The former officer was also accused of deleting video from a suspect’s phone, authorities said.
, including his own drug test, on two separate occasions last year, authorities said.
In January 2021, Santiago intentionally tampered with a drug test he had been ordered to take by piercing it with the pin on the back of his police badge, rendering it unable to be processed, the office said.
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