As we've shown you in the top of our segment, Deputy Commissioner Segura is on suspension from duties as the #2 Police officer after he was involved in an accident which killed a 54 year-old woman, and put her taxi driver, who is also one of her family members, in the hospital. There is the lingering allegation that he was driving under the influence of alcohol when it happened.
We've confirmed with Assistant Superintendent Daniel Arzu, the Officer Commanding Benque Police, who is also in charge of the investigation, that the forensic testing of the blood samples taken from both Deputy Commissioner Miguel Segura and Yanie Cu are in.
When we asked if he could disclose them to us, Arzu told us that he had to seek instruction from the Commissioner of Police if he had permission to release them to the press. He then advised us to call Commissioner Whylie directly. When we did call the commissioner, we couldn't get him on the phone.
We also contacted the George Lovell, the CEO in the Ministry of National Security, he also confirmed to us that he had been briefed of the findings, but he told us that he could not release them because he would rather have it in writing to confirm for himself what the results are. He told us that he would be much more comfortable releasing them tomorrow.
And what about the man himself who's at the center of this inquiry? We tried to get comments from him today. We contacted Miguel Segura himself this morning by phone. He refused to comment saying that he would prefer to wait until the investigation runs its course. When we asked him directly about that allegation that he was driving under the influence, and that is what caused the accident, he declined to comment.
And while the blood alcohol test is one thing - the video is so far the most damning indictment of Deputy Segura. We take a closer look at its significance tonight:..
Daniel Ortiz reporting
The amateur video picks up where Deputy Police Commissioner Miguel Segura is standing just outside of the driver's side of his Government issued Nissan Pathfinder. With a vacant expression, he drags on a cigarette and pulls up his unbuttoned pants.
The cell phone camera jerks away, and there just feet away is the body of including the body of 54-year-old Yolanda Consuelo Valencia.
Rt. Col George Lovell - CEO, Ministry of National Security
"I saw the video. My initial impression is that he seems not to be too concern over what has happen, but wanted to take a cigarette smoke. But then again I do not know precisely what portion of the activities or when precisely that happened. Did it happened as the incident or the accident happen or was it when he was trying to relax, trying to contemplate over what precisely had occur. It's unfair to me to really use that small clip that I have seen. I saw a clip where he was taking a cigarette and he was trying to fix his attire and I don't know precisely when that was taken, I don't know precisely when that was taken…i don't know if it is something that was taken just as the incident happened or long after it happened. So it is unfair for me to draw a conclusion based on that small clip that I've seen."
In the wake of the revelation that Segura was involved in the accident, the families of the taxi driver,
28 year-old Yanie Evan Cu, and Yolanda Valencia are furious, laying serious allegations against Deputy Commissioner Segura.
Mike Rudon. Ch5
"The allegations are that the deputy commissioner was intoxicated. Has your investigation shown that he was or was under the influence and again this is pending the results of the sample?"
Allen Whylie - Commissioner of Police
"Like I've said, people are saying that he was. I cannot say he was; that is the reason why we ask for samples. He complied, he agreed, he gave samples and the analysis is being done. But that is what people were saying."
At this point, Segura's actions while behind the wheel ARE being questioned. The assessment of his mental state will be determined by the test of his sample. If it is conclusive that he was driving under the influence - and there is no conclusive test yet which says that he was - his boss, Commissioner Whylie says that his lapse in judgment will have to serve as a significant reminder that drinking and driving will not be tolerated.
Allen Whylie - Commissioner of Police
"We are all human beings. We all prone to or none of us are perfect. Yes we run campaigns to educate the public about drinking and driving and driving under the influence and those this will continue. We educate the public about community policing. We educate the public that it's against the law to commit crimes, people still do. I mean its individual decisions and choices. I don't see how that reflects on the department because even as officers individually we have our rights, we have our lives; we socialize differently and so on, so I don't think that that will stop the department from sending the message that you should not drink and drive. Perhaps it might re-enforce it to the public as well as other members of the department."
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