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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (160684)	7/16/2009 10:48:32 AM
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Glastonbury Councilwoman Granted Admission To Alcohol Education Program Topics Wages and Pensions Soccer Police Arrests See more topics » XDrunk Driving By DAVID OWENS The Hartford Courant July 14, 2009 E-mailPrintShareVote MANCHESTER — - A Glastonbury town councilwoman arrested in June on a DUI charge who told the police officers booking her that she approves their salaries, was granted admission to a special program for first-time offenders that could allow her record to be wiped clean. Barbara C. Wagner, 59, a four-term Democrat, was granted admission to the alcohol education program. If she successfully completes a number of classes, the charge against her will be dismissed. Neither Wagner nor her lawyer, Kathleen Kowalyshyn, responded to a request for comment. Wagner was arrested June 2 after she was stopped for driving erratically on New London Turnpike, police said. While being processed at police headquarters she told the officers she was on the town council. "I am a member of the Glastonbury Town Council, and I approve your salaries," she says at one point. Her comments, and those of the officers, were captured on the police department's video and audio monitoring system. Later in the video, Wagner again mentions her position on the council. "I approve your salaries. I approve your salaries," she said. The officer in the booking area responds, "Ma'am, that's not really going to get you anywhere." Wagner then laughs and says, "I'm just kidding." Wagner wrote a letter to Police Chief Thomas J. Sweeney on June 16, the day The Courant obtained the video, saying she was "frightened, embarrassed and not thinking very clearly at the time." "I would like to apologize to the Glastonbury Police Department if I engaged in any inappropriate conduct at the station. Obviously, the entire episode was inappropriate, and I deeply regret my conduct and can assure you that I've stayed out of trouble for my first 33 years living in Glastonbury up to now and hope to have several more decades to redeem myself," she wrote. Wagner had earlier apologized for her arrest and said she takes full responsibility for her actions. Wagner's arrest was the second time in a year that a public official was caught on Glastonbury police videotape making demeaning remarks to officers. In October, Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, also of Glastonbury, made racist remarks to police officers during her arrest on drunken-driving charges. The state Judicial Review Council punished Cofield in February with an eight-month suspension with no pay or benefits. Copyright © 2009, The Hartford Courant courant.com