01/06
   SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (UPI) -- An undercover detective killed in a
traffic accident while on a drug investigation was legally drunk, a
toxicology report says.
   Detective Roy Reininger, 37, had a blood alcohol level of .207
percent when he died, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said
Tuesday. The legal limit for intoxication in Illinois is .10.
   "He's twice the level of what is considered to be under the
influence of alcohol," a spokesman for the office said.
   An estimated 900 police officers attended Reininger's funeral
Monday in a traditional show of respect.
   Reininger was assigned to a federal Drug Enforcement
Administrtion team investigating drug traffic in Chicago suburbs. He
was driving a village-owned Chevy Blazer on Schaumburg Road early
Thursday when it slammed into the back of a village salt truck.
Reininger was pronounced dead within an hour at Humana Hospital in
Hoffman Estates.
   As an undercover officer, Reininger was allowed to drink on duty
if given permission and in special circumstances, Schaumburg Police
Chief Ken Alley said. For example, he could drink while meeting with
an informant in a bar to avoid raising suspicion.
   However, Reininger did not have such permission on Thursday
morning, Alley said. And even if such permission were granted, state
law still forbids driving while drunk, authorities said.
   "It's always understood it's got to be reasonable. You have to
utilize judgment," Alley said.
01/06
   SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (UPI) -- An undercover detective killed in a
traffic accident while on a drug investigation was legally drunk, a
toxicology report says.
   Detective Roy Reininger, 37, had a blood alcohol level of .207
percent when he died, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said
Tuesday. The legal limit for intoxication in Illinois is .10.
   "He's twice the level of what is considered to be under the
influence of alcohol," a spokesman for the office said.
   An estimated 900 police officers attended Reininger's funeral
Monday in a traditional show of respect.
   Reininger was assigned to a federal Drug Enforcement
Administrtion team investigating drug traffic in Chicago suburbs. He
was driving a village-owned Chevy Blazer on Schaumburg Road early
Thursday when it slammed into the back of a village salt truck.
Reininger was pronounced dead within an hour at Humana Hospital in
Hoffman Estates.
   As an undercover officer, Reininger was allowed to drink on duty
if given permission and in special circumstances, Schaumburg Police
Chief Ken Alley said. For example, he could drink while meeting with
an informant in a bar to avoid raising suspicion.
   However, Reininger did not have such permission on Thursday
morning, Alley said. And even if such permission were granted, state
law still forbids driving while drunk, authorities said.
   "It's always understood it's got to be reasonable. You have to
utilize judgment," Alley said.