Lantana town officials fired Police Chief Jeff Tyson after his arrest in Boca Raton on charges of drunken driving and hit-and-run.Town Manager Michael Bornstein said Tyson violated at least five departmental rules, with behavior "unbecoming of a town employee either on or off duty, which would bring discredit or interfere with the town service."
Boca Raton police said Tyson, 51, was driving an unmarked police car northbound on Military Trail around 1 p.m. Wednesday when he crashed into the unmarked car of a Sheriff's Office deputy, who stopped in front of him at the traffic light at Spanish River Boulevard.
Commander Sean Scheller has temporarily replaced Tyson as police chief.Tyson drove off, police said, but eventually stopped after the deputy followed with his emergency lights on. Breath tests showed Tyson's blood alcohol level at nearly three times the legal amount to drive, it was reported by the Sun-Sentinel and other media.
The action seems to end Tyson's brief stint — less than two years — as Lantana's top cop. The New Jersey native joined the department in 1999 after serving with Delray Beach and Palm Beach Shores police departments and the Sheriff's Office.
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