July 2010 - Posts

• Alcohol on Breath + No Driving = DUI

  In the current climate of political correctness, drunk driving is approaching the status of child molesting — and legislators, police, prosecutors and judges seem hell-bent on expanding the offense far beyond any reasonable interpretation. A recent example: Appeals Court Nullifies Drunk "But Not Yet Driving" Offense Pewaukee, WI.  July 14 — A state appeals court nullified a [...] Posted Jul 16 2010, 02:53 PM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Pre-Written DUI Arrest Reports: A Smoking Gun

  Earlier this week I posted about the increasing practice of police officers in DUI investigations to write arrest reports before the arrest — in fact, before the suspect is even seen driving.  This has gotten to the point that computer templates are increasingly used: the officer simply inputs the suspect’s name, address, etc., and prints out [...] Posted Jul 09 2010, 09:19 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Police Writing DUI Arrest Reports…Before the Arrest

  In recent years, there has been a growing trend among law enforcement to use pre-written arrest reports in drunk driving cases. In other words, they are writing out a batch of phony reports — including "observed" driving symptoms, slurred speech, failed field sobriety tests, admissions of drinking — and then just filling in the names, [...] Posted Jul 04 2010, 05:20 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog