Chicago Cop Accused Of Avoiding DUI By Calling In Fake Bar Fight

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 29, 2012 11:20PM

Sometimes being a member of the police fraternity doesn't extend across city limits. Case in point: Chicago policeman Sean Patrick Dailey is accused of calling in a fake bar fight so that he could avoid a possible DUI charge after he left a Niles bar.

According to prosecutors, Dailey was stopped by a Niles police officer on Nov. 5, 2010 after he failed to stop at a red light and speeding, and Dailey's Niles counterpart suspected he had been drinking. Dailey admitted that he had, indeed, had a few, and announced he was a Chicago Police Officer. When those magic words didn't work, and after the Niles officer suggested other options for Dailey to get home that didn't involve his being behind the wheel of his car, Dailey asked if he could make arrangements for a ride on his cell phone from the vesibule of a Traveler's motel across the street.

The Niles officer allowed that and, shortly after Dailey returned, was called to respond to a bar fight involving 50 people at a bar called Cheers. A search of 911 calls by Niles Police eventually traced the call to Dailey's cell phone.

Dailey—who was later arrested for another DUI in Niles—alleged that he had witnessed the fight and received phone calls from friends to corroborate it. He now faces a disorderly conduct charge and is held on $10,000 bond. He was sentenced to court supervision after pleading guilty to the second DUI.