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Greenfield police officer arrested for OWI

Greenfield Police Department Patrolman Nichole Gilbert has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, the department said.

HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. — A Greenfield Police Department officer was arrested early Sunday morning on an allegation of operating while intoxicated in Fishers, the department said.

In a statement, the Greenfield Police Department said Patrolman Nichole Gilbert, a 13-year veteran of GPD, was off-duty at the time of the arrest and was not driving a department-owned vehicle. 

The Fishers Police Department said an officer patrolling near 96th Street and Olio Road around 1 a.m. on June 18 observed a white passenger car with a missing headlight that was "traveling using unsafe lane movement."

Officers conducted a traffic stop and "developed probable cause to believe the driver was operating a vehicle while intoxicated." Gilbert was arrested and transported to the Hamilton County Jail without incident, Fishers police said.

Gilbert was been placed on administrative leave, pending an internal investigation. 

"We are committed to being transparent, even when we ourselves stumble," the department said in its statement.

Gilbert has not been formally charged as of early Monday, June 19.

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