LAS VEGAS (AP) — An undercover police detective is due for a trial before a Las Vegas judge on a driving under the influence charge after a witness reported seeing him asleep at the wheel of a vehicle.
Officer Russell Backman's misdemeanor bench trial is scheduled Tuesday.
Police say Backman was arrested about 4 a.m. Feb. 1 near the intersection of Hualapai Way and Sahara Avenue.
Backman has been a Las Vegas officer for almost 15 years, and is assigned to the department's organized crime bureau.
