Tag: Drunk Driving: Page 13

Patrol

Acing the Tests

Experience is the best teacher for learning to spot contraband drugs and alcohol and drug intoxication in the field. But the cop needs a demonstrable standard for evidence. It's here that presumptive field testing for alcohol and drugs is most useful.

May 27, 2010

Patrol

Blood-Alcohol Screening Device

The Promi-Check is a new low-cost solution for field screening of BAC. While it is not designed for evidentiary disposition, it can be used as an investigative tool to confirm alcohol consumption.

February 25, 2010

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

Patrol

Arrestee Claims Female Officer 'Humiliated' Her On Reality Show

A woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two officers who required her to perform a field-sobriety test that was included in an episode of A&E's "Female Forces" police reality show, the Naperville Sun reports.

December 16, 2009

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

Patrol

Federal Program Encourages Officer Blood Draws To Nab Drunk Drivers

The aim of a new federal program is to determine if drawing blood by law enforcement officers can be an effective tool against drunken drivers and aid in their prosecution, the New York Times reports.

September 13, 2009

Vehicle Ops

Drunk Drivers Hitting More Washington State Troopers

Impaired drivers hit troopers 25 times in 2008, up from 11 in 2007. About half the crashes happened after a trooper had stopped another violator or pulled into the shoulder to handle an accident. In a recent crash, a trooper's patrol car was pushed into another vehicle already involved in a crash, the Washington State Patrol reported.

December 30, 2008

Patrol

Phoenix Residents, Police Hold Candlelight Vigil for Officer Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver

On Wednesday night, community members and police gathered to honor Officer Shane Figueroa's life and service, less than a block from where he was killed in a collision with a suspected drunk driver.

October 29, 2008

Patrol

Police: Iowa Man Takes Farm Combine on Drunken Joy Ride

Dominic Andrew Bjerke, 21, of LeRoy, Minn., is accused of stealing a combine and taking it on a joy ride across three properties near McIntire about 2:30 a.m.

October 15, 2008

Vehicle Ops

Woman Swipes NYPD Van, Crashes

A drunken woman unhappy with the service she received at a Manhattan police station stole an NYPD van Wednesday night and crashed it into two vehicles, police said.

August 20, 2008

Patrol

DUI Suspect Pleads Guilty in Officer's Traffic Death

An Arizona man who struck and killed Gilbert police officer Rob Targosz has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Authorities say Tyler Fahlman, 21, was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.

November 4, 2007

Patrol

Don’t Reach for the Keys

There’s probably not a patrol officer alive who hasn’t had the impulse. You don’t want an uncooperative drunk getting back on the road, so your first instinct is to reach in and take the keys from his ignition. Don’t do it.

May 31, 2005