A botched DUI arrest reveals a 'dirty little secret' about policing [View all]
What should have been one of the happiest times in Brianna Longoria’s life has spiraled into a yearslong nightmare.
The day after Longoria got married in December 2024, she was pulled over by a police officer in Phoenix. She figured the ordeal would be over when she passed a breathalyzer test, but she was shocked to learn she was being arrested for driving under the influence of drugs.
At the station, the officers processing her were captured in a candid moment that Longoria says reveals what was really happening.
One officer worried aloud that she would get kicked off the squad if she doesn’t “get a DUI.”
“But I’m like, I can’t just conjure one up. I have tried,” Anette Hannah can be heard saying in body camera footage.
“You can. You can,” Mary Metheny, the officer who initially stopped Longoria, replied.
The charges against Longoria were dropped, but she has filed a lawsuit that could take years to resolve.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/05/30/police-ticket-quotas/90179215007/
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