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A King County sheriff’s deputy was fired for getting drunk, leaving his gun on a public dock, and taking a boat out to sea.

Christopher Dearth was terminated May 1, but was not arrested.

Should he have been arrested?

“I won’t say,” King County Sheriff Deputy John Urquhart said. “The statute for boating under the influence is very clear.

“With all due respect for [Tacoma police spokesperson] Loretta [Cool], she is mischaracterizing the RCW for boating under the influence,” Urquhart said.

But reports of the fired deputy might not be as accurate as initially reported, according to the Tacoma Police Department.

There was no cause to arrest Dearth at the time, according to Cool.

“Based on the [report] there’s nothing we could arrest him for, ” Cool said. “According to the report, the fire department found him in his boat adrift, which means the boat was not under power. We never saw him operating any sort of vehicle.”

Dearth’s gun was turned in to a nearby business. But Cool notes that there was no law broken in regard to the firearm, either.

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“The bait shop called in because somebody had found a hand gun in a holster and a wallet on the dock,” Cool said. “Our officers responded, talked to the employee who gave them the handgun and the wallet. They ran the handgun serial number and got the registered owners name, as Dearth.”

“We didn’t have the person who found the gun,” Cool said. “We could stretch it to a reckless, but I’m sure it would be thrown out. We contact many, many people who have left their gun behind somewhere, usually someplace like a bathroom or in a booth at a restaurant. And if we can locate the owner, we return the gun.”

Cool noted that if a crime is committed with a found gun, then there could be a reason for an arrest. But with Dearth, it was found, turned in, and returned – though, not immediately.

“Since he appeared to be intoxicated, we took the gun for safe keeping,” Cool said, noting that Dearth’s supervisor was notified about the gun.

Cool also said that reports state that Dearth attacked officers, but that is not true; no officers reported being assaulted by Dearth.

The Tacoma Fire Department representative also said that no firefighters were assaulted by Dearth when they towed his boat to shore, and that they dropped him off with police following the tow.

According to King County’s Chief Deputy Jim Pugel, it was clear the off-duty, 28-year-old Dearth not only operated a vessel in the Tacoma Narrows under the influence Jan. 19, but also left his department-issued identification and firearm on the dock at the Narrows Marina &#8212 and assaulted the Tacoma police officers who responded.

It appears the only reason Dearth wasn’t arrested by Tacoma police was because he was a deputy, according to Pugel.

The King County Police Officers Guild has not commented.

Urquhart made the decision to fire Dearth. Though the former deputy wasn’t arrested, his actions reflect poorly on the department.

“Luckily nothing happened,” Urquhart said. “But gosh, we can’t be doing that.”

Police were forced to restrain Dearth against a wall at one point as a control tactic, according to information from Urquhart. Officers were at the scene for about 40 minutes because of Dearth’s “obnoxious behavior.” The former deputy’s behavior “embarrassed” the department in front of another agency and in front of civilians, Urquhart wrote to Dearth.

Dearth has not taken responsibility for any criminal conduct, instead placing blame on Tacoma police, according to Urquhart.

Dearth can not appeal the decision, but the Guild can.

Dearth is at least the fifth employee of the King County Sheriff’s Office that has been fired for disorderly conduct since last year.

Richard D. Oxley and The Associated Press contributed to this story.