Daley Responds to Latest Alleged Police DUI Incident

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 26, 2009 9:00PM

Mayor Daley said today that the Chicago Police Department will need to investigate if a police officer involved in last Friday's hit-and-run accident received preferential treatment; the officer struck a teenage bicyclist, killing the boy. Said the mayor, "I know the superintendent will be looking at that as quickly as possible ... They will have to investigate that, definitely." Allegations have arisen that the officer didn't receive a breathalyzer test until four hours after the accident. When he was given the test, he blew a .079, just under the .08 legal limit.

The officer in question, Richard Bolling, was ordered held on $2 million bail Sunday. According to witnesses, Bolling was at a bar near 55th and Indiana earlier in the evening. Trenton Booker, who family members say had sneaked out of his house to ride his bike with friends, was allegedly riding his bike the wrong way - north - in the southbound lane of Ashland while Bolling was traveling south. Bolling, who was off-duty at the time, hit Booker at the intersection of 81st and Ashland around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning.