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A former Tucson police sergeant and an ex-officer accused of drinking and gambling on the job could lose their certifications after the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training board voted to initiate proceedings in their cases Wednesday.

Robert Lund and David Haggerty both worked for the Tucson Police Department for more than 20 years before retiring in March — one day before they were to go before a police termination-review committee.

The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training board has the ability to suspend or revoke an officer's certification, meaning the person could no longer work as an officer in Arizona.

Lund and Haggerty's retirements stem from an incident on Jan. 29 when someone called 911 to report a possible drunken driver near South Harrison Road and East 22nd Street.

Officers found a 1999 Ford Taurus — an unmarked city police car — in a parking lot on the corner, police said at the time.

Lund was asked to give breath samples because officers believed he was intoxicated. The tests yielded blood-alcohol levels of 0.202 and 0.183, far exceeding the DUI level of 0.08.

He was arrested on a variety of DUI charges, including extreme DUI.

An internal-affairs investigation determined Lund drank beer at the beginning of his shift and later on in the day while he was gambling on dog races.

Lund also admitted to drinking a bottle of tequila while on duty in his unmarked police car, the documents say.

At the time of his arrest, Lund headed up a Community Response Team, which consists of seven officers who work mostly in plainclothes and deal with neighborhood problems such as prostitution, drugs and graffiti.

Authorities also learned that Haggerty — one of Lund's subordinates — had been drinking with Lund that day.

Haggerty said he joined Lund at Tucson McGraw's Cantina and Jeff's Pub at Lund's request.

He said that at no time did he feel he was intoxicated and that he was simply following the orders of his supervisor, which was to generate leads at bars as they had done in the past without any problems.

During the internal investigation, Haggerty was untruthful about how much he drank, the justification and the location, Tucson police said.

The Tucson Police Department said the gambling and drinking that occurred were not work-related.

Department policy states that no plainclothes officer shall drink or purchase alcoholic beverages while on duty except when necessary in the performance of duty and then only with the approval of a supervisor. The same policy applies to gambling on duty.