A dispatcher in Powell County has been arrested after working while intoxicated.
The Stanton Police Department arrested 37-year-old Shauna Staton on Sunday and charged her with official misconduct and alcohol intoxication in a public place.
According to WKYT.com, a Stanton police officer arrived at dispatch after hearing Staton slur her words as if she was impaired. Upon arriving at dispatch, the officer observed Staton with a “glazed-over look and smelled of alcohol,” the Lexington television station reports.
She was given a field sobriety test and arrested. Staton’s blood alcohol level was .193.
She was lodged in the Powell County Detention Center but has since been released.
Staton was the impetus behind the filing of Senate Bill 83 during the 2019 General Assembly session when she was a state worker employed as an EMT in Powell County.
Staton, who uses/used CBD Oil to combat pain, tested positive for THC during a drug test. Because she was a state worker, she was fired from her position after officials received the test results.
She appealed the decision and won, resulting in a new piece of legislation being introduced in the General Assembly in the form of Senate Bill 83. The bill, filed by state Sen. Perry Clark, D-Louisville, was given the name, “Shauna’s Law.”
The bill, though, was not passed into law, as it appears to have died in the Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor committee.
(Photo: Still photo of Shauna Staton being interviewed by LEX18 in 2019 after the introduction of “Shauna’s Law” in the Kentucky General Assembly)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
