One California city is now sending audio files of dictated police reports to a transcription service in Tennessee. They think this will be a good way to save money. Here’s the basic description of what they are doing:
Vallejo Police Outsource Report Writing | NBC Bay Area: “The police department in cash-strapped Vallejo, Calif., may have [...]
Houston, TX
Houston Texans wide receiver Jacoby Jones has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated over a 2008 traffic incident.
A judge in Houston on Tuesday ordered Jones to spend one year in a new diversion program for first-time DUI offenders.
Jones must attend alcohol education classes in the yearlong program that includes placing an alcohol detecting device [...]
Marty Capetz had some very interesting thoughts about MADD’s venture into the for-profit near-beer industry.
OPINION: MADD.org Betrays Supporters and Morphs into MADD, Inc. : DUIAttorney.com: “So here I sit, Saturday morning. Coffee freshly brewed, newspaper up on my screen, and I wonder as I peruse the latest news articles: What BIG news is afoot from [...]
One of the more heavy handed aspects to the new South Carolina DUI laws is that the state now counts DUIs (or similar convictions) from other states as previous convictions under South Carolina law- as long as they happened within 10 years of the current DUI offense.
Also, under the new South Carolina DUI laws, DUI [...]
There are certain aspects to a night out on the town which most people consider before leaving for the festivities.
“Did I bring enough money?”
“Do I have clean underwear on?”
“Did I find a designated driver?”
All are completely legitimate questions. Now the question of “who do I call from jail when arrested for DUI?” has somewhat of [...]
The long standing jokes about women who are pulled over by police and how they get out of tickets may have even less merit than before.
Sure there are cases where a woman may flirt to get out of a ticket or bat her doe eyes innocently at the officer in the hopes of avoiding a [...]
Labor Day weekend is a time when families are to get together and celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of fall, the school year and the ever closing holiday season.
Unfortunately, some find themselves eye-to-eye with the law as they are charged with DUIs.
Every region has their own collective of individuals who become part [...]
On Thursday, July 16, the Supreme Court in Washington unanimously reinstated a $14 million award to a DUI accident victim.
In April 2000, Hawkeye Kinkaid was drinking at the Bellingham Moose Lodge, where is girlfriend, Alexis Chapman, was serving him as a bartender. The forensic consultant found that Kinkaid probably drank the equivalent 21 12-ounce beers [...]
Huntsville, AL
*Walter Jones, the actor known as “The Black Ranger” of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series (for the color of his suit, not skin) has entered a not guilty plea to a DUI charge stemming from an arrest over a month ago.
State Troopers in Huntsville, Alabama arrested him in late July at around [...]
Los Angeles, CA
Veteran actress Joyce Dewitt has been hit with two charges of driving under the influence following her arrest in her native California earlier this year.
The 60 year old, best known for her role as Janet Wood on hit 1980s TV show Three’s Company, was arrested in El Segundo on July 4 after [...]