Tag: Drunk Driving: Page 11

Patrol

San Antonio Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash with DUI

Officer Stephanie Ann Brown, 27, was responding to call for service on Interstate 35 downtown, when she was hit. The driver, who was also killed, has been identified as Christopher David Baldaramos, 31. A receipt from a bar was found in Baldaramos' pocket.

March 14, 2011

Patrol

Calif. 'Dirty DUI' Deputy Resigns

Contra Costa County Sheriff's Deputy Stephen Tanabe had talked about making drunk-driving arrests to ensure the subjects were "dirtied" before future court dates, according to a search affidavit and the report.

March 10, 2011

Patrol

Arizona Agency Offers Alternative to Sheriff Joe's Tent City

For $200 per night, inmates can spend their time in Scottsdale, eating frozen meals indoors rather than spooning up a "horrific mixture of odds and ends" under the blazing sun in Tent City.

March 1, 2011

Patrol

Okla. 911 Director Arrested After DUI Joyride

Lincoln County (Okla.) Sheriff's deputies arrested the county's emergency manager and 911 director, who was involved in a drunken joyride with his son and two other men.

February 23, 2011

Vehicle Ops

S.C. Cop Crashed Cruiser Off-Duty While DUI

Former North Charleston (S.C.) Police Officer Nicholas Lomma violated several agency policies, including driving a city vehicle while intoxicated and driving a city vehicle outside a 10-mile radius of the city limits while off duty.

February 1, 2011

Patrol

Two Texas Men Over the Limit While Riding Horse, Mule

Police stopped the men and impounded their mounts, after they began blocking traffic and cajoling customers of Sixth Street bars and nightclubs to pose for photos with them.

January 12, 2011

Patrol

Texas University Trains Officers To Detect Drugged Driving

With grants from the Texas Department of Transportation, the educational institution operates two training programs to enhance officers' abilities to identify and evaluate impaired drivers. The programs are offered free of charge to municipal, county and state law enforcement personnel at locations throughout the state.

January 11, 2011

Patrol

Montana Officer's Miraculous Traffic Stop

A Montana traffic stop ended in gunfire in January, after Raymond Thane Davis pulls out a .44 Magnum revolver and fires at Hamilton Police Officer Ross Jessop. The driver responds to Jessop's question of how much have you had to drink with, "Plenty," and then pulls out the gun. A jury ruled on April 13 that the shooting was justified. Listen for the "click" of the revolver's hammer dropping on an already fired round in the cylinder. The second round was live.

December 7, 2010

Patrol

NFL Fan Charged In DUI Wreck That Injured Officer

The impact knocked the cruiser into the front yard of a home, and the injured passenger-side officer needed to be cut out of the vehicle.

December 6, 2010

Patrol

Drunk Driving Suspect Hits St. Cloud City Hall with Cops in Pursuit

A drunk driving suspect being pursued by police rammed his car into St. Cloud City Hall early Monday and was nabbed after trying to flee on foot, according to authorities.

November 28, 2010

Patrol

California City Considers 'Public Shaming' of DUIs on Facebook

The names would be posted to the Huntington Beach PD's Facebook page, under a plan now being considered by the City Council. The "public shaming" of DUIs, according to one councilman, could be an effective tool to lower the numbers of drunk drivers.

November 19, 2010

Patrol

Wrong Way Driver Who Killed NY Cop Had 0.25 BAC

Officer Andre Menzies, who was driving home from a shift at 12:05 a.m., was killed instantly when he was hit by Michael Bowen's Ford van. Bowen's blood-alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit.

November 15, 2010