He stayed late at the club to help clean up and thought he was capable of driving home early Sunday morning, he said.
I now know that drinking any amount of alcohol before driving is an extremely poor choice, Dorn said. I work hard every day for the schoolchildren of this state and it pains me deeply that I have not set a good example for them. I will work hard to earn back your trust.
Orting officials today released the full police report from Dorn's arrest, two days after The News Tribune asked for it in a public records request.
Dorns attorney requested the release of the documents, Dorn said in his statement.
Dorn cooperated with the officer who administered the field sobriety tests, according to the report, and there's no indication that he ever identified himself as the state superintendent of public instruction while in custody.
Later, the arresting officer suspected Dorn of trying to delay taking an official breath test by asking repeatedly to use the bathroom, he wrote in the report.
The report says Dorn was given nearly an hour after his arrest to find an attorney, then requested twice to use the restroom in the middle of the blood alcohol testing process. Dorns requests were less than 30 minutes apart, according to the report.
"Through my experience, I have observed DUI offenders use the restroom during the process as a tactic to buy time, the officer wrote. When DUI offenders are allowed to use the restroom in the middle of the process it requires the officer to start the 15 minute observation period over. This gives the offender more time for their BAC to become lower.
When Dorn finally took the breath test at about 3 a.m., his blood alcohol content tested at 0.11. The legal limit in Washington is 0.08.
After the test, Dorn never again asked to use the restroom, the officer wrote.
Dorn was pulled over about 1:15 a.m. for driving 46 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone, the report says. Additionally, a tail light was out on his 2006 Toyota Prius.
When the officer approached Dorn, he smelled alcohol and saw Dorns eyes were watery and bloodshot, he wrote. Dorn then failed a pair of field sobriety tests, and while being escorted to the back of the police car, "he appeared off balance and stumbled over the curb and almost lost his balance," the officer wrote.
The 56-year-old Eatonville resident was then arrested.
"When I asked Dorn if he understood his Rights, he asked me to read them slower, so I did," the officer wrote.
Dorn's vehicle and a passenger in the car whom the police report did not identify were both released to a sober driver.
As Dorn was being transported to the police station, "he filled my patrol vehicle with the strong odor of intoxicants," the officer wrote.
After eventually taking the blood alcohol test at the station, Dorn was released to a sober driver, the police report says.
A News Tribune review of Washington court records shows that Dorn has no other DUIs and no criminal history.
In his statement today, Dorn said he's been working this week in his normal capacity as head of K-12 education, including a meeting with the governor this morning. He said he and his wife will take a long-planned spring break vacation next week.
His arraignment in Orting City Court is scheduled for April 2.
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