Milstead avoided discipline or even a ticket when he slammed into a tree on a rain soaked road in 2011. Critics questioned why he wasn't screened for intoxication. Ducey countering that story today. No, no, no. What my understanding was is that he made a maneuver to save his life. Milstead, who was Mesa's police chief back then, encouraged his officers to purge old disciplinary cases from their personnel files. He still thinks that's a good idea. (02:27–02:36)
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Asserts that a maneuver was made to save a life during a car incident.
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