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<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8212; An Austin police officer whose duties included administering Breathalyzer tests has been fired after a self-administered test indicated he had reported for work drunk.</p><p>His supervising sergeant, meanwhile, was suspended for 60 days.</p><p>A memo released Tuesday showed the officer reported for his shift one day last October, then drove his patrol car to the Travis County Jail for a self-administered breath test required by his certification. The results showed a blood-alcohol concentration of .064 to 0.65 percent.</p><p>The officer drove back to his substation and gave the results to his supervisor, who told him to stay out of service until sober.</p><p>A state police scientist said an extrapolation of the results meant the officer reported for work with a .084 to .124 percent blood-alcohol concentration.</p><p>The blood-alcohol limit for drivers in Texas, by the way, is the same as it is in Pennsylvania: .08.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em>&#8212; The Associated Press</em></p><style>
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Texas cop fired after testing self as drunk