Tag: DUI: Page 5

Suspected DUI Driver Rear-Ends Squad Car, Injures New York Officer

A suspected DUI driver rear-ended a Westchester County Police Department patrol vehicle early Sunday morning, injuring the officer inside.

April 9, 2019

According to the Westchester Journal News, a 24-year-old woman—who has not yet been named—was driving a Chevy Impala when she slammed into the back of the patrol car on a local freeway.

New Jersey Officer Injured When Suspected DUI Driver Strikes Patrol Vehicle

An officer with the Gloucester Township (NJ) Police Department suffered minor injuries when the patrol vehicle he was sitting in was struck by a suspected DUI driver.

March 29, 2019

An officer with the Gloucester Township (NJ) Police Department suffered minor injuries when the patrol vehicle he was sitting in was struck by a suspected DUI driver.

Colorado Woman Suspected of DUI Injures Officer in "Struck By" Accident

An officer with the Thornton (CO) Police Department was conducting a traffic stop on an off-ramp of an interstate highway early Monday morning when a suspected DUI driver struck him.

March 26, 2019

Police Arrest Man Named Sober for Being Not Sober

On Saturday in Butler County, PA, police pulled over a suspected drunken driver named Daniel Sober.

March 13, 2019

Daniel Sober, 44, was charged with drunk driving.

North Carolina DUI Suspect Complains Police Won't Share Their Confiscated Liquor

Police say Elliott failed breath tests and was put in a patrol car, where he saw a bottle of Fireball Whiskey confiscated from someone else. The report says he told the officer: "You could have shared; I'm already drunk."

March 6, 2019

Procedures & Policies

Testing Drivers for Marijuana Impairment

Drivers under the influence of THC may suffer from slower reaction time, impaired cognitive performance, and increased risk-taking.

February 26, 2019

In the end, the training and experience of American police officers are the elements most essential to ensuring that impaired drivers are kept off the roads.

Tennessee Department: Get Drunk on Our Tab to Help Out DUI Training

Coopertown Police Department is seeking six volunteers to drink alcohol of their choosing in an effort to help the department with a day of DUI training.

February 20, 2019

Suspected DUI Driver Charged Following Wrong-Way Collision with Connecticut Officer

James Crowther was reportedly traveling the wrong way heading eastbound in the westbound lane of a local roadway when he collided into the front end of the officer's off-duty vehicle traveling westbound.

February 7, 2019

Connecticut DUI Suspect Reportedly Drunk on Vanilla Extract

They say they detected an odor of vanilla on her breath, her speech was slurred and she was unable to answer basic questions.

January 25, 2019

Kansas Officer Impaled on Baton During Struggle with Suspect

A Lawrence, KS, police officer was impaled on his own metal baton while struggling with a man suspected of drunken driving.

January 23, 2019

Department Asks Citizens to Get Drunk to Train Recruits on SFSTs

The Kutztown Borough (PA) Police Department received thousands of responses to a request posted to Facebook for three citizen volunteers to help officers in training. The training in question was to help officers learn how to administer Standardized Field Sobriety Tests during suspected DUI traffic stops, and the volunteers would have to be willing to let the department get them drunk.

January 21, 2019

Louisville Sewer Agency Hires Noted Attorney to Represent Allegedly Impaired Driver in Trial Over Death of Detective

Louisville Attorney David Lambertus is now representing Roger Burdette, the MSD driver charged with murder and DUI in connection with the Christmas Eve crash that killed Det. Deidre Mengedoht

January 2, 2019

Det. Deidre Mengedoht of the Louisville Metro Police Department was killed Christmas Eve in a crash involving a Metropolitan Sewer District truck that was allegedly driven by someone who was impaired. (Photo: Louisville Metro PD)

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