During a DUI investigation, police must arrest you prior to reading the breath test rights or implied consent rights.  If they do not, the breath can be suppressed.  As consent is not implied until after arrest, Officers can not arrest for “suspicion” of DUI in Georgia and then take you to the station to see […]

A St. Petersburg Florida police officer was arrested for DUI Sunday morning February 18, 2007while off duty
Officer Steven J. Pugh was arrested around 2 a.m. Saturday.  He was found sleeping behind the wheel of his parked personal car around the 5400 bolck of Shore Blvd. in Gulfport, Florida.  Pugh contends that he had […]

The Sarasota Herald Tribune reported recently that a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy is under investigation after utilizing a suprise handcuffing technique. After an arrestee was told by the Officer to perform a fake sobriety evaluation as a ruse to handcuff the suspect, the Officer slammed the arrestee into the car.  While trying to get handcuffs on […]

CBS Investigative Reporters in Denver recently reported that Denver Police turned off video cameras recording DUI breath testing.  After recently suffering acquitals of DUI arrests where the defendant was not observed for 20 minutes prior to the breath test to exclude the possibility of mouth alcohol, the cameras were coincidently turned off.  Police don’t want […]

In January 2007, a Wisconsin DUI lawyer, Rick Petri, 64, got a call from a client that he was arrested for DUI.  He went to the station to bail him out and blew a 0.09.   The lawyer who had consumed alcoholic beverages earlier in the evening felt fine and thought the alcohol had worn off.   Breath alcohol […]

DUI a prescription for jail time

— By Debby Schamber
The Orange Leader
Driving under the influence of prescription medications has become a more common occurrence in Orange.
“There has been an increase of DUI versus DWI because of an increase of people being on prescription medication,” said Sgt. L.L. Claybar of the Orange Police Department.
According to reports, shortly […]

Lawsuit claims drug killed DUI probationer
By Kim Smith
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The family of a Tucson man who died while on probation has sued the state and the Pima County probation department, saying a court-ordered drug killed him.
According to court documents, Scott Paul Cody, 34, was placed on probation in May 2005 for driving under […]

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Tifton Police Officer Resigns After DUI
POSTED: 12:33 pm EDT October 5, 2006
TIFTON, Ga. — A Tifton police officer has resigned after being arrested for driving under the influence in his patrol car while on a training trip.Officer Chuck Synder was attending training in traffic accident investigation last week at the State Law Enforcement Training […]

 
Newnan DUI arrests soar From 139 arrests in 2003 to about 300 this year
Published 10/8/06 in The Times-Herald
By ELIZABETH RICHARDSON
erichardson@newnan.com
 
Last year, the Newnan Police Department set a goal to arrest 271 impaired drivers in 2006 — an increase of 10 percent from 2005.
In 2003, the police department was responsible for making 139 arrests involving drivers […]

October 03, 2006
Courtesy of the National Journal
Is Foley This Cycle’s
“DUI?”
In the final days of the 2000 WH race, Pres Bush was confronted with an unexpected revelation from his past. It was disclosed that in 1976 Bush had been pulled over and arrested for DUI. The news threw the otherwise well-oiled Bush campaign and, as described […]