GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – A former New Mexico State Police officer who was arrested for reportedly driving drunk in Gallup earlier this year changed her plea in court Friday.

Rachel Hall pleaded no contest to one count of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. She was taken into custody on Feb. 27after a McKinley County Sheriff’s Office deputy allegedly saw Hall driving the wrong way. While the deputy was following Hall’s vehicle, she nearly rear-ended another car at a red light, drove over a sidewalk, almost struck a light pole, and hit multiple curbs, popping both of her car’s right-side tires, according to court documents.

The criminal complaint states that Hall refused to roll her window down more than a couple of inches when she was pulled over, but the deputy “could

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