police” and had been drinking at a nearby bar. According to police, Jamal-Francis was taken to the police station for a field sobriety test, but failed to pass and later agreed to a blood sample and the blood test later showed Jamal-Francis had a blood alcohol content of nearly four times the legal limit. Jamal-Francis had been involved in a crash in Plum Borough previously in 2021 that led to him facing a prior charge of driving under the influence.