Nashville detective charged with DUI, decommissioned

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville youth services police detective has been arrested on charges including DUI and decommissioned from the department.

Nashville police tell local media that 51-year-old Detective Mike Clark was off duty when Goodlettsville police found him sleeping Sunday in the driver's seat of his unmarked police car in the parking lot of a convenience store.

Police say Clark smelled like alcohol and said he had struck a median on Vietnam Veterans Parkway, damaging a tire.

They say Clark failed sobriety tests and refused to take a breath test.

Clark has been charged with DUI, gun possession while under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and violation of the implied consent law.

Police say Clark was decommissioned from the department on Sunday.

It wasn't immediately clear if Clark has an attorney.

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