A Nevada state senator was found asleep inside his vehicle while it was running and stopped on an east Las Vegas street, body camera footage released by the Metropolitan Police Department Tuesday showed.

Sen. Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep at a traffic light on North Lamb and East Lake Mead boulevards at 4 a.m., Friday, according to police.

In the video footage, an officer, one of the first at the scene that morning, said that the man in the vehicle — who was later identified as Flores — was “passed out.” As well, the SUV was in drive and Flores had his hand on the stick shift and his foot on the brake.

“Subject is passed out in the vehicle,” the officer said. “The vehicle is in drive. He has his foot on the brake.”

The officer att

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