Township Police Make DUI Arrest; Star-Ledger Reports Woman Suspended From Port Authority Police Department

A Summit resident was arrested by township police for driving while intoxicated after police observed a car driving erratically on Shunpike Road Friday, according to police.

According to the Star-Ledger, the woman, Susan Durett, 58, of Summit, is the highest ranking female in the Port Authority Police Department and has been suspended without pay.

Police said they received a telephone call at 10 p.m. Friday from someone reporting a possible drunk driver heading westbound on Shunpike. Police then found the vehicle, they said, traveling at a low rate of speed. They also said it had crossed over the road's center line several times.

Police said they determined Durett had been drinking alcoholic beverages. They then conducted field sobriety tests, they said, and soon afterward they placed Durett under arrest for driving under the influence.

She was brought to police headquarters where she was processed, charged with the DUI and released pending an April 7 court date.

Durett has reportedly been suspended from her job. Read the full Star-Ledger report here.