A Pittsburgh police sergeant is facing DUI charges again after investigators said he was found in his car with a blood alcohol limit nearly four times the legal limit.

A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson confirmed that command staff are aware of charges filed against a sergeant by Plum police and they're fully cooperating with the investigation.

According to the criminal complaint, a Plum police officer patrolling the area of Saltsburg Road shortly before midnight on Nov. 10 found a black Dodge Durango partially in the lane of travel. The officer reported finding Tariq Jamal-Francis inside, slumped over, asleep.

In the complaint, the officer wrote that Jamal-Francis, who smelled strongly of alcohol, believed that he was home and eventually admitted that he'd been drinking at the bar

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