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DUI DRIVER DRIVES STRAIGHT INTO A PASADENA BEDROOM

  Yesterday morning at around 6:30 a.m., three people inside the bedroom of their Pasadena home—probably still sleeping although news reports don’t tell us—suddenly found their bedroom decorated with a pickup truck. Fortunately, none of the residents was seriously injured but the structural damage to the home rendered the house…

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BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT BREATH TESTS-CAN YOU TRUST THEM?

  The primary roadside tool used by law enforcement officers in the enforcement of DUI laws is the Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) or Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) breathalyzer device. These small devices can be easily held in one hand. The officer instructs the driver blow into a mouthpiece on the…

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MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT RULES THAT FST EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A DRIVER IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA IS NOT SCIENTIFICALLY RELIABLE

  The use of roadside sobriety tests (Field Sobriety Tests or FSTs) for the detection of marijuana influence in drivers is not supported by current research and studies. The Massachusetts Supreme Court recognized this in a recent decision concerning an officer’s testimony on an alleged marijuana-influenced driver’s FST performance. The…

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OFF-DUTY OFFICER POSTS #DONTDRINKANDDRIVE AND THEN DRIVES DRUNK, KILLING THREE PEOPLE

  I recently wrote about individuals who work in criminal justice—and who should know better—getting DUIs. Today I read a tragic news story today about an off-duty Los Angeles police officer causing a crash that killed three people; the officer is suspected of driving drunk. The crash happened in Riverside…

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