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Technology
BlackBerry DUI Checkpoint App Pulled
Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has agreed to pull downloadable applications that help users evade sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving citations.
March 24, 2011
Technology
Vigilant Solutions LPR Adds 'Extra Set of Eyes' to Improve Sobriety Checkpoint Operation
A Midwest police department that deployed Vigilant's license plate recognition (LPR) in a sobriety checkpoint operation reports improved officer safety and efficiency, as well as 28 enforcement actions for offenses.
February 21, 2017
Technology
Drunk Drivers Using Twitter To Avoid DUI Checkpoints
Drivers are sending each other "tweets" that include the intersections of checkpoints, as well as text messages and an iPhone application that allows drivers to input checkpoint locations.
December 29, 2009
Special Units
MADD Calls for More Drunk Driving Prevention
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) recently released a Law Enforcement Leadership Summit Report, which includes six recommendations for lowering the number of alcohol-related traffic deaths.
March 10, 2005
Special Units
Police Officers Worked Hard Over Holidays
Law enforcement officers across the nation logged in extra hours to get drunk drivers off the roads and generally maintain order and safety this holiday season.
January 8, 2004
Patrol
LAPD Chief Loosens Car Impound Rules for Illegals
Chief Charlie Beck is also complying with state law by adopting the new policy, which allows the driver to call someone with a valid license to drive the vehicle away from the scene.
December 14, 2011
Patrol
Sobriety Testing Device
HGPen
The purpose of the HGPen is to provide a standardized instrument for the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test battery by indicating to the officer how long each test must be administered.
September 30, 2014
Patrol
Sobriety Testing Device
HGPen
The HGPen is designed to greatly improve the muscle memory needed for the HGN test battery and allow officers to focus on clues and officer safety, not counting and worrying about test battery order and application.
June 15, 2014
Patrol
MADD Issues Courtroom Tips to Keep Drunk Drivers Off the Road
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is partnering with law enforcement nationwide to ensure drunk drivers stay off the roads. To do this, the organization is providing law enforcement with tips for testifying in court to ensure that their roadside arrest is not pled down later and offenders are not allowed to get back behind the wheel too soon.
August 30, 2006
Patrol
TX Officer Struck by Alleged Drunk Driver During Sobriety Test
El Paso Officer Andy Rodriguez, a 23-year veteran, was conducting a field sobriety test on a suspected drunk driver when another suspected drunk driver drove into an assisting patrol car and pushed it into Rodriguez. It all happened while a dash cam was rolling. More Here.
December 12, 2016
Patrol
Canadian Driver Charged After Going to Police Station to Prove Sobriety
A man is facing an impaired driving charge after police say he showed up at a police station in Mississauga, Canada, to prove to his friends he wasn’t drunk.
August 3, 2018
Patrol
Two Calif. Bills Would Loosen Vehicle Impounds for Illegals
The authors of the two bills — AB 353 and AB 1389 — acknowledge they're seeking to provide cover to undocumented, unlicensed drivers who lose their vehicles while passing through the checkpoints if they aren't intoxicated.
July 10, 2011
Patrol
Ex-NFL QB Blames Former Teammates for Failing Sobriety Test
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was arrested on a drunk-driving charge after he failed to complete a sobriety test because his former offensive line "couldn't block" for him.
October 3, 2013
Patrol
Video: TX Officer Struck by Alleged Drunk Driver During Sobriety Test
El Paso Officer Andy Rodriguez was conducting a field sobriety test on a suspected drunk driver when another suspected drunk driver drove into an assisting patrol car and pushed it into Rodriguez. It all happened while a dash cam was rolling.
December 12, 2016
Patrol
Vehicle Checkpoints
Checkpoint stops are different-multiple vehicles are stopped one after the other, at the same place, without any suspicion beforehand that anyone in particular may be engaged in unlawful activity.
October 31, 2011
Patrol
Vehicle Checkpoints
The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether it was permissible under the Fourth Amendment for law enforcement officers to locate witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run accident by setting up a checkpoint to stop vehicles.
February 29, 2004
Patrol
Under the Influence
You notice a driver weaving in and out of traffic, so you signal with lights and siren for him to pull over. He definitely seems out of sorts, so you conduct the standardized field sobriety tests, which he fails. But when you administer a breath test, his blood alcohol content (BAC) is way below the legal limit for alcohol–despite his clearly exhibiting signs of being under the influence. What you have here is most likely a case of "drug driving."
November 17, 2015
Patrol
Drunk Driving Prevention
November brings us to the onset of the holiday season. And the holiday season essentially begins and ends with two big nights of drinking: the night before Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.
November 29, 2009
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