by Lea Bickerton | Nov 17, 2008 | DUI, High Profile Cases
Heather Locklear has been charged with driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Officers claim that Locklear showed signs of “obvious impairment.”For more information, go to:http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/34599859.html Share...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 16, 2008 | Checkpoints, DUI
LancasterOnline has a story about DUI checkpoints in Lancaster County. The story notes that the area has the highest DUI fatality rate in the state and that officers are noticing an increase in the number of young females being arrested for DUI.For more information,...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 11, 2008 | DUI, Intoxilyzer
In Arizona, defense attorneys are arguing that the software code used in the Intoxilyzer 8000 has made the device unreliable. Although CMI, the company that makes the Intoxilyzer 8000, insists that its product is reliable, it has acquired over one million dollars in...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 11, 2008 | DUI
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is currently working on a system that will permit state agencies to determine whether DUI suspects have pending DUI charges in other states. Under current systems, only defendants who have been fingerprinted or otherwise entered...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 11, 2008 | DUI
With the current legislative term ending next month, several DUI bills will end up dying in Harrisburg. However, lawmakers vow to resubmit the bills next year.One bill, submitted by state senator Barry Stout, would allow the state to seize the vehicles of intoxicated...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 10, 2008 | DUI
The Chambersburg Public Opinion reports that its police force does not routinely target illegal immigrants. Law enforcement has found that illegal immigrants may be reluctant to report crime because of their illegal status.The officers do point out that where a...
