CHIEF ON THE WRONG SIDE
By SyndicatedNews | SNN.BZ
QUINCY, Fla. — Brian Alexander had been Quincy’s police chief for less than a month when a traffic stop placed the city’s newest top cop on the opposite side of the law. Alexander was arrested in July 2026 and accused of driving under the influence while operating an unmarked police vehicle.
According to arrest papers described by WCTV, a Chattahoochee police officer observed Alexander’s vehicle traveling on the wrong side of Highway 90 and nearly leaving the roadway. When the officer activated emergency lights, the documents say Alexander activated the emergency lights on his own vehicle as well.
Alexander initially reportedly told the officer that he was tired and had dozed off while driving. The officer wrote that Alexander had watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. Alexander subsequently acknowledged consuming two mixed drinks, according to the arrest documents.
The officer administered three field-sobriety exercises and reported that Alexander performed poorly. Alexander was arrested on a DUI charge. Court records reported by WCTV also show a charge connected to refusing DUI testing. These remain allegations; Alexander has not been convicted of DUI in the material reviewed by SNN.
The timing made the case especially remarkable. Alexander had been sworn in June 15 after previously serving as police chief in nearby Gretna and spending more than two decades with the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office. At his swearing-in, Alexander described his leadership philosophy with the acronym “AIR”: accountability, integrity and respect.
The prosecution subsequently developed an unusual wrinkle. Second Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jack Campbell requested that another prosecutor handle Alexander’s case because of Campbell’s professional and personal relationship with the chief. Governor Ron DeSantis granted the request, assigning the case to State Attorney Larry Basford of Florida’s Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.
Quincy officials said they were reviewing the circumstances and would take whatever action they considered appropriate after obtaining the necessary information. The city emphasized that both legal proceedings and personnel considerations were pending.
As of the latest material I could verify, there is no DUI conviction to report. For SNN, that distinction matters: the extraordinary part of the story is documented without getting ahead of the court — a newly sworn police chief, an unmarked police vehicle, alleged wrong-side driving and the chief himself becoming the subject of a DUI prosecution.
WCTV video report and arrest coverage
Source documents/reporting: Court-document account of Alexander arrest
