Chief, I'm on a DWI. Chief, I'm on a DWI. In Bradley Beach, New Jersey, that is Police Chief Leonard Guido. I'm on a DWI. He appears to be intoxicated and is interfering with a crash investigation led by one of his own police officers, Sergeant William Major. Chief, I'm working. I don't have time to argue about a jacket, okay? Please don't touch me. Don't you touch me. Touch me. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? YOU GRAB ME? WHAT? GET OUT OF HERE. BEFORE YOU GET A PROBLEM. Take him out. Take him out. No, you're going to go in. Yes, the chief was just slammed against the hood of a police cruiser by one of his own sergeants. Get out of here. No. Chief, get out of here or you're going to get locked up. Chief, you're going to get locked up. You're grabbing me. I asked you three times to leave me alone. You're obstructing my DWI. Really, come over here. Let me go. Soon after this November incident, city officials suspended the chief. Now, there's an update. Bradley Beach's top cop retiring early amid scrutiny over altercation. Mayor Larry Fox announced Chief Guido will retire in March, 6 months before the city planned. Shut up. No, you're in trouble cuz this is the first thing. First first of all I'd like to thank Chief Guido for his 40-plus years of service to our bureau, Mayor Fox said. Under his leadership, our community has become a much safer place to live. But recently, it's also been a laughingstock. This all began on Main Street in Bradley Beach when police began investigating a DUI crash. The chief was nearby, walked up and criticized Sergeant William Major for wearing a police jacket with a decal peeling off. Why do you got to jacket on? The The stuff fit to be worn. What's on the back there? Let me Look at it. Tell me what's on the back there. I've been it washed off. >> Yeah, I've been get rid of it. >> Okay. >> That's ridiculous. >> Okay, sergeant forgot >> Okay, chief. Let me work this DWI, okay? >> Come over here. >> Chief, I'm on a DWI. >> Come over here, chief. >> Chief, I'm on a DWI. >> Get over here. >> I'm on a DWI. Chief, I'm working. I don't have time to argue about a jacket, okay? Please don't touch me. Don't you touch me. Touch me. >> Woah, woah, woah. >> You got a [ __ ] problem? You threatened me. >> WHAT? >> NOW, GET OUT OF HERE. BEFORE YOU GET A PROBLEM. >> TAKE IT, MAN. TAKE IT. >> NO, you're going to go in. >> Take it. Drunk again. Whose keys are these? >> They're mine. >> Get out of here. >> No. >> Chief, get out of here or you're going to get locked up. >> No, you >> Chief, you're going to get locked up. >> What the >> You grabbed me. I asked you three times leave me alone. You're obstructing my DWI. >> Billy, come over here. >> I don't know. >> That's the first thing. >> Billy, I'm clearly >> Get your hands away from everybody. Shut up because you're in trouble now. >> No, I'm not in trouble. >> Stop. Stop. >> You're going to be stopped. >> Stop. Stop. Billy, Billy. >> Chief, I'm working a DWI. >> I'm listening to you. >> Okay. >> Shut up. >> No. >> You're in trouble cuz this is the first thing. First First of all, I was about to say to you, you stupid I was about to say to you, what do you need OEM for? >> You're >> That's you're embarrassing me in front of the men with the jacket. >> The jacket That's That's neither here nor there. >> Okay. >> That That's neither here nor there. Now, we got a real problem, Billy. >> Yeah, we do. >> I know. >> We do. >> All right, you're going to have to go inside. >> No, how about we do this? >> No, no, no, no, no, no. >> Can we go inside? >> Billy, you're going to have to go inside right now with me. You're going to have to go inside and and >> to a serious collision. >> Billy, you're not doing anything when I'm on the scene, okay? You should know better than this, my friend. >> No. >> Listen to me. >> me. >> No, I said come over here. >> no right. You grabbed me. >> Come here. >> Come here. Come here. I'm not going to argue with you. I have a crash to work. >> Billy, >> I have a job to do. >> Billy, you're relieved. Billy, you're relieved. >> Okay. >> You're relieved. >> going. >> No, no, no, no. Billy, you have to understand something. You're relieved. Billy, you're relieved. Go home and the headquarters and wait for me. >> Yes, I'm at a crash. >> No, no, Billy, you're relieved. >> I have officers here. >> Billy, >> Right here. They could get waffle cuz my car is blocking it. >> you're relieved. >> No, Chief. >> No, Billy, please, Billy, don't you're suspended, Billy. >> I'm suspended? >> Yes. >> Okay, fine. I'm suspended, going home. >> Yes. Billy, come here. >> I'm going home. We can't talk. I'm suspended. >> No, no, no. >> No, I'm suspended. I'm going home. >> and you're going to wait for me there. >> No, I'm not. I'm suspended. I'm going home. >> You're going to go to headquarters and you're going to wait for me there. >> Well, let me work my crash. This is right here. >> you're suspended. >> All right, if I'm suspended, then I'm not going to wait inside. Nothing >> No, no, no, Billy, you have to You have to let me explain. Billy, you're suspended. >> Okay. >> All right. Billy, come. >> Yes. Okay. >> Wait for me in there. That's an order. >> Can you do me a favor? Can you put your car where my car is so our officers and first aid don't get run over, please? Thank you. >> Billy's suspended. He'll be in >> Sgt. Billy Major suspended and humiliated by the chief in front of other officers, then drove away. A few days later, though, Sgt. Major was back on the job and it was Chief Leonard Guido who had been suspended. Local prosecutors apparently received the sergeant's body camera video and launched an internal investigation. Three months later, a local news organization got a tip about the incident and filed a formal request for the body camera video. The mayor's office confirmed the altercation, and now Chief Guido is retiring early. Still, residents of Bradley Beach are outraged by the months-long lack of transparency, and legal experts say outgoing Chief Guido clearly benefited from police privilege. They note that if the chief had been a civilian, came to a scene intoxicated, interfered with a police officer, and then went hands-on with a cop, that civilian would have been arrested on the spot. And if that civilian was black, well, the arrest might have included the use of force. But because Guido was the police chief, he was not arrested. I suppose we should be thankful that the city of Bradley Beach is getting rid of Chief Guido, and kudos to Officer Billy Majors for staying relatively calm after being criticized and then pushed over an improper police jacket decal. Officer Major took control of the apparently intoxicated police chief and tried to protect public safety. Still, this entire situation is embarrassing. And if police will shove and play power games with each other, imagine what the cops will do to civilians. Residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey are right to be concerned. By the way, police-on-police violence erupted recently in Oklahoma between sheriff's deputies and local cops. In Oklahoma, that is a Cleveland County Sheriff's Deputy insulting a local Lexington Police Officer. In the white hat, that is the Cleveland County Sheriff. Sheriff, you need to back up out of my face, sir. >> You have no authority. >> That's You're not going to tell me what to do, mother You're not going to get in my sheriff's space, you mother just like you told me. mother >> Your hands off me, man. >> Back up, John. >> Mhm, check out that video at the link below. It generated a lot of comments on YouTube. One of the most popular is from Bill McMillan 7735. He wrote, "There needs to be much higher standards for law enforcement officers. These guys act like gang members." Indeed, there are definitely similarities between gangs and police, although police have badges. I'm eager to hear your comments on the New Jersey police chief slammed by one of his own officers. I'm David Shuster. Thanks for joining us.