The Councillor for Citizen Safety; i.e., the municipal police, for the Almería town of Huércal received an 8-month driving ban and a fine calculated at 4 months at six euros a day, after being stopped and found to be over the alcohol limit.

The incident took place in the early hours of Saint Valentine’s day, when a local police unit made him take two breathalyzer tests, both of which he failed miserably.

Instead of showing remorse he told the policemen, “I am not an ordinary citizen. Tomorrow I am a councillor and I order you to remove your scarves and salute me when I speak to you!” Thanks to this outburst, he was also given a 20-day fine of six euros a day for ‘an offence against public order,’ as well as being ordered to pay all court costs.

Now doesn’t that make you feel better?

(News: Almeria, Andalucia)