Mr. Smith was tapped for police commissioner.
He is answerable to the police commissioner for the conduct of the officer in his force.
The police commissioner said that they would deal sternly with drunk driving offenders and hoped that people would get the message and not drink and drive.
"They have no doubt that they will get away with it," said H. G. s. Dhaliwal, a deputy police commissioner in New Delhi who has investigated several such cases.
