RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 29TH, 2022, I INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER WAS PATROLLING LAKE SHAFER IN A DEPARTMENT-ISSUED PATROL BOAT. DURING THIS PATROL, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A BOAT CRASH RESULTING IN INJURIES.
  WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, I COULD SEE TWO BOATS IN THE WATER. ONE BOAT WAS A BLUE BENNINGTON PONTOON DRIVEN BY OP2. THE BOAT HAD SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE STERN AND MOTOR AREA. THE BOAT ALSO HAD THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD THAT WERE INJURED BECAUSE OF THE COLLISION.      
  THE OTHER BOAT WAS A BAJA RUNABOUT-STYLE WATERCRAFT DRIVEN BY OP1. THIS BOAT HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THIS BOAT HAD VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT. THE ONLY THING I COULD SEE WAS A BLACK SCUFF MARK ON THE PORTION OF THE BOAT THAT WAS OUT OF THE WATER. I INFORMED OP1 THAT WHEN HE GETS THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER TO CONTACT ME SO I COULD INSPECT THE DAMAGES.        
  ONCE I SAW THAT EMS STAFF WERE TENDING TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PONTOON BOAT, I BEGAN ASKING OP1 WHAT THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO AND CAUSED THE COLLISION WERE. OP1 STATED, "I'M GOING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE WERE RACING." OP1 CONTINUED AND STATED THAT HE WAS RACING A JET SKI, AND HE THOUGHT THAT THE JET SKI HAD ALREADY LEFT THE AREA, BUT THAT WHEN HE WAS ACCELERATING HIS BOAT, THE BOW WAS STICKING FAR UP INTO THE AIR, AND HE COULD NOT SEE IN FRONT OF HIM. OP1 THEN STATED THAT HE FELT THAT HE HAD HIT SOMETHING OUT OF NOWHERE, SO HE STEERED HIS BOAT TO THE LEFT, AND HIS BOAT SLID OFF THE PONTOON BOAT. HE STATED THAT HE FINALLY SAW THE PONTOON BOAT ONCE HIS BOAT WAS LEVEL WITH THE WATER.  OP1 FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST TOWARDS INDIANA BEACH WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.      
  I INSTRUCTED OP1 TO DOCK HIS BOAT AT A NEARBY BOAT DOCK. AFTER HE COMPLETED THIS, AND WHILE I WAS STILL TALKING TO HIM ABOUT HIS ACTIONS BEFORE THE CRASH, I NOTICED HE WAS SLURRING A FEW OF HIS WORDS. HIS EYES WERE ALSO WATERY. WHILE OP1 CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN THE EVENTS OF THE BOAT CRASH, I OBSERVED AN EMPTY WHITE CLAW BOX AND A 30 PACK OF BUSCH LITE WITH MOST OF THE BEERS MISSING.   UPON OBSERVING THIS, I ASKED HIM HOW MANY ALCOHOLIC DRINKS HE DRANK TODAY, AND HE STATED HE HAD A FEW. I THEN INSTRUCTED OP1 THAT I WOULD BE OFFERING HIM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. I WAITED 15 MINUTES WHILE OP1 WAS ON SHORE AND THEN BEGAN THE TESTING. I ASKED OP1 ALL THE PRE-TEST QUESTIONS, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED NO TO ALL THE QUESTIONS. I THEN ADMINISTERED THE HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS (HGN) TEST ON OP1. I CONFIRMED OP1 UNDERSTOOD THE INSTRUCTIONS AND BEGAN THE TEST. OP1 DEMONSTRATED A LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH EYES, DISTINCT AND SUSTAINED NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH EYES, AND THE ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO 45 – DEGREES IN BOTH EYES. OP1 FAILED THE HGN TEST BY DEMONSTRATING SIX CLUES.      
  I THEN ADMINISTERED THE WALK AND TURN TEST ON OP1, I EXPLAINED THE STARTING POSITION AND THE INSTRUCTIONS TO OP1, AND OP1 STATED HE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING BY STATING "YEP" AFTER HE WAS ASKED. DURING THE TEST, OP1 MADE AN IMPROPER TURN BY LIFTING HIS PIVOT FOOT OFF THE LINE DURING HIS TURN. HE ALSO RAISED HIS ARMS AWAY FROM HIS SIDES AT A LENGTH EXCEEDING SIX INCHES TO ASSIST IN BALANCING HIM DURING THE TURN. OP1 FAILED THE WALK AND TURN TEST BY DEMONSTRATING TWO CLUES.         
  NEXT, I ADMINISTERED THE ONE-LEG STAND TEST ON OP1. I EXPLAINED THE TEST, AND OP1 STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE TEST. OP1 BEGAN THE TEST BY LIFTING HIS RIGHT FOOT OFF THE GROUND.  OP1 PASSED THE ONE-LEG STAND. HE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE ANY CLUES DURING THIS TEST.      
  AFTER THE TEST WAS COMPLETE, I OFFERED OP1 A PORTABLE BREATH TEST (PBT). OP1 REGISTERED A RESULT OF .008 ON THE PBT.  OP1 WAS THEN READ THE IMPLIED CONSENT WARNING CAUSING SBI/FATAL DURING A CRASH. OP1 SUBMITTED TO A CHEMICAL TEST AND WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE WHITE COUNTY JAIL BY A WHITE COUNTY OFFICER ON SCENE.      
  I THEN BEGAN SPEAKING WITH OP2. HE STATED THAT HE WAS CRUISING ALONG THE SHORELINE AT IDLE SPEED NORTHWEST TOWARDS INDIANA BEACH. HE THEN LOOKED BEHIND HIM AND SAW THE BOTTOM OF A BOAT CRASHING ON TOP OF HIS BOAT, THROWING HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGERS TO THE FLOOR. I GATHERED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OP2, TOOK PICTURES OF HIS DAMAGED BOAT, AND INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS FREE TO LEAVE. OP2 THEN STARTED TOWING HIS BOAT HOME WITH HELP FROM OTHER CITIZENS.      
  WHILE I WAS SPEAKING WITH OP2, A WHITE MALE NAMED WITNESS 1 APPEARED ON THE DOCK. I ASKED WITNESS 1 WHO HE WAS, AND HE STATED HE SAW THE WHOLE THING. WITNESS 1 ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS RACING OP1 AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. WITNESS 1 STATED THAT HE ASKED OP1 HOW FAST HIS BOAT WOULD GO. WITNESS 1 ALSO INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OP1 TO GO FASTER AS HE WAS REVVING HIS JET SKI UP AND DRIVING BESIDE HIM.  WITNESS 1 THEN STATED HE SAW OP1 WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE PONTOON BOAT, AND HE SLOWED DOWN. WITNESS 1 CONTINUED BY SAYING OP1 STRUCK THE BOAT AND ROLLED TO THE LEFT AFTER STRIKING IT. WITNESS 1 ALSO EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS GOING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH WHEN HE SAW THE COLLISION. I THEN GATHERED ALL OF WITNESS 1'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND DROVE TO THE WHITE COUNTY JAIL TO OBSERVE THE BLOOD DRAW PROCESS. AFTER THE BLOOD DRAW PROCESS WAS COMPLETE, I TRANSPORTED OP1 BACK TO HIS BOAT. ONCE THERE, I GATHERED THE FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION AND INFORMED HIM TO NOT OPERATE THE BOAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.    
  ON 06/02/2022, I RECEIVED A BOAT CRASH FORM BACK FROM OP2 AND LEARNED THE INJURIES OF THE THREE INJURED PEOPLE. VICTIM 3 SUFFERED SEVERE BRUISING WHERE THE BOAT HIT HER AND PINNED HER TO THE FLOOR, VICTIM 1 SUFFERED FROM A BROKEN FINGER, AND VICTIM 2 SUFFERED THREE CRACKED RIBS AND A CONCUSSION.      
  BASED ON MY FINDINGS WITH OP1'S PRE CRASH ACTIONS AND HIM CRASHING BOAT I AM ISSUING HIM A SUMMONS FOR DANGEROUS OPERATION OF HIS BOAT. HIS ACTIONS CAUSED THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE TWO BOATS WHICH SERIOUSLY HURT 3 PEOPLE AND DESTROYED THEIR BOAT.              
  