California cop who won award for 'most DUI arrests' is arrested for DUI

A Sacramento police officer arrested for driving under the influence had previously been given an award for arresting drunk drivers, KCRA 3 reported Wednesday.

Raymond Barrantes was arrested last weekend after California Highway Patrol pulled him over. He has since been bailed out of the San Joaquin County Jail.

According to the report, the West Sacramento Police Department confirmed that in 2015, Barrantes was given an award by the national organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), along with a Facebook post with the caption that Barrantes and another officer had "the most DUI arrests for our Agency in 2014."

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“I’m surprised constantly by who gets drunk driving arrests,” said Lori Bergenstock, a law enforcement liaison for MADD. “One of the things we know is drunk driving is an across-the-board issue. Unfortunately … it hits every work situation.”

Police and other public officials have often made news when caught on suspicion of driving under the influence.

This March, video captured an Oklahoma City police officer trying to talk his way out of a DUI arrest by asking an officer to disable his body camera. And two months ago, Frank Crawford, the former mayor and school board member of Marysville California, was caught on audio calling police "pigs" and trying to make a run for it after being pulled over on suspicion of DUI.