PIQUA - A Piqua police officer is facing an OVI charge and is under administrative investigation following a crash while he was on duty.

Officer Justin Augustine, 38, is charged with OVI and operating a vehicle without reasonable control, according to records. "The first principle in any internal investigation is the department's duty to the public," said Piqua Chief of Police Bruce Jamison. "The second principle is the duty to provide fair procedures to any officer involved." Augustine reported the Oct. 27 crash to a supervisor, according to a press release from the Piqua Police Department. A portion of body camera footage was released Monday evening and showed Augustine saying he was "done" and up." This news organization attempted to contact Augustine at his home, however no one answered the door. A police report said he told the supervisor, Lt. Rick Byron, he damaged the cruiser when he stopped in the lot to go the bathroom. A crash report said the cruiser passenger side hit a flatbed semi-trailer parked in the lot, causing heavy damage to the cruiser. "Officer Augustine walked me to the passenger side of his patrol vehicle, where I observed significant damage to the entire passenger side starting at the front windshield and ending on the rear quarter panel," officers wrote in a police report read. "While speaking with Officer Augustine, I observed that his eyes were bloodshot and red and that his speech was slow and slurred."

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