The undersecretary who oversees California parolees and adult and juvenile prisons has been arrested on suspicion of Sacramento drunk driving while in a state vehicle.

The California Highway Patrol stopped the 47-year-old  for speeding shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday near Rancho Murieta, the rural Sacramento County community where he lives. Officer Michael Bradley said his blood alcohol level exceeded 0.08, the legal limit. The CHP would not release the precise level.

Sacramento DUIs Have Big Consequences…

Corrections department spokesman Seth Unger says Kernan is on personal leave awaiting discipline, which could range from a suspension to the loss of his job. He says it is unclear if Kernan was on state business when he was arrested for Sacramento DUI.

The official is free on $1,480 bail and is awaiting a July 16 arraignment. He was appointed as one of three undersecretaries in the corrections department in November 2008.

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