Sunday, July 30, 2006
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DUI Attorney Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego DUI & DMV Defense Attorney with over 22 years of experience. Known as the San Diego DUI - DMV Guru, San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his San Diego DUI law practice to aggressively defending those accused of San Diego DUI.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
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Rick Mueller (Member) born Blue Island, Illinois, April 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.S., 1980); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1983). Current specially recognized Contributor/Author, "California Drunk Driving Law," Fast Eddie Publishing Company, Sept. 1999; DMV-DUI work is also featured in the Association of California Deuce Defenders Materials. Instructor, "Strategies in Handling DUI Cases in California," Lorman Education Services, August 20, 1999. Specially Recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law Book. Editorial Consultant and Contributor for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law, known as California's bible for DUI defense, authored by Ed Kuwatch. Lecturer: DUI and Drug Defense Seminar, San Diego Bar Building, April 4, 1998; AllStar Seminar, Drunk Driving Law, North County Bar Association, March 22, 1997; DUI - DMV Lecturer: 2003 Public Defender's Office Criminal Defense Seminar. Speaker: Strategies in Handling DUI Cases Seminars; DUI & Drug Defense Seminar at the San Diego Bar Building; North San Diego County Bar Association's Drunk Driving-DMV Seminars; Public Defenders Office DMV-DUI Training Seminars. Member, National Drunk Driving Defense Task Force (tm), 1997-1998. Speaker: "Current DMV Suspension Hearing Issues, Techniques & Writs," San Diego County Courthouse, October 28, 2004. Featured Speaker: DUI - DMV Seminar, downtown San Diego, February 13, 2004. Member: State Bar of California; Association of California Deuce Defenders (Specialist Member); National College for DUI Defense; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: Prince vs. DMV — . Practice Areas: Driving While Intoxicated; Drivers License Suspension.
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Rick Mueller (Member) born Blue Island, Illinois, April 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.S., 1980); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1983). Current specially recognized Contributor/Author, "California Drunk Driving Law," Fast Eddie Publishing Company, Sept. 1999; DMV-DUI work is also featured in the Association of California Deuce Defenders Materials. Instructor, "Strategies in Handling DUI Cases in California," Lorman Education Services, August 20, 1999. Specially Recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law Book. Editorial Consultant and Contributor for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law, known as California's bible for DUI defense, authored by Ed Kuwatch. Lecturer: DUI and Drug Defense Seminar, San Diego Bar Building, April 4, 1998; AllStar Seminar, Drunk Driving Law, North County Bar Association, March 22, 1997; DUI - DMV Lecturer: 2003 Public Defender's Office Criminal Defense Seminar. Speaker: Strategies in Handling DUI Cases Seminars; DUI & Drug Defense Seminar at the San Diego Bar Building; North San Diego County Bar Association's Drunk Driving-DMV Seminars; Public Defenders Office DMV-DUI Training Seminars. Member, National Drunk Driving Defense Task Force (tm), 1997-1998. Speaker: "Current DMV Suspension Hearing Issues, Techniques & Writs," San Diego County Courthouse, October 28, 2004. Featured Speaker: DUI - DMV Seminar, downtown San Diego, February 13, 2004. Member: State Bar of California; Association of California Deuce Defenders (Specialist Member); National College for DUI Defense; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: Prince vs. DMV — . Practice Areas: Driving While Intoxicated; Drivers License Suspension.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
San Diego DUI Attorney news - Alcohol & cigarettes mix & match
They're twin vices that have been joined at the lips for centuries.
But now scientists think they know one reason why smoking and drinking are so often associated with each other.
A paper sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, released today, suggests smoking actually allows people to drink more beer, wine or liquor without getting drunk.
But if — as is often the case — the goal of drinking is to get intoxicated, then smoking will make people drink more in pursuit of a buzz, researchers say.
"Cigarette smoking appears to promote the consumption of alcohol," says Wei-Jung Chen of the Texas A&M Health Science Centre.
"Since the desired effects of alcohol are significantly diminished by nicotine ... this may encourage drinkers to drink more to achieve the pleasurable or expected effect," said Chen, a neuroscience researcher at the school and lead study author, in a press briefing.
The study, released in the journal Alcoholism, Clinical & Experimental Research, was conducted on drunken rats and showed a marked reduction in their blood-alcohol concentrations in the presence of nicotine, says NIH scientist Susan Maier.
Maier, a Kitchener-area native, says some of the dampening effects of nicotine on rodent intoxication would almost certainly be paralleled in humans. And this could help explain why smoking levels increase in bar and party settings, she said. "It's suggestive that there's definitely a link between smoking and drinking and perhaps drinking more in smokers," Maier said in an interview.
Simply put, she says, smokers need to drink more to get intoxicated.
Wende Wood, a psychiatric pharmacist with Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, expressed surprise at the study, saying its findings of reduced blood-alcohol concentrations were unexpected.
Wood says the fact that alcohol is a depressant and nicotine a stimulant might suggest the two could have a levelling effect on each other.
"My assumption would have been, with the nicotine being a stimulant, that might counteract some of the (alcohol's) sedation effect, but the blood alcohol would stay the same," Wood says.
"But this study says that the nicotine ... seems to actually affect the blood-alcohol content, which was quite a surprise to me."
Maier says it's unclear what mechanism is allowing the nicotine to reduce blood alcohol levels, which were knocked down by as much as 52 per cent. But the study suggests it's likely related to the ability of nicotine to slow the passage of alcohol from the stomach to the intestines.
In the study, female rats were injected with varying levels of nicotine, the equivalents of which could be achieved in humans through smoking.
They were also injected with uniform levels of alcohol, either into their abdominal cavity, or directly into their stomachs. Only rats that had nicotine injections showed the lower blood-alcohol levels.
This suggests, Chen says, that nicotine slows the release of alcohol from the stomach into the intestines, where it is far more readily absorbed into the bloodstream.
"Nicotine appears to delay the emptying of stomach contents, including alcohol into the intestines, a major site for absorption," Chen says.
With some of the booze being absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream through the stomach, peak blood alcohol concentrations will be lower and drinkers will feel less intoxicated, Chen says.
However, Maier says, the increased alcohol intake will leave drinkers with far more toxic by-products in their system from the alcohol.
"This would be particularly harmful for adolescents and young adult drinkers, since these populations are amenable to this type of drinking pattern and may develop chronic alcohol-related diseases earlier in life because of it," she said.
Wood also says that other factors almost certainly contribute to the common pairing of smoking and drinking, which numerous studies have shown to be prevalent across the world.
She says, for example, that at least one study has suggested nicotine and alcohol might have an additive effect on the brain's dopamine-triggered pleasure centres. "It showed an increased pleasure from the two together than from either alone."
As well, she says, alcohol's ability to reduce inhibitions and logical thinking can often lead non-smokers to light up while drinking.
But now scientists think they know one reason why smoking and drinking are so often associated with each other.
A paper sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, released today, suggests smoking actually allows people to drink more beer, wine or liquor without getting drunk.
But if — as is often the case — the goal of drinking is to get intoxicated, then smoking will make people drink more in pursuit of a buzz, researchers say.
"Cigarette smoking appears to promote the consumption of alcohol," says Wei-Jung Chen of the Texas A&M Health Science Centre.
"Since the desired effects of alcohol are significantly diminished by nicotine ... this may encourage drinkers to drink more to achieve the pleasurable or expected effect," said Chen, a neuroscience researcher at the school and lead study author, in a press briefing.
The study, released in the journal Alcoholism, Clinical & Experimental Research, was conducted on drunken rats and showed a marked reduction in their blood-alcohol concentrations in the presence of nicotine, says NIH scientist Susan Maier.
Maier, a Kitchener-area native, says some of the dampening effects of nicotine on rodent intoxication would almost certainly be paralleled in humans. And this could help explain why smoking levels increase in bar and party settings, she said. "It's suggestive that there's definitely a link between smoking and drinking and perhaps drinking more in smokers," Maier said in an interview.
Simply put, she says, smokers need to drink more to get intoxicated.
Wende Wood, a psychiatric pharmacist with Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, expressed surprise at the study, saying its findings of reduced blood-alcohol concentrations were unexpected.
Wood says the fact that alcohol is a depressant and nicotine a stimulant might suggest the two could have a levelling effect on each other.
"My assumption would have been, with the nicotine being a stimulant, that might counteract some of the (alcohol's) sedation effect, but the blood alcohol would stay the same," Wood says.
"But this study says that the nicotine ... seems to actually affect the blood-alcohol content, which was quite a surprise to me."
Maier says it's unclear what mechanism is allowing the nicotine to reduce blood alcohol levels, which were knocked down by as much as 52 per cent. But the study suggests it's likely related to the ability of nicotine to slow the passage of alcohol from the stomach to the intestines.
In the study, female rats were injected with varying levels of nicotine, the equivalents of which could be achieved in humans through smoking.
They were also injected with uniform levels of alcohol, either into their abdominal cavity, or directly into their stomachs. Only rats that had nicotine injections showed the lower blood-alcohol levels.
This suggests, Chen says, that nicotine slows the release of alcohol from the stomach into the intestines, where it is far more readily absorbed into the bloodstream.
"Nicotine appears to delay the emptying of stomach contents, including alcohol into the intestines, a major site for absorption," Chen says.
With some of the booze being absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream through the stomach, peak blood alcohol concentrations will be lower and drinkers will feel less intoxicated, Chen says.
However, Maier says, the increased alcohol intake will leave drinkers with far more toxic by-products in their system from the alcohol.
"This would be particularly harmful for adolescents and young adult drinkers, since these populations are amenable to this type of drinking pattern and may develop chronic alcohol-related diseases earlier in life because of it," she said.
Wood also says that other factors almost certainly contribute to the common pairing of smoking and drinking, which numerous studies have shown to be prevalent across the world.
She says, for example, that at least one study has suggested nicotine and alcohol might have an additive effect on the brain's dopamine-triggered pleasure centres. "It showed an increased pleasure from the two together than from either alone."
As well, she says, alcohol's ability to reduce inhibitions and logical thinking can often lead non-smokers to light up while drinking.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
San Diego DUI news: DUI police instructor was driving drunk & naked from the waist down
A veteran officer and police academy DUI instructor was driving drunk, naked from the waist down, and speeding on Florida's Turnpike at 90 mph when she was pulled over by an Orange County Sheriff's deputy on the night of Dec. 9, according to a Plantation Police Internal Affairs report released this week.
She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits.
Officer Laurie Primeau, 47, has been suspended without pay until Aug. 8. The 1994 Plantation Officer of the Year has been with the department for almost 27 years.
The report states she drew the attention of a police officer when she swerved into his lane and "almost collided" with him.
"I asked her, `Where are your pants?' and I think she answered, `I don't know,'" Deputy David Alvarado told Plantation investigators.
Alvarado said he asked for backup because "I didn't want to be alone too long with a naked female on the side of the road."
He asked her again about her pants and she reached for her sweatpants and she put them on, he said.
Alvarado told investigators that Primeau "was sweating real bad. Her face was real red. Her eyes were bloodshot." He told investigators she failed a few sobriety exercises.
Primeau refused a Breathalyzer test, according to the report, and Orange County Animal Control was called to take custody of two dogs she had in the car while she was taken to jail. She remained there for five days until she called a bail bondsman.
The Internal Affairs report shows she told investigators that "she does not know how to perform the finger to nose test" and she "extols her expertise as a DUI instructor ... ." Primeau was found guilty of drunken driving in a Jan. 26 criminal jury trial in Orange County. Her attorney argued the whiskey bottle was used for police academy training, which she had performed earlier in the day, according to records. The location of the training was not disclosed.
Primeau was given a speeding ticket, fined $647 and sentenced to 50 hours of community service. Her driver's license was suspended for 180 days, and she was put on a period of probation that ended Tuesday.
According to police, when Primeau returned to work with a suspended license, she worked in the dispatch unit and in "odd jobs" in the communications department.
Her suspension from the department began June 27. When she returns to work again in August, she will be placed back on road patrol, city officials said.
Police Chief Larry Massey, who was on vacation Tuesday and unavailable for comment, wrote a June 22 memo to Primeau, citing her years of "exemplary service and a virtually spotless record" that included multiple letters of commendation. He also tells her in the memo "there will be no second chances." If she violates department policy or engages in drunken driving again, the chief told Primeau, "I am placing you on notice that you will be terminated."
Although Massey said she gave a statement under oath to Internal Affairs that differs from the Orange County Sheriff's Office reports -- Primeau told investigators she was driving only 55 mph, was wearing a bathing suit bottom and the bottle found in her car did not have alcohol, but had been washed out with dish soap -- Massey writes: "You simply may have been too drunk to remember exactly what happened."
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San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, is asked San Diego DUI questions by other attorneys.
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She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits.
Officer Laurie Primeau, 47, has been suspended without pay until Aug. 8. The 1994 Plantation Officer of the Year has been with the department for almost 27 years.
The report states she drew the attention of a police officer when she swerved into his lane and "almost collided" with him.
"I asked her, `Where are your pants?' and I think she answered, `I don't know,'" Deputy David Alvarado told Plantation investigators.
Alvarado said he asked for backup because "I didn't want to be alone too long with a naked female on the side of the road."
He asked her again about her pants and she reached for her sweatpants and she put them on, he said.
Alvarado told investigators that Primeau "was sweating real bad. Her face was real red. Her eyes were bloodshot." He told investigators she failed a few sobriety exercises.
Primeau refused a Breathalyzer test, according to the report, and Orange County Animal Control was called to take custody of two dogs she had in the car while she was taken to jail. She remained there for five days until she called a bail bondsman.
The Internal Affairs report shows she told investigators that "she does not know how to perform the finger to nose test" and she "extols her expertise as a DUI instructor ... ." Primeau was found guilty of drunken driving in a Jan. 26 criminal jury trial in Orange County. Her attorney argued the whiskey bottle was used for police academy training, which she had performed earlier in the day, according to records. The location of the training was not disclosed.
Primeau was given a speeding ticket, fined $647 and sentenced to 50 hours of community service. Her driver's license was suspended for 180 days, and she was put on a period of probation that ended Tuesday.
According to police, when Primeau returned to work with a suspended license, she worked in the dispatch unit and in "odd jobs" in the communications department.
Her suspension from the department began June 27. When she returns to work again in August, she will be placed back on road patrol, city officials said.
Police Chief Larry Massey, who was on vacation Tuesday and unavailable for comment, wrote a June 22 memo to Primeau, citing her years of "exemplary service and a virtually spotless record" that included multiple letters of commendation. He also tells her in the memo "there will be no second chances." If she violates department policy or engages in drunken driving again, the chief told Primeau, "I am placing you on notice that you will be terminated."
Although Massey said she gave a statement under oath to Internal Affairs that differs from the Orange County Sheriff's Office reports -- Primeau told investigators she was driving only 55 mph, was wearing a bathing suit bottom and the bottle found in her car did not have alcohol, but had been washed out with dish soap -- Massey writes: "You simply may have been too drunk to remember exactly what happened."
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, explains how a San Diego DUI Lawyer may help you.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer Rick Mueller answers common San Diego DUI questions and can show why San Diego DUI breath tests are not accurate.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer can help you beat the charge: http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com .
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, shows how a San Diego DUI Lawyer will help you. http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, is asked San Diego DUI questions by other attorneys.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer can help you beat the San Diego drunk driving charge: http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com .
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, shows how a San Diego DUI Lawyer will help you. http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
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San Diego DUI / DMV Attorney Rick Mueller specializes in California DUI and
DMV law.
San Diego DUI Specialist Rick Mueller is the only DMV - DUI attorney who was the
featured Speaker at 5 DUI seminars in San Diego County in the last few
years.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller is known as the "DMV Guru" by the Bar Association.
Specially recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law book, he is now the San Diego DUI Editorial Consultant for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law. Known as
California's bible for DUI defense, authored by Ed Kuwatch, Paul Burglin and Barry Simons, the book features some of San Diego DUI attorney Rick Mueller's hard work.
San Diego drunk driving lawyer Rick Mueller is a Specialist Member
DMV law.
San Diego DUI Specialist Rick Mueller is the only DMV - DUI attorney who was the
featured Speaker at 5 DUI seminars in San Diego County in the last few
years.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller is known as the "DMV Guru" by the Bar Association.
Specially recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law book, he is now the San Diego DUI Editorial Consultant for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law. Known as
California's bible for DUI defense, authored by Ed Kuwatch, Paul Burglin and Barry Simons, the book features some of San Diego DUI attorney Rick Mueller's hard work.
San Diego drunk driving lawyer Rick Mueller is a Specialist Member
Monday, July 24, 2006
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an Diego DUI Specialist Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego County Drunk Driving, DUI & DMV Defense attorney with over 22 years of experience.
Known as the "DMV Guru," Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his law practice to aggressively defending those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. He has successfully saved the driving privileges of many clients in the past year alone.
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Known as the "DMV Guru," Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his law practice to aggressively defending those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. He has successfully saved the driving privileges of many clients in the past year alone.
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Complete the important Free San Diego County Drunk Driving Defense Survey to find out your best strategy and to protect your driving privileges in California.
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
San Diego DUI blood drawers take blood from the person arrested for a San Diego DUI and must account for proper procedures used for the collection, ha
San Diego DUI blood drawers take blood from the person arrested for a San Diego DUI and must account for proper procedures used for the collection, handling and storage of the blood, including identification of the blood sample, etc. The credibility of the forensic staff witness and the validity of these procedures are critical in a San Diego DUI or San Diego DMV case.
In a case San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller did this year, he obtained an amazing internal San Diego DUI memorandum from a San Diego DUI blood drawer.
These are the exposed instructions in that SDPD memorandum and potentially given by the San Diego Police Department to their blood-drawing/laboratory technicians testifying in a San Diego DUI trial:
"COURT TESTIMONY
You will be asked your name.
You do not have to remember drawing [blood from] the particular defendant. Just say you draw many patients each day you work and it is impossible to remember each one.
You may be asked how you draw the blood. It is the standard procedure you follow for ALL blood draws, EXCEPT that you use a NON-ALCOHOLIC antiseptic wipe (Benzalkolium) to cleanse the phlebotomy site. You ALWAYS follow the same procedure for every blood draw. The blood is drawn into grey top tubes provided by the San Diego Police Department. The tubes contain an anticoagulent (Potassium Oxylate) and a preservative (Sodium Fluoride). You check the tube for the presence of a loose, slightly pink powder before you use it. After you fill the tube with blood, you invert the tube 10 times to mix the blood with the anticoagulent/preservative. You will always mix any tube with an anticoagulent 10 times (you count the inversions). The important things to remember is that you always follow the same procedure, so even though you don't remember this particular individual, you know that you drew the person following our standard procedure.
The suspect is identified by the police officer and, when possible, you check the ID or ask the suspect their name. The police officer completes the label with the suspect's name, DOB, etc. You put your name, date, draw time, and place on the label and place the label on the grey top tube. You then place the grey top tube in the plastic chain-of-custody tube, put the cap on it, and seal it with the sealing tape provided by the SDPD. You then hand it to the officer and he takes charge of it.
"H:\My Documents\San Diego Police Dept\Forensic Staff\Court Testimony.doc"
These instructions on what to say in a San Diego DUI trial are given to law enforcement witnesses testifying under oath in a San Diego county court of law and at the San Diego Department of Motor Vehicles.
San Diego DUI blood or San Diego DUI laboratory technicians are essentially told how to testify and what to say, not as to what they actually did -and not what they know - in an actual San Diego drunk driving case.
In a case San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller did this year, he obtained an amazing internal San Diego DUI memorandum from a San Diego DUI blood drawer.
These are the exposed instructions in that SDPD memorandum and potentially given by the San Diego Police Department to their blood-drawing/laboratory technicians testifying in a San Diego DUI trial:
"COURT TESTIMONY
You will be asked your name.
You do not have to remember drawing [blood from] the particular defendant. Just say you draw many patients each day you work and it is impossible to remember each one.
You may be asked how you draw the blood. It is the standard procedure you follow for ALL blood draws, EXCEPT that you use a NON-ALCOHOLIC antiseptic wipe (Benzalkolium) to cleanse the phlebotomy site. You ALWAYS follow the same procedure for every blood draw. The blood is drawn into grey top tubes provided by the San Diego Police Department. The tubes contain an anticoagulent (Potassium Oxylate) and a preservative (Sodium Fluoride). You check the tube for the presence of a loose, slightly pink powder before you use it. After you fill the tube with blood, you invert the tube 10 times to mix the blood with the anticoagulent/preservative. You will always mix any tube with an anticoagulent 10 times (you count the inversions). The important things to remember is that you always follow the same procedure, so even though you don't remember this particular individual, you know that you drew the person following our standard procedure.
The suspect is identified by the police officer and, when possible, you check the ID or ask the suspect their name. The police officer completes the label with the suspect's name, DOB, etc. You put your name, date, draw time, and place on the label and place the label on the grey top tube. You then place the grey top tube in the plastic chain-of-custody tube, put the cap on it, and seal it with the sealing tape provided by the SDPD. You then hand it to the officer and he takes charge of it.
"H:\My Documents\San Diego Police Dept\Forensic Staff\Court Testimony.doc"
These instructions on what to say in a San Diego DUI trial are given to law enforcement witnesses testifying under oath in a San Diego county court of law and at the San Diego Department of Motor Vehicles.
San Diego DUI blood or San Diego DUI laboratory technicians are essentially told how to testify and what to say, not as to what they actually did -and not what they know - in an actual San Diego drunk driving case.
San Diego DUI Lawyer exposes outrageous memo telling San Diego DUI prosecution blood draw witnesses how to testify
San Diego DUI blood drawers take blood from the person arrested for a San Diego DUI and must account for proper procedures used for the collection, handling and storage of the blood, including identification of the blood sample, etc. The credibility of the forensic staff witness and the validity of these procedures are critical in a San Diego DUI or San Diego DMV case.
In a case San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller did this year, he obtained an amazing internal San Diego DUI memorandum from a San Diego DUI blood drawer.
These are the exposed instructions in that SDPD memorandum and potentially given by the San Diego Police Department to their blood-drawing/laboratory technicians testifying in a San Diego DUI trial:
"COURT TESTIMONY
You will be asked your name.
You do not have to remember drawing [blood from] the particular defendant. Just say you draw many patients each day you work and it is impossible to remember each one.
You may be asked how you draw the blood. It is the standard procedure you follow for ALL blood draws, EXCEPT that you use a NON-ALCOHOLIC antiseptic wipe (Benzalkolium) to cleanse the phlebotomy site. You ALWAYS follow the same procedure for every blood draw. The blood is drawn into grey top tubes provided by the San Diego Police Department. The tubes contain an anticoagulent (Potassium Oxylate) and a preservative (Sodium Fluoride). You check the tube for the presence of a loose, slightly pink powder before you use it. After you fill the tube with blood, you invert the tube 10 times to mix the blood with the anticoagulent/preservative. You will always mix any tube with an anticoagulent 10 times (you count the inversions). The important things to remember is that you always follow the same procedure, so even though you don't remember this particular individual, you know that you drew the person following our standard procedure.
The suspect is identified by the police officer and, when possible, you check the ID or ask the suspect their name. The police officer completes the label with the suspect's name, DOB, etc. You put your name, date, draw time, and place on the label and place the label on the grey top tube. You then place the grey top tube in the plastic chain-of-custody tube, put the cap on it, and seal it with the sealing tape provided by the SDPD. You then hand it to the officer and he takes charge of it.
"H:\My Documents\San Diego Police Dept\Forensic Staff\Court Testimony.doc"
These instructions on what to say in a San Diego DUI trial are given to law enforcement witnesses testifying under oath in a San Diego county court of law and at the San Diego Department of Motor Vehicles.
San Diego DUI blood or San Diego DUI laboratory technicians are essentially told how to testify and what to say, not as to what they actually did -and not what they know - in an actual San Diego drunk driving case.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller can be reached at rick@SanDiegoDUI.com.
Or visit http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com .
In a case San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller did this year, he obtained an amazing internal San Diego DUI memorandum from a San Diego DUI blood drawer.
These are the exposed instructions in that SDPD memorandum and potentially given by the San Diego Police Department to their blood-drawing/laboratory technicians testifying in a San Diego DUI trial:
"COURT TESTIMONY
You will be asked your name.
You do not have to remember drawing [blood from] the particular defendant. Just say you draw many patients each day you work and it is impossible to remember each one.
You may be asked how you draw the blood. It is the standard procedure you follow for ALL blood draws, EXCEPT that you use a NON-ALCOHOLIC antiseptic wipe (Benzalkolium) to cleanse the phlebotomy site. You ALWAYS follow the same procedure for every blood draw. The blood is drawn into grey top tubes provided by the San Diego Police Department. The tubes contain an anticoagulent (Potassium Oxylate) and a preservative (Sodium Fluoride). You check the tube for the presence of a loose, slightly pink powder before you use it. After you fill the tube with blood, you invert the tube 10 times to mix the blood with the anticoagulent/preservative. You will always mix any tube with an anticoagulent 10 times (you count the inversions). The important things to remember is that you always follow the same procedure, so even though you don't remember this particular individual, you know that you drew the person following our standard procedure.
The suspect is identified by the police officer and, when possible, you check the ID or ask the suspect their name. The police officer completes the label with the suspect's name, DOB, etc. You put your name, date, draw time, and place on the label and place the label on the grey top tube. You then place the grey top tube in the plastic chain-of-custody tube, put the cap on it, and seal it with the sealing tape provided by the SDPD. You then hand it to the officer and he takes charge of it.
"H:\My Documents\San Diego Police Dept\Forensic Staff\Court Testimony.doc"
These instructions on what to say in a San Diego DUI trial are given to law enforcement witnesses testifying under oath in a San Diego county court of law and at the San Diego Department of Motor Vehicles.
San Diego DUI blood or San Diego DUI laboratory technicians are essentially told how to testify and what to say, not as to what they actually did -and not what they know - in an actual San Diego drunk driving case.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller can be reached at rick@SanDiegoDUI.com.
Or visit http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com .
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Man Sues Over Sperm Bank Hidden Camera / San Diego DUI news
Man Sues Over Sperm Bank Hidden Camera
Claim: Surveillance device was hidden in ceiling of "donation room"
JULY 20--Claiming that he found a video camera hidden in the ceiling of a sperm bank's "donation room," a Los Angeles man is suing the firm for negligence and emotional distress. Ken Rigberg, 27, charges that he discovered the pinhole camera during a June 2005 visit to Pasadena's Pacific Reproductive Services. According to Rigberg's Los Angeles Superior Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, he "noticed an unusual hole in the ceiling tile" of a private donation room, where he had just finished masturbating into a cup. Upon inspection, Rigberg realized that "there was a hidden surveillance camera on top of the ceiling tile, with the lens of the camera positioned to...capture the activity within the private donor room." Rigberg is described in the lawsuit as a "regular sperm donor" who went to Pacific "to provide an honorable and essential benefit to his community." According to Pacific's web site, it pays men $100 per donation, and that most donors contribute "once or twice weekly over a minimum one-year period or 65 donations." Rigberg's attorney, California DUI Defender S. Edmond El Dabe, provided TSG with a police photograph of the seized ceiling cam equipment, an image he received from Pacific's insurance carrier. El Dabe said Pasadena cops have been unable to determine who placed the video camera in the donation room ceiling. The lawsuit, which was filed in late-May and does not specify monetary damages, asserts that Rigberg has, among other things, suffered fear, shame, humiliation, and chagrin as a result of discovering the surveillance gadget. An "emotionally traumatized" Rigberg, who had been visiting Pacific for more than a year, "no longer donates sperm, as he fears future illegal surveillance of his private acts," the complaint notes.
DUI Attorney El Dabe and San Diego DUI Lawyer Mueller are members of the California DUI Lawyers Association.
San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller and his San Diego County DUI Law Center welcome you to see complete San Diego drunk driving attorney & San Diego DUI lawyer information for those accused of DUI in San Diego.
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List of San Diego DUI Attorney Victories and Driver's Licenses Saved in Past Few Years http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/victory.html
What you must do within 10 days of being arrested for a San Diego DUI http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/10days.html
San Diego County DMV and Courts
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/courts.html
San Diego DUI Breath Test Defenses http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/defenses.html
San Diego DUI Blood Test Defenses
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Rick Mueller, DUI Specialist (cell: 619/218-2997)
4660 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 500, San Diego, CA, 92122
Claim: Surveillance device was hidden in ceiling of "donation room"
JULY 20--Claiming that he found a video camera hidden in the ceiling of a sperm bank's "donation room," a Los Angeles man is suing the firm for negligence and emotional distress. Ken Rigberg, 27, charges that he discovered the pinhole camera during a June 2005 visit to Pasadena's Pacific Reproductive Services. According to Rigberg's Los Angeles Superior Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, he "noticed an unusual hole in the ceiling tile" of a private donation room, where he had just finished masturbating into a cup. Upon inspection, Rigberg realized that "there was a hidden surveillance camera on top of the ceiling tile, with the lens of the camera positioned to...capture the activity within the private donor room." Rigberg is described in the lawsuit as a "regular sperm donor" who went to Pacific "to provide an honorable and essential benefit to his community." According to Pacific's web site, it pays men $100 per donation, and that most donors contribute "once or twice weekly over a minimum one-year period or 65 donations." Rigberg's attorney, California DUI Defender S. Edmond El Dabe, provided TSG with a police photograph of the seized ceiling cam equipment, an image he received from Pacific's insurance carrier. El Dabe said Pasadena cops have been unable to determine who placed the video camera in the donation room ceiling. The lawsuit, which was filed in late-May and does not specify monetary damages, asserts that Rigberg has, among other things, suffered fear, shame, humiliation, and chagrin as a result of discovering the surveillance gadget. An "emotionally traumatized" Rigberg, who had been visiting Pacific for more than a year, "no longer donates sperm, as he fears future illegal surveillance of his private acts," the complaint notes.
DUI Attorney El Dabe and San Diego DUI Lawyer Mueller are members of the California DUI Lawyers Association.
San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller and his San Diego County DUI Law Center welcome you to see complete San Diego drunk driving attorney & San Diego DUI lawyer information for those accused of DUI in San Diego.
San Diego DUI attorney information could help you deal with the San Diego DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) and save your driver's license:
Why use the San Diego DUI Attorney Specialist in DUI and DMV Law
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/why.html
List of San Diego DUI Attorney Victories and Driver's Licenses Saved in Past Few Years http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/victory.html
What you must do within 10 days of being arrested for a San Diego DUI http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/10days.html
San Diego County DMV and Courts
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/courts.html
San Diego DUI Breath Test Defenses http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/defenses.html
San Diego DUI Blood Test Defenses
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/blood.html
You could take the Free San Diego DUI Survey at http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/survey.html
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego County Drunk Driving, DUI & DMV Defense attorney with over 20 years of experience. Known as the "DMV Guru," Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his law practice to aggressively defending those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. He has successfully saved the driving privileges of many clients in the past year alone. Complete the important Free San Diego County Drunk Driving Defense Survey to find out your best strategy and to protect your driving privileges in California.
San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller Background and Contact Information http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/about.html
San Diego DUI and DMV Penalties http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/penalty.html
Out of State License/Resident & Driving Record http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/out_of_state.html
Military Base DUI - San Diego County Federal Court - http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/base.html
http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com - Excellent San Diego DUI information source for San Diego county drunk driving arrest. Rights, Laws, Defenses, Penalties, DMV, Court, Military, DUI Boating, Helpful Tips and other comprehensive information. Vigorous DUI lawyer who can save your license and keep you out of jail.
Call 1-800-THE-LAW-DUI (1-800-843-5293) for a free San Diego DUI consultation http://www.1800thelawdui.com.
For help with your San Diego DUI, visit http://www.SanDiegoDUIHelp.com.
For San Diego DUI news, visit http://www.sandiegoduihelp.com/duiblog/.
Rick Mueller, DUI Specialist (cell: 619/218-2997)
4660 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 500, San Diego, CA, 92122
Friday, July 21, 2006
San Diego DUI - COPS Office Releases Drunk Driving Study
July 20, 2006
COPS Office Releases Study on Drunk Driving
A new guide from the DOJ identifies factors behind drunk driving and repeat offenses.
In addition to alcohol impairment being the greatest factor in traffic fatalities, the number of deaths resulting from alcohol-related traffic accidents is comparative to the number of homicides in the United States. Among 15 to 20 year olds, vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death, many of these being alcohol-related.
To better assist police battle this ongoing issue, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released Drunk Driving, an addition to the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police series, dedicated to addressing the problems and consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
The guide details factors that contribute to drunk driving, plus information regarding repeat offenders. The general perception that there is little risk in being caught by police for drunk driving is addressed, as is the role establishments that serve alcoholic beverages play in preventing or contributing to drunk driving.
"The COPS Office is acutely aware of the significant problem of drunk driving and its severe effects on individuals and communities across the country," says Carl Peed, COPS Office director. "One of the best tools we have to fight this crime is educating law enforcement, the public, and the business community on the dangerous consequences of drunk driving."
The new publication also offers specific responses to reduce drunk driving, including the pursuit of new legislation, aggressive public education programs, and the development of alternative transportation options.
In addition to the Drunk Driving guide, the COPS Office has produced a number of informative publications to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers and deputies deal more effectively with public safety and crime problems. These publications can be obtained free of charge by calling the COPS Office Response Center at 800.421.6770 or by visiting COPS online at www.cops.usdoj.gov
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COPS Office Releases Study on Drunk Driving
A new guide from the DOJ identifies factors behind drunk driving and repeat offenses.
In addition to alcohol impairment being the greatest factor in traffic fatalities, the number of deaths resulting from alcohol-related traffic accidents is comparative to the number of homicides in the United States. Among 15 to 20 year olds, vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death, many of these being alcohol-related.
To better assist police battle this ongoing issue, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released Drunk Driving, an addition to the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police series, dedicated to addressing the problems and consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
The guide details factors that contribute to drunk driving, plus information regarding repeat offenders. The general perception that there is little risk in being caught by police for drunk driving is addressed, as is the role establishments that serve alcoholic beverages play in preventing or contributing to drunk driving.
"The COPS Office is acutely aware of the significant problem of drunk driving and its severe effects on individuals and communities across the country," says Carl Peed, COPS Office director. "One of the best tools we have to fight this crime is educating law enforcement, the public, and the business community on the dangerous consequences of drunk driving."
The new publication also offers specific responses to reduce drunk driving, including the pursuit of new legislation, aggressive public education programs, and the development of alternative transportation options.
In addition to the Drunk Driving guide, the COPS Office has produced a number of informative publications to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers and deputies deal more effectively with public safety and crime problems. These publications can be obtained free of charge by calling the COPS Office Response Center at 800.421.6770 or by visiting COPS online at www.cops.usdoj.gov
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San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer can help you beat the San Diego drunk driving charge: http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com .
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, explains how a San Diego DUI Lawyer may help you.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer Rick Mueller answers common San Diego DUI questions and can show why San Diego DUI breath tests are not accurate.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer can help you beat the charge: http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com .
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, shows how a San Diego DUI Lawyer will help you. http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller, a San Diego Drunk Driving / DWI Defense Attorney handling San Diego California DUI & DMV cases, is asked San Diego DUI questions by other attorneys.
San Diego DUI Lawyer - San Diego Attorney Drunk Driving / San Diego DWI Lawyer can help you beat the San Diego drunk driving charge: http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com .
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
San Diego - Stop Serious Traffic Offender Program (STOP) Team including San Diego DUI activity
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SGT. GEORGE YOUKHANNAOFFICERSDONALD CONEANTOINE EL-ASSISBRUCE KENNEDYCURTIS PERKINSSTEVEN WHEELERCODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERJOYCE VAN DYKEADMINISTRATIVE AIDECHERYL HALLCLERICAL ASSISTANTSANDRA LAMB
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SUMMARYSCANNING:In 1995, a San Diego Police traffic officer stopped a violator who had severalsuspensions on his driving record as well as two outstanding warrants for drivingwhile suspended. This occurred on more than one occasion during the week,and the officer felt there was a trend. The officer received approval to determinethe severity of the problem and began by researching statistics maintained by thedepartment's traffic division.ANALYSIS:A preliminary investigation revealed that suspended and unlicensed drivers wereinvolved in 39% of all fatal and felony collisions within the City of San Diego. ADMV search revealed there were 45,449 suspended drivers residing in the citylimits. Further, DMV estimated that 71 % of those suspended or revoked driverswould continue to drive.Prosecution of the suspended or unlicensed driver contributed to recidivism.Errors by officers citing violators and a poor communication with the CityAttorney's office contributed to dismissal or rejection of 29% of license violationsissued during 1995.RESPONSE:The Department authorized the creation of a special team that would addressseveral issues involving suspended and unlicensed drivers. The acronym chosenfor the team was STOP, or San Diego Traffic Offender program. The team wasstaffed with a sergeant, five officers, an attorney, and an administrative aide.Team members were given assignments and goals identified by the Department.These goals included training the patrol force to properly cite violators, improveprosecution and reduce dismissed citations, reduce collisions, and affectunrelated criminal activity. The team devised strategies for capturing habitualoffenders and developed a public awareness program. Written and televisedmedia was used to get the word out.ASSESSMENT:During the first year of operation, the most significant accomplishment was thereduction of hit-and-run collisions by 27%. The judicial branch became morestringent on prosecution and sentencing. Department support and participationwas overwhelming. The project was distributed to other agencies as a model.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSCANNING:In November of 1995, San Diego Motor Officer Bruce Kennedy initiated a trafficstop on a vehicle for a car pool violation. The driver of the car had 11 active licensesuspensions and several warrants for driving with a suspended license. During hisnine-year career with the San Diego Police, Officer Kennedy encountered hundreds ofdrivers who seemed to flagrantly ignore court and Department of Motor Vehicle ordersnot to drive a vehicle. Officer Kennedy chose to address the license offender problembecause of the widespread disregard of the driver license laws throughout the City ofSan Diego.During the initial level of diagnosis, it was discovered that the license offenderwas more than a local problem. In fact, it was statewide. The license offender was anenormous problem with an estimated 1,720,000 suspended/revoked or unlicenseddrivers throughout California! In an effort to determine how he could address such alarge issue, more information would be needed to discover exactly how the licenseoffender affected the City of San Diego. Several informal meetings were held withofficers and supervisors in order to evaluate what efforts might be considered toaddress the license offender.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationANALYSIS:Research began at a local level. San Diego Police Department statisticsrevealed that during 1995 the San Diego Police Traffic Division investigated 62 fatalcollisions and 104 felony cases. Out of 166 fatal or felony cases, 39.2% of the driverswere suspended, revoked or unlicensed. Forty-three percent of the 66 suspended/revoked or unlicensed drivers were repeat offenders and had multiple (as many aseight) suspensions. In January 1996, the DMV advised the San Diego PoliceDepartment that there were approximately 45,449 suspended or revoked drivers in theCity of San Diego.In addition to the DMV, combined statistical information from the policedepartment and the San Diego City Attorney's Office corroborated the issues. FromJanuary 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995 the San Diego Police Department issued19,431 citations for license violations. During that same period, the San Diego CityAttorney's office prosecuted 13,957 suspended license cases out of the 19,431citations issued. This figure does not include citations that were filed directly with thecourt, in which the offender plead guilty or failed to appear. In addition, not all licenseviolations were prosecuted as misdemeanor cases.Based on these figures, 71% of all license violation citations issued wereprosecuted. Approximately 29% of the remaining citations were filed directly with thecourt, dismissed or rejected. It was apparent that the suspended driver frequentlywalks away with no consequence for driving illegally.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationThe history of the suspended license driver has been evident since the trackingof statistical data began in the early 1970's. As with drunk drivers in the 1980's, theattention on the suspended license driver did not begin to gain recognition in Californiauntil the early 1990's.In 1991, the Santa Rosa Police Department began to research the suspendedlicense driver issue. It was during this time that the California State Legislature beganworking towards more stringent laws. In 1995, the State of California enacted theSAFE STREETS ACT. Several cities throughout the state began to re-evaluate theirenforcement posture towards the suspended and unlicensed driver. The statelegislature found that out of all the drivers involved in fatal collisions, more than 20%were not licensed to drive.Statistics from the DMV indicates that suspended/revoked drivers in the City ofSan Diego have had their privilege to drive suspended or revoked for the followingreasons:Suspension/Revocation ReasonPercent / Number of driversFailure to appear42%19,089Driving under the influence29%13,181Insurance violations..,17%7,726Other8%3,635Negligent operation of vehicle4%1,818TOTAL100%45,449
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationThe ultimate damage that a license offender causes is evident in the legislativefindings of the Safe Streets Act: A driver with a suspended license is four times aslikely to be involved in a fatal collision then a properly licensed driver. Additionally, over4,000 persons are killed in traffic collisions in California annually, and another 330,000persons suffer injuries.Prior to the P.O.P. project, the suspended license offender was addressed bythe police department in several ways. Special details were conducted by the TrafficDivision throughout the city specifically targeting drivers who had no license or weredriving with a suspended/revoked license. Some training was conducted by trafficofficers at area station line-ups, and local court judges were advised of the importanceof imposing maximum fines and penalties for license offenses. It was discovered,however, that there was no specific plan or problem-solving effort being conductedwithin the police department in an organized manner.The results of the traffic officer's endeavors were negligible. Although the effortshad resulted in the prosecution of suspended drivers, it was apparent that a greaterimpact needed to be made in all areas. Final analysis of the problem revealed thatthere were "loop holes" throughout the judicial system. If a reduction of fatal collisionsand license offenders was going to be seen, then enforcement, prosecution andconviction had to be evaluated and improved.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationDuring the analysis phase of the project, the local news media began to gaininterest in the brazen violations occurring by license offenders. A local television stationconducted a special investigation at a court house in San Diego. Several licenseviolators that were ordered by court commissioners not to drive were caught on filmdriving out of the court parking lot.The public response from this report was so overwhelming that the Shockwaveswere felt throughout the judicial system. Community response began and questionswere being asked why nothing was being done. Letters from citizens and newspapereditorials were asking the police and the courts what was going to be done. The POPproject was brought to the attention of the police department's chief administrators.Department support was immediate and a response plan was begun.RESPONSEAt this point in the project, Officer Kennedy began to assess what wouldsuccessfully modify the enforcement and prosecution methods towards the licenseoffender. Several tactical options were considered:1.Form a team of uniformed officers that would address the habitual licenseoffenders.2.Conduct covert operations that would catch habitual license offenders driving.3.Involve the media in order to publicize the efforts conducted by the policedepartment.4.Request assistance from the City Attorney's office. Assigning personnel that
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nominationwould review plea bargaining guidelines, prosecution requirements and courtprocedures.5.Increase enforcement effectiveness through education of the police, attorneys,courts and citizens.Out of the five listed options, it was apparent that not one but all of the objectiveswould need a response. In order to adequately modify enforcement and prosecutionstrategies, a determination was made to form a team of supervisors, officers, attorneysand administrative personnel that would formulate a plan addressing the listed options.The ultimate goal of the team would be to reduce the suspended and unlicenseddrivers involved in felony hit-and-run, fatal and injury collisions. The team would focuson the apprehension of offenders through traffic stops, checkpoints, warrant serviceand surveillance of the habitual offender. A San Diego Deputy City Attorney andadministrative personnel would be assigned to process and prosecute all arrests.Police Department administrators had several requirements prior toimplementing a response. What departments or division would provide personnel?Would the department budget allow additional personnel to be hired? Where wouldfinancing come from? What equipment would be needed and what are the operationalguidelines of the team? All of these supplementary questions would need to beaddressed to make the project successful.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationIn order to accommodate such a large-scale operation, the police departmentwould be required to take valuable personnel from one area and place them intoanother. The problem encountered: Replacing the vacated positions in order tocontinue everyday police operations. Many more questions began to arise. How manyofficers would be needed to operate efficiently? Where would the team operate?Would the City Attorney's office be able to assign personnel? Wouid additionalsupervisors be needed? As each question was considered, it was obvious thatfinancial resources would be needed outside of the department budget.The San Diego Police Department has a wide range of programs that are fundedby grants from outside entities. The Traffic Division had experience with grants thatdealt specifically with traffic safety issues. With approval from the Traffic DivisionCaptain, Officer Kennedy wrote and submitted a grant proposal to the California Officeof Traffic Safety (O.T.S.). O.T.S. is a federally-funded state agency that assists infinancing traffic safety projects for police departments throughout the state.The initial proposal asked for 1.4 million dollars. This would fund a supervisor,six officers, a city attorney, administrative personnel and all the needed equipment tosupport the team for a two-year period. The police department would absorb anyunpaid personnel and equipment costs required outside of grant funding.During the application for funding, several difficulties were encountered. Thebeginning guidelines set for the team was based on a budget of 1.4 million dollars. The
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination8Office of Traffic Safety made a tentative agreement to fund the program for an initialamount of $500,000. This created several problems: The amount of personnel on theteam would be diminished, reducing effectiveness; and the department would have tosupplement a greater amount of the costs.In response to this hurdle, police fiscal management was contacted. With theirassistance, personnel costs were calculated for every time a vehicle was impounded ona license offense. With the help of the Traffic Division Captain, a proposal was broughtbefore the San Diego City Manager for an "Unlicensed Driver Fee." This cost-recoveryfee would be assessed when a vehicle was impounded for a license offense. Themoney would allow the team to be self-funding without any burden on the policedepartment budget.A second obstacle during the fee process was encountered with FinancialManagement. The City of San Diego attempted to gain control of the license fees byrouting them to the general fund. The problem with this concept was there would be noguarantee that STOP would have continued funding after the grant. After severalmeetings with top city officials, an agreement was reached. The fee would be placed ina special account that could only be used for STOP-related activities. In September1996, the San Diego City Council approved a cost recovery fee of $72 for every vehiclethat was impounded for a driver license offense.
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Excellence in P. 0 .P. Nomination9Immediately following City Council approval, a contract for $635,000 was signedwith the Office of Traffic Safety. The police department utilized this initial money to startthe San Diego Traffic Offender Program (S.T.O.P.)-On November 10, 1996, with financing in place, a supervisor, City Attorney, fiveofficers and administrative personnel were brought together to establish the guidelinesfor operation. The "STOP Team" members selected were Sergeant GeorgeYoukhanna, Officers Steve Wheeler, Antoine El-Assis, Curtis Perkins, Donald Cone andBruce Kennedy. Deputy City Attorney Joan McNamara and Administrative Aide CherylHall were also asked to participate.The STOP Team began formulating a response to the problem. Based on thefive initial tactics, the STOP Team began planning specific objectives supporting its goalof reducing fatal and felony collisions.The theme "NO LICENSE, NO CAR, NO EXCEPTION" was formulated andbecame the foundation of its operation. An aggressive media and public informationcampaign was conducted to stress the consequences of driving without a license, or ona suspended or revoked license. Several other objectives were listed in response tothe program:1. Data bases were created to track all the activities of the STOP Team.2. Plea bargain guidelines were tightened, requiring stiffer penalties on thereductions.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination103. Increase the prosecution of habitual offenders with a "Zero Tolerance" policy.4. Implement "stake-out" programs to aggressively seek out license offenders.5. Develop a training program motivating and educating the officers when theyshould arrest license offenders and impound their vehicle.Part of the legislature's Safe Streets Act initiative was a vehicle forfeiture law.The law allowed a license offender's car to be seized and sold at auction by theimpounding agency when certain specifications were met. This included the following:•The driver was actively suspended or unlicensed.•The driver had a prior misdemeanor conviction for a license offense.•The driver was the registered owner of the car.During the analysis phase of STOP, the police department had evaluated theforfeiture law. At that time, the law appeared too complicated to enforce without anincrease of department personnel to process the seized vehicles. Funding was notavailable to provide for this increase, thus the San Diego Police Department chose notto enforce the forfeiture law.Just prior to the contractual agreement with OTS, State Assemblyman RichardKatz wrote a letter to the City of San Diego inquiring why the second largest city in thestate was not implementing the forfeiture law. The City's response was to question thepolice department. The administrations response was directed to the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination11A secondary review of the law by the STOP Team concluded that the law couldbe enforced within the scope of STOP Team's objectives. Santa Barbara Police haddeveloped an effective, yet simplistic method for forfeiting the license offender's vehicle.The STOP Team adopted a similar plan. Modifications were made to meet the needsof San Diego's larger population and the higher number of expected vehicle forfeitures.Team member Cheryl Hall formulated a plan that aggressively pursued driversthat were "qualified" to have their vehicles forfeited. Due to Ms. Hall's efforts, a systemwas put into place that reviewed impounds department-wide. Additionally, work beganon operating procedures for the STOP Team. Ms. Hall was also working withdepartment personnel to establish a data base program designed to capture all of theSTOP Team activities.Deputy City Attorney Joan McNamara began the lengthy procedure to set upprosecution and seizure procedures for all forfeiture cases filed. The DMV wascontacted and arrangements made to have a DMV employee train team members.This would assist them to correctly read license offender driving histories andsuspension information. Plea- bargain guidelines were addressed and adjusted in favorof stricter enforcement toward license offenders.Sergeant Youkhanna's primary task was to coordinate the entire STOPoperation. He rewrote department policies that allowed more flexibility for officers whenimpounding vehicles. Many other tasks included working with the department's Special
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination12Projects Office to build a brand-new facility for the STOP Team. Sergeant Youkhannawas instrumental in the building design, layout, equipment and data systems setup.Officer Steve Wheeler wrote and submitted a proposal to the Chief of Policerecommending various types of commendations that could be given to the officers fortheir efforts of removing the license offender from the road.Officer Wheeler and Officer Ei-Assis began contacting various staff within theSan Diego County Marshals Office and San Diego Municipal Court. Cooperation withthese outside agencies assisted the officers in formulating a strategy to conductundercover stings. Preparations were made with the news media by Officer E!-Assis toconduct a press release and simultaneously film the Team's first undercover sting.Officer Kennedy worked with Data Systems to reprogram the departments MobilData Computer. This allowed STOP to capture needed information to track the officersefforts department-wide. In addition, a large-scale computer system change wasinitiated to advise officers of drivers who have active warrants for their arrest.Officer Curtis Perkins began the immense task of preparing a plan to train theeight patrol divisions about STOP. Issues that needed to be addressed included whattraining would be required, who would complete the training and where would trainingoccur. Information was gathered, laws were reviewed, "cheat sheets" were created andenforcement procedures were drafted.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination13During this initial response stage of the team, Officer Donald Cone was asked toreturn to his prior assignment in accident investigation. This occurred due to staffingproblems within the Traffic Division. Thus, Officer Cone was not present during the firsttwo months of the STOP Team preparation.With all systems and initial response objectives in place, the STOP Teamcompleted its preparation stage and, in January 1997, began full operation.ASSESSMENT:During its first year (January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997) the program was anexceptional success. The results were based on statistical data retained from activitiesof the STOP Team and the police department. Cheryl Hall and Sergeant Youkhannaevaluated the effectiveness of the program during its first year. STOP Team memberscame together weekly to evaluate the program and how it could be improved. All theresults of the first year were based on the initial statistical year of 1995.•There was an 11% reduction in fatal and serious injury collisions involvingsuspended licensed drivers.•There was a 27% reduction in Hit-and-Run collisions.•Overall 25% reduction in fatal and serious injury nighttime collisions.•Department-wide suspended drivers prosecution rate up from 89% to 96%.•Department-wide conviction rate for suspended drivers up from 74% to 82%.•400 felony counts filed as a result of traffic stops involving license offenders.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination14•25 stolen vehicles recovered.••21 felony warrants served.•139 felony drug arrests.>•16 weapons confiscated.•16,905 vehicles impounded for license offenses.•1,150 vehicles impounded for DUI, Reckless Driving and other traffic-relatedoffenses.•Over 9,400 vehicles legally registered at the DMV as a result of vehicleimpounds (21% increase).•270 vehicles seized and forfeited by the SDPD and San Diego City Attorney.•Cost recovery fees collected: $1.3 million.Several areas of the STOP Team goals cannot be recorded statistically. Eachindividual effort by STOP personnel resulted in outstanding achievements for an overallteam effort.Cheryl Hall and Joan McNamara completed the department wide forfeitureprogram. STOP Team officers were trained to conduct "On-the-Spot" forfeitures whilein the field. Throughout the course of the year, all Traffic Division Officers were trainedto respond to any patrol officer request for an "On-the-Spot" forfeiture. This innovativeapproach restricted the offender's time frame to respond to the forfeiture. It forced theoffender to take immediate action towards their license reinstatement, insurance andregistration requirements.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination15Joan McNamara continued her work with the San Diego Courts. An agreementwas made on all license offenses that were going to be plea-bargained. Each licenseoffense, upon a plea of guilty, would cause the no license or suspended license chargeto become a misdemeanor. This allowed for the offender's car to be forfeited at a laterdate if the individual continued to drive.Sergeant George Youkhanna rewrote department impound procedures. Thesechanges enabled the officers to become "pro-impound" and remove vehicles that, priorto STOP, were untouchable. The STOP building was completed and the team movedinto their own facilities. The entire building project was funded without any expense tothe department or taxpayer. It was essentially paid for by the license offender.Officer Wheeler and El-Assis completed their projects and a court room stingtook place with the news media present. Several license offenders were captured onfilm, being told by the commissioners not to drive without a valid license. Severalminutes later those same individuals were filmed driving out of the court house parkinglot. This time they had a little surprise in store for them.STOP Team conducted traffic stops on the various individuals, arrested thedrivers and impounded the cars. On one occasion, a driver was caught by the newscrew banging his head against the family car, wishing he had listened to the judge andavoided the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination16In addition to all of the member activities, it was determined that the programcould be enhanced by using the services of the Retired Senior Volunter Patrol (RSVP).The volunters were used to impound vehicles during special operations, which enabledthe officers more time to detect habitual violators.Officer Kennedy completed his work with Data Systems, and in a joint operationwith the San Diego County Marshal, a network system was completed. Every time anofficer runs a license check on an individual, the terminal will advise if the subject haswarrants. This is completed automatically with no effort on the officer's part. Thefunding for this phase of the project was provided by several agencies, including grantfunding from OTS.Officer Perkins concluded that a "Train the Trainer" program would be mosteffective. It was determined that over 1,000 officers working in the field would needtraining. Officer Perkins chose six officers from each division and trained them with thelatest laws and information concerning the license offender. A DMV trainer fromSacramento flew to San Diego and demonstrated to the officers how to read andinterpret the license offender's driving record.Team members reviewed Vehicle Code law and department policies with theofficers. Reports were simplified for impounds and confusing issues concerninglicense offender arrests were clarified. After the completion of the class, trainers weresent back to their command to instruct the remaining officers in each division.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination17Continuing training is done through a quarterly information guide. Topics areaddressed that assist the officer in the enforcement of the suspended and unlicenseddriver.A team effort that is used frequently consists of researching a computerized listof suspended drivers issued by the DMV. Once a habitual traffic offender is identified,the officers will create a case file for investigation. Rental vehicles are available for thesurveilence of the offenders. The officers determine the offenders travel schedule andwatch to see if the laws are violated. This has resulted in numerous arrests of chronicoffenders.The STOP Team project has been shared with officers throughout thedepartment using the SARA model. This assists officers involved in other POP projectsby demonstrating how resources inside and outside of the department can be foundand used for their project. In addition, STOP Team officers attend various division line-ups to inform officers of any DMV changes and assist officers wherever help is needed.When the Team sees a need that will assist the officer, it responds with support.Recently, problems were encountered when obtaining information on the vehicleimpound report. A rubber stamp was created and distributed by STOP. Whenever avehicle is impounded for a license offense, all the officer has to do is fill in the blanksand the report is complete. This simplifies the officer's job, and administrativepersonnel receive all the information needed to properly process the report.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination18AGENCY AND OFFICER INFORMATION:The San Diego Traffic Offender Program was designed as a response to thechronic license offender. It is the goal of the project to operate until licenseenforcement is no longer needed. Initial cost estimates to the department were$1,042,965. However, since the project became self-funding, the financial impact onthe police department is inconsequential. The project will continue to be monitored ona regular basis with improvements and adjustments made as needed.The Department-wide response of STOP has been phenomenal. Overall, policemanagement has encouraged and supported the STOP Team during its 1 >2 years ofoperation. Officers are consistently conveying news to the STOP Team about theirvarious encounters with the license offender. On numerous occasions, officers havemade a traffic stop addressing the "small-time" license offender only to find a felonyarrest awaiting them.Approximately five months after the program began, two additional personnelwere hired to increase the efficiency of the STOP Team. Code Compliance OfficerJoyce VanDyke was brought on board along with Clerical Aide Sandra Lamb. Joycebecame a key player in the goals of the STOP Team with her extensive Spanishlanguage skills. In addition, Officer VanDyke assumed the responsibilities of the poststorage hearing officer for every vehicle that is impounded for a period of 30 days.Officer VanDyke is absolutely essential in the success of the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination19Clerical Aide Sandra Lamb is crucial in supporting the entire staff of the STOPTeam. Her responsibilities include administrative support of all the STOP Teampersonnel, routing new cases and incoming phone calls, answering questions fromcitizens and completing a multitude of computer related assignments.To date, four police departments in the County of San Diego are in variousstages of operating or planning STOP programs. Several cities throughout the State ofCalifornia are also operating a STOP Team. Similar results in collision reduction wereexperienced by those agencies. Inquiries are constantly received by out-of-stateagencies looking for information about STOP. Information packages have beendeveloped that are sent all over the nation to assist other departments whenestablishing license programs. In 1997, STOP was asked to participate as presentersin the International Problem Oriented Policing Conference.In San Diego, the initial project started from a single traffic stop by one officer.Because of department support and the efforts of numerous personnel throughout theSan Diego Police Traffic Division, the STOP project was initiated.Once the project blueprints were in place, it was the efforts of the STOP Teammembers that made the program a success. The San Diego Traffic Offender Programis an outstanding example of P.O.P. Each individual had a stake in the outcome of theproject. It is the result of an overall team effort combined with innovation and support ofnumerous outside resources that makes STOP a continuing achievement.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Specialist Rick Mueller is the only DMV - DUI attorney who was the featured Speaker at 5 DUI seminars in San Diego County in the last few years.
San Diego DUI Lttorney Rick Mueller is known as the "DMV Guru" by the Bar Association.
San Diego DWI Lawyer Rick Mueller spoke on "Current DMV Suspension Hearing Issues, Techniques & Writs" at the San Diego County Courthouse on October 28, 2004.
San Diego DWI Attorney Rick Mueller was the featured Speaker at the February 13, 2004 DUI - DMV Seminar in downtown San Diego. He also was the DUI - DMV Lecturer at the 2003 Public Defender's Office criminal defense seminar.
San Diego drunk driving attorney Rick Mueller is a specially recognized Contributor to California Drunk Driving Law, the most comprehensive reference book for the law of drunk driving in California. Having been specially recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law book, he is now the Editorial Consultant for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law. California Drunk Driving Law is recognized by thousands of California attorneys and judges as "The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense"T.
San Diego drunk driving lawyer Rick Mueller is a Specialist Member of the California DUI Attorneys Association (formerly the Association of California Deuce Defenders). San Diego DUI abogado Rick Mueller is also a member of the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller speaks at Strategies in Handling DUI Cases seminars, at the DUI & Drug Defense seminar at the San Diego Bar Building, at the North San Diego County Bar Association's Drunk Driving/DMV seminars, and at the Public Defender's Office DUI/DMV Training seminars. San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller's DUI/DMV work is also featured in the California DUI Lawyers Association's Advanced DUI Skills seminar materials and Association of California Deuce Defenders' materials.
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SGT. GEORGE YOUKHANNAOFFICERSDONALD CONEANTOINE EL-ASSISBRUCE KENNEDYCURTIS PERKINSSTEVEN WHEELERCODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERJOYCE VAN DYKEADMINISTRATIVE AIDECHERYL HALLCLERICAL ASSISTANTSANDRA LAMB
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SUMMARYSCANNING:In 1995, a San Diego Police traffic officer stopped a violator who had severalsuspensions on his driving record as well as two outstanding warrants for drivingwhile suspended. This occurred on more than one occasion during the week,and the officer felt there was a trend. The officer received approval to determinethe severity of the problem and began by researching statistics maintained by thedepartment's traffic division.ANALYSIS:A preliminary investigation revealed that suspended and unlicensed drivers wereinvolved in 39% of all fatal and felony collisions within the City of San Diego. ADMV search revealed there were 45,449 suspended drivers residing in the citylimits. Further, DMV estimated that 71 % of those suspended or revoked driverswould continue to drive.Prosecution of the suspended or unlicensed driver contributed to recidivism.Errors by officers citing violators and a poor communication with the CityAttorney's office contributed to dismissal or rejection of 29% of license violationsissued during 1995.RESPONSE:The Department authorized the creation of a special team that would addressseveral issues involving suspended and unlicensed drivers. The acronym chosenfor the team was STOP, or San Diego Traffic Offender program. The team wasstaffed with a sergeant, five officers, an attorney, and an administrative aide.Team members were given assignments and goals identified by the Department.These goals included training the patrol force to properly cite violators, improveprosecution and reduce dismissed citations, reduce collisions, and affectunrelated criminal activity. The team devised strategies for capturing habitualoffenders and developed a public awareness program. Written and televisedmedia was used to get the word out.ASSESSMENT:During the first year of operation, the most significant accomplishment was thereduction of hit-and-run collisions by 27%. The judicial branch became morestringent on prosecution and sentencing. Department support and participationwas overwhelming. The project was distributed to other agencies as a model.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSCANNING:In November of 1995, San Diego Motor Officer Bruce Kennedy initiated a trafficstop on a vehicle for a car pool violation. The driver of the car had 11 active licensesuspensions and several warrants for driving with a suspended license. During hisnine-year career with the San Diego Police, Officer Kennedy encountered hundreds ofdrivers who seemed to flagrantly ignore court and Department of Motor Vehicle ordersnot to drive a vehicle. Officer Kennedy chose to address the license offender problembecause of the widespread disregard of the driver license laws throughout the City ofSan Diego.During the initial level of diagnosis, it was discovered that the license offenderwas more than a local problem. In fact, it was statewide. The license offender was anenormous problem with an estimated 1,720,000 suspended/revoked or unlicenseddrivers throughout California! In an effort to determine how he could address such alarge issue, more information would be needed to discover exactly how the licenseoffender affected the City of San Diego. Several informal meetings were held withofficers and supervisors in order to evaluate what efforts might be considered toaddress the license offender.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationANALYSIS:Research began at a local level. San Diego Police Department statisticsrevealed that during 1995 the San Diego Police Traffic Division investigated 62 fatalcollisions and 104 felony cases. Out of 166 fatal or felony cases, 39.2% of the driverswere suspended, revoked or unlicensed. Forty-three percent of the 66 suspended/revoked or unlicensed drivers were repeat offenders and had multiple (as many aseight) suspensions. In January 1996, the DMV advised the San Diego PoliceDepartment that there were approximately 45,449 suspended or revoked drivers in theCity of San Diego.In addition to the DMV, combined statistical information from the policedepartment and the San Diego City Attorney's Office corroborated the issues. FromJanuary 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995 the San Diego Police Department issued19,431 citations for license violations. During that same period, the San Diego CityAttorney's office prosecuted 13,957 suspended license cases out of the 19,431citations issued. This figure does not include citations that were filed directly with thecourt, in which the offender plead guilty or failed to appear. In addition, not all licenseviolations were prosecuted as misdemeanor cases.Based on these figures, 71% of all license violation citations issued wereprosecuted. Approximately 29% of the remaining citations were filed directly with thecourt, dismissed or rejected. It was apparent that the suspended driver frequentlywalks away with no consequence for driving illegally.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationThe history of the suspended license driver has been evident since the trackingof statistical data began in the early 1970's. As with drunk drivers in the 1980's, theattention on the suspended license driver did not begin to gain recognition in Californiauntil the early 1990's.In 1991, the Santa Rosa Police Department began to research the suspendedlicense driver issue. It was during this time that the California State Legislature beganworking towards more stringent laws. In 1995, the State of California enacted theSAFE STREETS ACT. Several cities throughout the state began to re-evaluate theirenforcement posture towards the suspended and unlicensed driver. The statelegislature found that out of all the drivers involved in fatal collisions, more than 20%were not licensed to drive.Statistics from the DMV indicates that suspended/revoked drivers in the City ofSan Diego have had their privilege to drive suspended or revoked for the followingreasons:Suspension/Revocation ReasonPercent / Number of driversFailure to appear42%19,089Driving under the influence29%13,181Insurance violations..,17%7,726Other8%3,635Negligent operation of vehicle4%1,818TOTAL100%45,449
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationThe ultimate damage that a license offender causes is evident in the legislativefindings of the Safe Streets Act: A driver with a suspended license is four times aslikely to be involved in a fatal collision then a properly licensed driver. Additionally, over4,000 persons are killed in traffic collisions in California annually, and another 330,000persons suffer injuries.Prior to the P.O.P. project, the suspended license offender was addressed bythe police department in several ways. Special details were conducted by the TrafficDivision throughout the city specifically targeting drivers who had no license or weredriving with a suspended/revoked license. Some training was conducted by trafficofficers at area station line-ups, and local court judges were advised of the importanceof imposing maximum fines and penalties for license offenses. It was discovered,however, that there was no specific plan or problem-solving effort being conductedwithin the police department in an organized manner.The results of the traffic officer's endeavors were negligible. Although the effortshad resulted in the prosecution of suspended drivers, it was apparent that a greaterimpact needed to be made in all areas. Final analysis of the problem revealed thatthere were "loop holes" throughout the judicial system. If a reduction of fatal collisionsand license offenders was going to be seen, then enforcement, prosecution andconviction had to be evaluated and improved.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationDuring the analysis phase of the project, the local news media began to gaininterest in the brazen violations occurring by license offenders. A local television stationconducted a special investigation at a court house in San Diego. Several licenseviolators that were ordered by court commissioners not to drive were caught on filmdriving out of the court parking lot.The public response from this report was so overwhelming that the Shockwaveswere felt throughout the judicial system. Community response began and questionswere being asked why nothing was being done. Letters from citizens and newspapereditorials were asking the police and the courts what was going to be done. The POPproject was brought to the attention of the police department's chief administrators.Department support was immediate and a response plan was begun.RESPONSEAt this point in the project, Officer Kennedy began to assess what wouldsuccessfully modify the enforcement and prosecution methods towards the licenseoffender. Several tactical options were considered:1.Form a team of uniformed officers that would address the habitual licenseoffenders.2.Conduct covert operations that would catch habitual license offenders driving.3.Involve the media in order to publicize the efforts conducted by the policedepartment.4.Request assistance from the City Attorney's office. Assigning personnel that
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nominationwould review plea bargaining guidelines, prosecution requirements and courtprocedures.5.Increase enforcement effectiveness through education of the police, attorneys,courts and citizens.Out of the five listed options, it was apparent that not one but all of the objectiveswould need a response. In order to adequately modify enforcement and prosecutionstrategies, a determination was made to form a team of supervisors, officers, attorneysand administrative personnel that would formulate a plan addressing the listed options.The ultimate goal of the team would be to reduce the suspended and unlicenseddrivers involved in felony hit-and-run, fatal and injury collisions. The team would focuson the apprehension of offenders through traffic stops, checkpoints, warrant serviceand surveillance of the habitual offender. A San Diego Deputy City Attorney andadministrative personnel would be assigned to process and prosecute all arrests.Police Department administrators had several requirements prior toimplementing a response. What departments or division would provide personnel?Would the department budget allow additional personnel to be hired? Where wouldfinancing come from? What equipment would be needed and what are the operationalguidelines of the team? All of these supplementary questions would need to beaddressed to make the project successful.
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Excellence in P.O.P. NominationIn order to accommodate such a large-scale operation, the police departmentwould be required to take valuable personnel from one area and place them intoanother. The problem encountered: Replacing the vacated positions in order tocontinue everyday police operations. Many more questions began to arise. How manyofficers would be needed to operate efficiently? Where would the team operate?Would the City Attorney's office be able to assign personnel? Wouid additionalsupervisors be needed? As each question was considered, it was obvious thatfinancial resources would be needed outside of the department budget.The San Diego Police Department has a wide range of programs that are fundedby grants from outside entities. The Traffic Division had experience with grants thatdealt specifically with traffic safety issues. With approval from the Traffic DivisionCaptain, Officer Kennedy wrote and submitted a grant proposal to the California Officeof Traffic Safety (O.T.S.). O.T.S. is a federally-funded state agency that assists infinancing traffic safety projects for police departments throughout the state.The initial proposal asked for 1.4 million dollars. This would fund a supervisor,six officers, a city attorney, administrative personnel and all the needed equipment tosupport the team for a two-year period. The police department would absorb anyunpaid personnel and equipment costs required outside of grant funding.During the application for funding, several difficulties were encountered. Thebeginning guidelines set for the team was based on a budget of 1.4 million dollars. The
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination8Office of Traffic Safety made a tentative agreement to fund the program for an initialamount of $500,000. This created several problems: The amount of personnel on theteam would be diminished, reducing effectiveness; and the department would have tosupplement a greater amount of the costs.In response to this hurdle, police fiscal management was contacted. With theirassistance, personnel costs were calculated for every time a vehicle was impounded ona license offense. With the help of the Traffic Division Captain, a proposal was broughtbefore the San Diego City Manager for an "Unlicensed Driver Fee." This cost-recoveryfee would be assessed when a vehicle was impounded for a license offense. Themoney would allow the team to be self-funding without any burden on the policedepartment budget.A second obstacle during the fee process was encountered with FinancialManagement. The City of San Diego attempted to gain control of the license fees byrouting them to the general fund. The problem with this concept was there would be noguarantee that STOP would have continued funding after the grant. After severalmeetings with top city officials, an agreement was reached. The fee would be placed ina special account that could only be used for STOP-related activities. In September1996, the San Diego City Council approved a cost recovery fee of $72 for every vehiclethat was impounded for a driver license offense.
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Excellence in P. 0 .P. Nomination9Immediately following City Council approval, a contract for $635,000 was signedwith the Office of Traffic Safety. The police department utilized this initial money to startthe San Diego Traffic Offender Program (S.T.O.P.)-On November 10, 1996, with financing in place, a supervisor, City Attorney, fiveofficers and administrative personnel were brought together to establish the guidelinesfor operation. The "STOP Team" members selected were Sergeant GeorgeYoukhanna, Officers Steve Wheeler, Antoine El-Assis, Curtis Perkins, Donald Cone andBruce Kennedy. Deputy City Attorney Joan McNamara and Administrative Aide CherylHall were also asked to participate.The STOP Team began formulating a response to the problem. Based on thefive initial tactics, the STOP Team began planning specific objectives supporting its goalof reducing fatal and felony collisions.The theme "NO LICENSE, NO CAR, NO EXCEPTION" was formulated andbecame the foundation of its operation. An aggressive media and public informationcampaign was conducted to stress the consequences of driving without a license, or ona suspended or revoked license. Several other objectives were listed in response tothe program:1. Data bases were created to track all the activities of the STOP Team.2. Plea bargain guidelines were tightened, requiring stiffer penalties on thereductions.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination103. Increase the prosecution of habitual offenders with a "Zero Tolerance" policy.4. Implement "stake-out" programs to aggressively seek out license offenders.5. Develop a training program motivating and educating the officers when theyshould arrest license offenders and impound their vehicle.Part of the legislature's Safe Streets Act initiative was a vehicle forfeiture law.The law allowed a license offender's car to be seized and sold at auction by theimpounding agency when certain specifications were met. This included the following:•The driver was actively suspended or unlicensed.•The driver had a prior misdemeanor conviction for a license offense.•The driver was the registered owner of the car.During the analysis phase of STOP, the police department had evaluated theforfeiture law. At that time, the law appeared too complicated to enforce without anincrease of department personnel to process the seized vehicles. Funding was notavailable to provide for this increase, thus the San Diego Police Department chose notto enforce the forfeiture law.Just prior to the contractual agreement with OTS, State Assemblyman RichardKatz wrote a letter to the City of San Diego inquiring why the second largest city in thestate was not implementing the forfeiture law. The City's response was to question thepolice department. The administrations response was directed to the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination11A secondary review of the law by the STOP Team concluded that the law couldbe enforced within the scope of STOP Team's objectives. Santa Barbara Police haddeveloped an effective, yet simplistic method for forfeiting the license offender's vehicle.The STOP Team adopted a similar plan. Modifications were made to meet the needsof San Diego's larger population and the higher number of expected vehicle forfeitures.Team member Cheryl Hall formulated a plan that aggressively pursued driversthat were "qualified" to have their vehicles forfeited. Due to Ms. Hall's efforts, a systemwas put into place that reviewed impounds department-wide. Additionally, work beganon operating procedures for the STOP Team. Ms. Hall was also working withdepartment personnel to establish a data base program designed to capture all of theSTOP Team activities.Deputy City Attorney Joan McNamara began the lengthy procedure to set upprosecution and seizure procedures for all forfeiture cases filed. The DMV wascontacted and arrangements made to have a DMV employee train team members.This would assist them to correctly read license offender driving histories andsuspension information. Plea- bargain guidelines were addressed and adjusted in favorof stricter enforcement toward license offenders.Sergeant Youkhanna's primary task was to coordinate the entire STOPoperation. He rewrote department policies that allowed more flexibility for officers whenimpounding vehicles. Many other tasks included working with the department's Special
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination12Projects Office to build a brand-new facility for the STOP Team. Sergeant Youkhannawas instrumental in the building design, layout, equipment and data systems setup.Officer Steve Wheeler wrote and submitted a proposal to the Chief of Policerecommending various types of commendations that could be given to the officers fortheir efforts of removing the license offender from the road.Officer Wheeler and Officer Ei-Assis began contacting various staff within theSan Diego County Marshals Office and San Diego Municipal Court. Cooperation withthese outside agencies assisted the officers in formulating a strategy to conductundercover stings. Preparations were made with the news media by Officer E!-Assis toconduct a press release and simultaneously film the Team's first undercover sting.Officer Kennedy worked with Data Systems to reprogram the departments MobilData Computer. This allowed STOP to capture needed information to track the officersefforts department-wide. In addition, a large-scale computer system change wasinitiated to advise officers of drivers who have active warrants for their arrest.Officer Curtis Perkins began the immense task of preparing a plan to train theeight patrol divisions about STOP. Issues that needed to be addressed included whattraining would be required, who would complete the training and where would trainingoccur. Information was gathered, laws were reviewed, "cheat sheets" were created andenforcement procedures were drafted.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination13During this initial response stage of the team, Officer Donald Cone was asked toreturn to his prior assignment in accident investigation. This occurred due to staffingproblems within the Traffic Division. Thus, Officer Cone was not present during the firsttwo months of the STOP Team preparation.With all systems and initial response objectives in place, the STOP Teamcompleted its preparation stage and, in January 1997, began full operation.ASSESSMENT:During its first year (January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997) the program was anexceptional success. The results were based on statistical data retained from activitiesof the STOP Team and the police department. Cheryl Hall and Sergeant Youkhannaevaluated the effectiveness of the program during its first year. STOP Team memberscame together weekly to evaluate the program and how it could be improved. All theresults of the first year were based on the initial statistical year of 1995.•There was an 11% reduction in fatal and serious injury collisions involvingsuspended licensed drivers.•There was a 27% reduction in Hit-and-Run collisions.•Overall 25% reduction in fatal and serious injury nighttime collisions.•Department-wide suspended drivers prosecution rate up from 89% to 96%.•Department-wide conviction rate for suspended drivers up from 74% to 82%.•400 felony counts filed as a result of traffic stops involving license offenders.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination14•25 stolen vehicles recovered.••21 felony warrants served.•139 felony drug arrests.>•16 weapons confiscated.•16,905 vehicles impounded for license offenses.•1,150 vehicles impounded for DUI, Reckless Driving and other traffic-relatedoffenses.•Over 9,400 vehicles legally registered at the DMV as a result of vehicleimpounds (21% increase).•270 vehicles seized and forfeited by the SDPD and San Diego City Attorney.•Cost recovery fees collected: $1.3 million.Several areas of the STOP Team goals cannot be recorded statistically. Eachindividual effort by STOP personnel resulted in outstanding achievements for an overallteam effort.Cheryl Hall and Joan McNamara completed the department wide forfeitureprogram. STOP Team officers were trained to conduct "On-the-Spot" forfeitures whilein the field. Throughout the course of the year, all Traffic Division Officers were trainedto respond to any patrol officer request for an "On-the-Spot" forfeiture. This innovativeapproach restricted the offender's time frame to respond to the forfeiture. It forced theoffender to take immediate action towards their license reinstatement, insurance andregistration requirements.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination15Joan McNamara continued her work with the San Diego Courts. An agreementwas made on all license offenses that were going to be plea-bargained. Each licenseoffense, upon a plea of guilty, would cause the no license or suspended license chargeto become a misdemeanor. This allowed for the offender's car to be forfeited at a laterdate if the individual continued to drive.Sergeant George Youkhanna rewrote department impound procedures. Thesechanges enabled the officers to become "pro-impound" and remove vehicles that, priorto STOP, were untouchable. The STOP building was completed and the team movedinto their own facilities. The entire building project was funded without any expense tothe department or taxpayer. It was essentially paid for by the license offender.Officer Wheeler and El-Assis completed their projects and a court room stingtook place with the news media present. Several license offenders were captured onfilm, being told by the commissioners not to drive without a valid license. Severalminutes later those same individuals were filmed driving out of the court house parkinglot. This time they had a little surprise in store for them.STOP Team conducted traffic stops on the various individuals, arrested thedrivers and impounded the cars. On one occasion, a driver was caught by the newscrew banging his head against the family car, wishing he had listened to the judge andavoided the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination16In addition to all of the member activities, it was determined that the programcould be enhanced by using the services of the Retired Senior Volunter Patrol (RSVP).The volunters were used to impound vehicles during special operations, which enabledthe officers more time to detect habitual violators.Officer Kennedy completed his work with Data Systems, and in a joint operationwith the San Diego County Marshal, a network system was completed. Every time anofficer runs a license check on an individual, the terminal will advise if the subject haswarrants. This is completed automatically with no effort on the officer's part. Thefunding for this phase of the project was provided by several agencies, including grantfunding from OTS.Officer Perkins concluded that a "Train the Trainer" program would be mosteffective. It was determined that over 1,000 officers working in the field would needtraining. Officer Perkins chose six officers from each division and trained them with thelatest laws and information concerning the license offender. A DMV trainer fromSacramento flew to San Diego and demonstrated to the officers how to read andinterpret the license offender's driving record.Team members reviewed Vehicle Code law and department policies with theofficers. Reports were simplified for impounds and confusing issues concerninglicense offender arrests were clarified. After the completion of the class, trainers weresent back to their command to instruct the remaining officers in each division.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination17Continuing training is done through a quarterly information guide. Topics areaddressed that assist the officer in the enforcement of the suspended and unlicenseddriver.A team effort that is used frequently consists of researching a computerized listof suspended drivers issued by the DMV. Once a habitual traffic offender is identified,the officers will create a case file for investigation. Rental vehicles are available for thesurveilence of the offenders. The officers determine the offenders travel schedule andwatch to see if the laws are violated. This has resulted in numerous arrests of chronicoffenders.The STOP Team project has been shared with officers throughout thedepartment using the SARA model. This assists officers involved in other POP projectsby demonstrating how resources inside and outside of the department can be foundand used for their project. In addition, STOP Team officers attend various division line-ups to inform officers of any DMV changes and assist officers wherever help is needed.When the Team sees a need that will assist the officer, it responds with support.Recently, problems were encountered when obtaining information on the vehicleimpound report. A rubber stamp was created and distributed by STOP. Whenever avehicle is impounded for a license offense, all the officer has to do is fill in the blanksand the report is complete. This simplifies the officer's job, and administrativepersonnel receive all the information needed to properly process the report.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination18AGENCY AND OFFICER INFORMATION:The San Diego Traffic Offender Program was designed as a response to thechronic license offender. It is the goal of the project to operate until licenseenforcement is no longer needed. Initial cost estimates to the department were$1,042,965. However, since the project became self-funding, the financial impact onthe police department is inconsequential. The project will continue to be monitored ona regular basis with improvements and adjustments made as needed.The Department-wide response of STOP has been phenomenal. Overall, policemanagement has encouraged and supported the STOP Team during its 1 >2 years ofoperation. Officers are consistently conveying news to the STOP Team about theirvarious encounters with the license offender. On numerous occasions, officers havemade a traffic stop addressing the "small-time" license offender only to find a felonyarrest awaiting them.Approximately five months after the program began, two additional personnelwere hired to increase the efficiency of the STOP Team. Code Compliance OfficerJoyce VanDyke was brought on board along with Clerical Aide Sandra Lamb. Joycebecame a key player in the goals of the STOP Team with her extensive Spanishlanguage skills. In addition, Officer VanDyke assumed the responsibilities of the poststorage hearing officer for every vehicle that is impounded for a period of 30 days.Officer VanDyke is absolutely essential in the success of the STOP Team.
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Excellence in P.O.P. Nomination19Clerical Aide Sandra Lamb is crucial in supporting the entire staff of the STOPTeam. Her responsibilities include administrative support of all the STOP Teampersonnel, routing new cases and incoming phone calls, answering questions fromcitizens and completing a multitude of computer related assignments.To date, four police departments in the County of San Diego are in variousstages of operating or planning STOP programs. Several cities throughout the State ofCalifornia are also operating a STOP Team. Similar results in collision reduction wereexperienced by those agencies. Inquiries are constantly received by out-of-stateagencies looking for information about STOP. Information packages have beendeveloped that are sent all over the nation to assist other departments whenestablishing license programs. In 1997, STOP was asked to participate as presentersin the International Problem Oriented Policing Conference.In San Diego, the initial project started from a single traffic stop by one officer.Because of department support and the efforts of numerous personnel throughout theSan Diego Police Traffic Division, the STOP project was initiated.Once the project blueprints were in place, it was the efforts of the STOP Teammembers that made the program a success. The San Diego Traffic Offender Programis an outstanding example of P.O.P. Each individual had a stake in the outcome of theproject. It is the result of an overall team effort combined with innovation and support ofnumerous outside resources that makes STOP a continuing achievement.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Specialist Rick Mueller is the only DMV - DUI attorney who was the featured Speaker at 5 DUI seminars in San Diego County in the last few years.
San Diego DUI Lttorney Rick Mueller is known as the "DMV Guru" by the Bar Association.
San Diego DWI Lawyer Rick Mueller spoke on "Current DMV Suspension Hearing Issues, Techniques & Writs" at the San Diego County Courthouse on October 28, 2004.
San Diego DWI Attorney Rick Mueller was the featured Speaker at the February 13, 2004 DUI - DMV Seminar in downtown San Diego. He also was the DUI - DMV Lecturer at the 2003 Public Defender's Office criminal defense seminar.
San Diego drunk driving attorney Rick Mueller is a specially recognized Contributor to California Drunk Driving Law, the most comprehensive reference book for the law of drunk driving in California. Having been specially recognized as a Contributor to the California Drunk Driving Law book, he is now the Editorial Consultant for the most comprehensive reference book for California DUI law. California Drunk Driving Law is recognized by thousands of California attorneys and judges as "The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense"T.
San Diego drunk driving lawyer Rick Mueller is a Specialist Member of the California DUI Attorneys Association (formerly the Association of California Deuce Defenders). San Diego DUI abogado Rick Mueller is also a member of the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller speaks at Strategies in Handling DUI Cases seminars, at the DUI & Drug Defense seminar at the San Diego Bar Building, at the North San Diego County Bar Association's Drunk Driving/DMV seminars, and at the Public Defender's Office DUI/DMV Training seminars. San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller's DUI/DMV work is also featured in the California DUI Lawyers Association's Advanced DUI Skills seminar materials and Association of California Deuce Defenders' materials.
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San Diego Criminal Activity other than San Diego DUI arrests
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ARJIS IS:
The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local, state and federal agencies in the San Diego region. ARJIS is chartered with supporting a regional web based enterprise network that utilizes technical and operational standards to build interfaces to all criminal justice systems in the region. The ARJISNet secure intranet contains data on the regions crime cases, arrests, citations, field interviews, traffic accidents,fraudulent documents, photographs, gang information and stolen property.
ARJISNet integrates over 2,500 workstations and printers throughout the 4,265 square miles of San Diego County. There are over 10,000 registered and authorized users generating over 35,000 transactions daily.
ARJIS is also utilized for tactical analysis, investigations, statistical information and crime analysis. Officers and investigators can additionally request electronic notification when information is obtained by another agency or officer concerning an individual, location or vehicle. The critical success factor for ARJIS is the "single point of entry" to query all regional justice data.
ARJIS is currently collaborating with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to build new web based technologies to continue the support of the criminal justice community.
Online Warrants at http://www.sdsheriff.net/waar/waar.aspx
Top 10 Most Wanted http://www.sdsheriff.net/tmw/
Sex Offenders even San Diego DUI 's, etc. - (New) Crime maps http://mapping.arjis.org/Default.aspx
Crime Statistics http://www.arjis.org/
Who is Jail http://www.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
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San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego Drunk Driving Lawyer, San Diego DUI & DMV Defense Attorney with over 22 years of experience. Known as the San Diego DUI - DMV Guru, San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his San Diego DUI law practice to aggressively defending those accused of San Diego Driving Under the Influence.
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ARJIS IS:
The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local, state and federal agencies in the San Diego region. ARJIS is chartered with supporting a regional web based enterprise network that utilizes technical and operational standards to build interfaces to all criminal justice systems in the region. The ARJISNet secure intranet contains data on the regions crime cases, arrests, citations, field interviews, traffic accidents,fraudulent documents, photographs, gang information and stolen property.
ARJISNet integrates over 2,500 workstations and printers throughout the 4,265 square miles of San Diego County. There are over 10,000 registered and authorized users generating over 35,000 transactions daily.
ARJIS is also utilized for tactical analysis, investigations, statistical information and crime analysis. Officers and investigators can additionally request electronic notification when information is obtained by another agency or officer concerning an individual, location or vehicle. The critical success factor for ARJIS is the "single point of entry" to query all regional justice data.
ARJIS is currently collaborating with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to build new web based technologies to continue the support of the criminal justice community.
Online Warrants at http://www.sdsheriff.net/waar/waar.aspx
Top 10 Most Wanted http://www.sdsheriff.net/tmw/
Sex Offenders even San Diego DUI 's, etc. - (New) Crime maps http://mapping.arjis.org/Default.aspx
Crime Statistics http://www.arjis.org/
Who is Jail http://www.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
It's all here at ARJIS.
Complete San Diego DUI Lawyer information provided by San Diego County DUI Law Center's Drunk Driving Attorney for those accused of a San Diego California DUI.
Worry-free San Diego DUI help for San Diego DUI court and San Diego DMV. Help to save your license.
San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego Drunk Driving Lawyer, San Diego DUI & DMV Defense Attorney with over 22 years of experience. Known as the San Diego DUI - DMV Guru, San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his San Diego DUI law practice to aggressively defending those accused of San Diego Driving Under the Influence.
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
San Diego DUI Help - Del Mar RaceTrack Opens for the Summer
If you are visiting San Diego and have a problem,
contact the San Diego County DUI Law Center at
http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com
Partial List of DUI / DMV Victories &
Drivers' Licenses Saved In Past Few Years
Name BAC% Type of Test/Other
Adams .14 Breath/Military Gate + Prior
Adams Neg Blood + Refusal
Arana .03 Breath - Under 21/Speeding
Archer .08 Breath/Erratic, weaving
Arcia .14 Breath/Accident
Arredondo .21 Blood/Weaving
Atkinson .30 Blood/Accident + child in car
Babak .20 Blood/Refusal + Prior
Babauta .08/.09 Breath
Badway .10 Breath/Accident
Bafi .16 Breath/Improper U-turn
Bak .13 Blood/Driving without headlights
Balmer .08/.07 Breath/California roll+ Prior
Beckel .07 Blood/Ran Red Light
Beglinger .08/.07 Breath/Ran out of gas
Bohs .22 Breath/Weaving per citizen
Boughner .10/.06 Blood + Breath/Speeding
Boud .06 Breath - Under 21/Accident
Boud .06 Breath - Under 21/Accident
Brady .13 Blood + Prior
Brooks .13/.14 Breath/Drive on Center Median
Burns .14 Blood/Speeding
Cameron .27 Blood
Camper .08/.07 Breath
Carrillo .05/.06 Breath + Under 21/US Border
Cheney .19/.17 Breath-Mouth Alcohol/Weaving
Cherico .14/.15 Breath + Blood/Accident
Chipman Neg op Accident
Choitner .11/.11 Breath/Speeding - stop others
Cotton Neg op Speeding/illegal movement
Coulthard .22 Breath/Weave/No signal/Speed
Cox .08/.07 Breath/Blood
Diehl .18 Breath/Accident
Dimef .11/.10 Breath - GERD/Speed/Weaving
Downing Drugs Blood/Weaving
Dufau .20 Blood + Under 21/Accident
Choitner .11/.11 Breath/Speeding - stop others
Coulthard .22 Breath/Weave/No signal/Speed
Diehl .18 Breath/Accident
Dolan .22 Blood/Speed/Straddle + Prior
Dufau .20 Blood + Under 21/Accident
Eaves .12/.13 Breath/Weaving
Edmett .15/.16 Breath/Failure to stop
Elmashini .11 Breath/Blood - 90/30 mph zone
Erbschloe .17 Blood/Accident + Hit & Run
Ericson Drugs Blood/Breath + Hit & Run
Even .23 Blood/Erratic per citizen
Ezzati .17/.18 Breath/Accident
Fall .23 Blood/Accident
Frederick .10 Breath/Obstructed lic. plate
Gallaher .04 Breath/50/20 mph zone + Under 21
Greer .08/.09 Breath/Blood/Speeding
Guiterrez .15/.17 Breath/No headlights
Gundersen .13 Breath/Not Stop @ stop sign
Gunion .17 Blood/Breath/Ignition running
#1 lane + Under 21 years old
Hall .09 Breath/No front license plate
Hammett .07/.08 Breath
Harpell .19 Blood/Weaving
Harris .15/.16 Breath/Failed to go on green
Hauck .11 Blood/Speeding + Prior
Hawkins .09/.10 Blood/Breath + Under 21 years
Hawkins .28 Blood/Drunk per citizen
Heinonen .10 Blood/Headlight not on
Hernandez .17 Blood/Blocking roadway+ Prior
Heitman .05/.06 Breath + Under 21 years old
Hughes .03 Breath + Under 21/No Seatbelt
Hunt .19 Blood/DUI Checkpoint
Iburg .08 Breath/Impede Right of Way
Jackson .15 Breath/Refusal
Johnson .15 Breath + Under 21 years old
Johnston .14/.15 Breath/Accident
Kelley .06 Breath/Under 21
Kennedy .15 Blood/Weaving
Kohrig .16 Breath
Kowalski .08 Breath
Kuma .17 Blood + Accident
Ledyarb .16 Breath/Under 21
Lewis .11.12 Breath/On side of highway
Lind .17 Blood/Fail to use turn signal
Logsdon .40 Blood/Accident + Hit & Run
Lorber Refusal Refusal + Prior
Lowe .15 Blood/Wide turns
Martineau .25 Blood/Speeding + Straddling
McCalley .13 Breath/Weaving
McCarthy .09/.10 Breath/Drove to Military gate
McMahon .11 Blood/Speeding
Mejia .15 Blood/Broken Tail Lamp
Michael .09 Breath/Weaving
Montoya .15 Blood/Weaving
Murphy .13 Blood/Weaving
Pardoen .04 Breath/No stop + Under 21
Parish .05 Breath/Accident
Patton .15 Blood/Urinating in Public
Philip .11 Breath
Porter .06 Breath + Under 21
Proctor .08/.09 Breath/El Centro Bureau of
Land Management + Prior
Quintero .08/.06 Breath/Speeding + Under 21
Raeihle .09 Breath/Failure to stop @ sign
Ramirez .10 Breath/Stopped by MP at Gate
Reinicke .11 Blood/Wrong way-near hit cop
Rinard .08/.07 Breath
Roberts .20 Blood
Robeiro .09 Breath + Accident
Rudden .19 Blood/Speeding
Sadiarin .15 Blood/Passing thru Cal Trans
Scales .18 Breath + Accident
Schaefer .04/.03 Breath/Speeding + Under 21
Schmidt .16 Breath/Red Light/Speed+ Prior
Schulte Drug Blood/Accident
Schwartz .12 Blood/Weaving
Serrano .11 Breath/Officer Miller
Servis .05/.06 Breath/U.S. Border Stop
Shoemaker .09/.10 Breath
S Shirey .08 Blood/Speeding
Shook .09/.10 Breath/Driving-no headlights
Shubert .08/.06 Breath
Snyder .05 Blood/Drugs
Spindler .06/.08 Blood/Breath
Sticka .16 Breath/Tailgating
Sukhinin .09 Blood/Unauthorized BL. Drawer
Tangeman .11 Blood
Taylor .16 Breath/No front license plate
Tchernycheva Skills Rear-end accident
Thomas .16 Blood/Unauthorized BL. Drawer
Thompson .08/.06 Breath
Thurm .11 Breath/Weaving + Speeding
Vera Cruz .17 Blood/Weaving side to side
Wait .021 Breath/Under 21-no headlights
Watts Skills Improper turning
Weaver .09/.07 Breath
Weber .18 Blood/Accident
Whitcomb .26/.27 Breath/Accident + Prior
White .09 Blood/Accident
Whiteman .08 Blood/Accident
Williams .22 Blood/Tinted Windows
Yeargin .09 Breath
Zuckerman .08 Breath/Accident
contact the San Diego County DUI Law Center at
http://www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com
Partial List of DUI / DMV Victories &
Drivers' Licenses Saved In Past Few Years
Name BAC% Type of Test/Other
Adams .14 Breath/Military Gate + Prior
Adams Neg Blood + Refusal
Arana .03 Breath - Under 21/Speeding
Archer .08 Breath/Erratic, weaving
Arcia .14 Breath/Accident
Arredondo .21 Blood/Weaving
Atkinson .30 Blood/Accident + child in car
Babak .20 Blood/Refusal + Prior
Babauta .08/.09 Breath
Badway .10 Breath/Accident
Bafi .16 Breath/Improper U-turn
Bak .13 Blood/Driving without headlights
Balmer .08/.07 Breath/California roll+ Prior
Beckel .07 Blood/Ran Red Light
Beglinger .08/.07 Breath/Ran out of gas
Bohs .22 Breath/Weaving per citizen
Boughner .10/.06 Blood + Breath/Speeding
Boud .06 Breath - Under 21/Accident
Boud .06 Breath - Under 21/Accident
Brady .13 Blood + Prior
Brooks .13/.14 Breath/Drive on Center Median
Burns .14 Blood/Speeding
Cameron .27 Blood
Camper .08/.07 Breath
Carrillo .05/.06 Breath + Under 21/US Border
Cheney .19/.17 Breath-Mouth Alcohol/Weaving
Cherico .14/.15 Breath + Blood/Accident
Chipman Neg op Accident
Choitner .11/.11 Breath/Speeding - stop others
Cotton Neg op Speeding/illegal movement
Coulthard .22 Breath/Weave/No signal/Speed
Cox .08/.07 Breath/Blood
Diehl .18 Breath/Accident
Dimef .11/.10 Breath - GERD/Speed/Weaving
Downing Drugs Blood/Weaving
Dufau .20 Blood + Under 21/Accident
Choitner .11/.11 Breath/Speeding - stop others
Coulthard .22 Breath/Weave/No signal/Speed
Diehl .18 Breath/Accident
Dolan .22 Blood/Speed/Straddle + Prior
Dufau .20 Blood + Under 21/Accident
Eaves .12/.13 Breath/Weaving
Edmett .15/.16 Breath/Failure to stop
Elmashini .11 Breath/Blood - 90/30 mph zone
Erbschloe .17 Blood/Accident + Hit & Run
Ericson Drugs Blood/Breath + Hit & Run
Even .23 Blood/Erratic per citizen
Ezzati .17/.18 Breath/Accident
Fall .23 Blood/Accident
Frederick .10 Breath/Obstructed lic. plate
Gallaher .04 Breath/50/20 mph zone + Under 21
Greer .08/.09 Breath/Blood/Speeding
Guiterrez .15/.17 Breath/No headlights
Gundersen .13 Breath/Not Stop @ stop sign
Gunion .17 Blood/Breath/Ignition running
#1 lane + Under 21 years old
Hall .09 Breath/No front license plate
Hammett .07/.08 Breath
Harpell .19 Blood/Weaving
Harris .15/.16 Breath/Failed to go on green
Hauck .11 Blood/Speeding + Prior
Hawkins .09/.10 Blood/Breath + Under 21 years
Hawkins .28 Blood/Drunk per citizen
Heinonen .10 Blood/Headlight not on
Hernandez .17 Blood/Blocking roadway+ Prior
Heitman .05/.06 Breath + Under 21 years old
Hughes .03 Breath + Under 21/No Seatbelt
Hunt .19 Blood/DUI Checkpoint
Iburg .08 Breath/Impede Right of Way
Jackson .15 Breath/Refusal
Johnson .15 Breath + Under 21 years old
Johnston .14/.15 Breath/Accident
Kelley .06 Breath/Under 21
Kennedy .15 Blood/Weaving
Kohrig .16 Breath
Kowalski .08 Breath
Kuma .17 Blood + Accident
Ledyarb .16 Breath/Under 21
Lewis .11.12 Breath/On side of highway
Lind .17 Blood/Fail to use turn signal
Logsdon .40 Blood/Accident + Hit & Run
Lorber Refusal Refusal + Prior
Lowe .15 Blood/Wide turns
Martineau .25 Blood/Speeding + Straddling
McCalley .13 Breath/Weaving
McCarthy .09/.10 Breath/Drove to Military gate
McMahon .11 Blood/Speeding
Mejia .15 Blood/Broken Tail Lamp
Michael .09 Breath/Weaving
Montoya .15 Blood/Weaving
Murphy .13 Blood/Weaving
Pardoen .04 Breath/No stop + Under 21
Parish .05 Breath/Accident
Patton .15 Blood/Urinating in Public
Philip .11 Breath
Porter .06 Breath + Under 21
Proctor .08/.09 Breath/El Centro Bureau of
Land Management + Prior
Quintero .08/.06 Breath/Speeding + Under 21
Raeihle .09 Breath/Failure to stop @ sign
Ramirez .10 Breath/Stopped by MP at Gate
Reinicke .11 Blood/Wrong way-near hit cop
Rinard .08/.07 Breath
Roberts .20 Blood
Robeiro .09 Breath + Accident
Rudden .19 Blood/Speeding
Sadiarin .15 Blood/Passing thru Cal Trans
Scales .18 Breath + Accident
Schaefer .04/.03 Breath/Speeding + Under 21
Schmidt .16 Breath/Red Light/Speed+ Prior
Schulte Drug Blood/Accident
Schwartz .12 Blood/Weaving
Serrano .11 Breath/Officer Miller
Servis .05/.06 Breath/U.S. Border Stop
Shoemaker .09/.10 Breath
S Shirey .08 Blood/Speeding
Shook .09/.10 Breath/Driving-no headlights
Shubert .08/.06 Breath
Snyder .05 Blood/Drugs
Spindler .06/.08 Blood/Breath
Sticka .16 Breath/Tailgating
Sukhinin .09 Blood/Unauthorized BL. Drawer
Tangeman .11 Blood
Taylor .16 Breath/No front license plate
Tchernycheva Skills Rear-end accident
Thomas .16 Blood/Unauthorized BL. Drawer
Thompson .08/.06 Breath
Thurm .11 Breath/Weaving + Speeding
Vera Cruz .17 Blood/Weaving side to side
Wait .021 Breath/Under 21-no headlights
Watts Skills Improper turning
Weaver .09/.07 Breath
Weber .18 Blood/Accident
Whitcomb .26/.27 Breath/Accident + Prior
White .09 Blood/Accident
Whiteman .08 Blood/Accident
Williams .22 Blood/Tinted Windows
Yeargin .09 Breath
Zuckerman .08 Breath/Accident
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
San Diego DUI Attorney - comprehensive help
San Diego Drunk Driving Attorney Rick Mueller and his San Diego County DUI Law Center welcome you to see complete San Diego drunk driving attorney & San Diego DUI lawyer information for those accused of DUI in San Diego.
San Diego DUI attorney information could help you deal with the San Diego DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) and save your driver's license:
Why use the San Diego DUI Attorney Specialist in DUI and DMV Law
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/why.html
List of San Diego DUI Attorney Victories and Driver's Licenses Saved in Past Few Years http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/victory.html
What you must do within 10 days of being arrested for a San Diego DUI http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/10days.html
San Diego County DMV and Courts
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/courts.html
San Diego DUI Breath Test Defenses http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/defenses.html
San Diego DUI Blood Test Defenses
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/blood.html
You could take the Free San Diego DUI Survey at http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/survey.html
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego County Drunk Driving, DUI & DMV Defense attorney with over 20 years of experience. Known as the "DMV Guru," Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his law practice to aggressively defending those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. He has successfully saved the driving privileges of many clients in the past year alone. Complete the important Free San Diego County Drunk Driving Defense Survey to find out your best strategy and to protect your driving privileges in California.
San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller Background and Contact Information http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/about.html
San Diego DUI and DMV Penalties http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/penalty.html
Out of State License/Resident & Driving Record http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/out_of_state.html
Military Base DUI - San Diego County Federal Court - http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/base.html
http://www.SanDiegoDUI.com - Excellent San Diego DUI information source for San Diego county drunk driving arrest. Rights, Laws, Defenses, Penalties, DMV, Court, Military, DUI Boating, Helpful Tips and other comprehensive information. Vigorous DUI lawyer who can save your license and keep you out of jail.
Call 1-800-THE-LAW-DUI (1-800-843-5293) for a free San Diego DUI consultation http://www.1800thelawdui.com.
For help with your San Diego DUI, visit http://www.SanDiegoDUIHelp.com.
For San Diego DUI news, visit http://www.sandiegoduihelp.com/duiblog/.
Rick Mueller, DUI Specialist (cell: 619/218-2997)
4660 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 500, San Diego, CA, 92122
San Diego DUI attorney information could help you deal with the San Diego DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) and save your driver's license:
Why use the San Diego DUI Attorney Specialist in DUI and DMV Law
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/why.html
List of San Diego DUI Attorney Victories and Driver's Licenses Saved in Past Few Years http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/victory.html
What you must do within 10 days of being arrested for a San Diego DUI http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/10days.html
San Diego County DMV and Courts
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/courts.html
San Diego DUI Breath Test Defenses http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/defenses.html
San Diego DUI Blood Test Defenses
http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/blood.html
You could take the Free San Diego DUI Survey at http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/survey.html
San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego County Drunk Driving, DUI & DMV Defense attorney with over 20 years of experience. Known as the "DMV Guru," Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his law practice to aggressively defending those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. He has successfully saved the driving privileges of many clients in the past year alone. Complete the important Free San Diego County Drunk Driving Defense Survey to find out your best strategy and to protect your driving privileges in California.
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Monday, July 17, 2006
San Diego DUI - San Diego drunk driving breath test defenses
Insufficient or broken observation period -no continuous observation for entire 15 minutes before first breath sample (e.g. Officer attempts to include transportation time as part of required observation period, goes to his trunk and/or walks around before removing you from police car, or you were left alone at anytime prior to taking the test -e.g. used restroom or telephone or placed in holding cell/room).
During those 15 minutes before the test, you burp, belch or have slight regurgitation of gas that is relatively quiet.
Vomiting, belching within 15 minutes of test - no rinsing of mouth, or inadequate deprivation period before retest.
You may not be a proper subject for breath testing. You have a physical problem or health limitation:
gastric reflux, hiatal hernia or intestinal problem (e.g. Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, Irritated Bowel Syndrome, or Acid Reflux Syndrome) diagnosed and treated before date of arrest;
dental condition (e.g. gum disease/gingivitis/pockets around roots, dentures or bridgework which may trap mouth alcohol and contaminate a breath machine sample); or
respiratory problem (e.g. asthma, bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
Your behavior or actions do not match test results (e.g. shown by independent witnesses).
The breath test room or circuitry has a problem (e.g. Radio Frequency Interference from a cell phone, officer's radio, copy machine or other equipment with surge capabilities) which may cause machine to give artificially high reading; smoking in or near machine; shared power supply with heater or other appliance - must be dedicated "clean" electrical source; or recently painted walls or trim).
You have had recent environmental exposure to volatile fumes (lacquer, gasoline, paint, dry cleaning fluids or even 409) which have cumulative reading, causing chemical interference/falsely elevated result.
Air bag defenses - "the Tyndall effect' - diffusion of light; propellant exposure; cut lips; lung and airway irritation & fluid build-up from caustic gas propellant.
Video tape refutes the high reading, supports sobriety.
High test result, yet you never urinate for 3 to 4 hours or more - physiological impossibility.
Unintentional alcohol (e.g. from Nyquil, Vicks Formula 44, lip balms, toothache drops).
Something in mouth containing alcohol (e.g. Breath Drops with SD alcohol).
Something in mouth that contains interfering or contaminating substance (e.g. Skoal snuff - wintergreen; Altoids curiously strong mints).
Improper or out of agreement tests, without follow-up tests to correct [both results must be within 0.02% of each other].
Officer refuses to permit your request for a second, independent test. Denial of blood test - the more reliable target with the more accurate method of analysis.
Officer not trained or marginally trained in accordance with the standards of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations (e.g. not trained in theory of operation of machine).
Officer fails to follow manual or training protocol.
Inadequate inspections by machine inspectors (e.g. no linearity proven).
Police report supports sobriety, or lack of investigation of alternative causes.
Rising blood alcohol level showing time of driving BAC would have been lower than time of testing.
Elevated breath temperature (e.g. caused by fever, hot tub, sauna, detention in hot sun or back of patrol car in summer, dancing, menstrual cycle, etc.)
Breath/blood ratio (2100:1) not proven to be your ratio; show how minor error gets multiplied 2100 times; 0.12 = 17/10,000,000th of an ounce. Show you have abnormally low blood/breath conversion ratio through testing and expert.
Inherent sampling variability or margin of error (e.g., 0.088 reading - state acknowledges +/- 0.01% precision problem).
You have blowing pattern irregularity (e.g. blubbering and crying causing artificially high water vapor problem).
You have been on strict high protein diet and then introduce carbohydrates, thereby triggering auto-generated alcohol production when ketones are converted to isopropyl alcohol (or the "auto-brewery" syndrome).
You have diabetes, are borderline diabetic or are hypoglycemic and consume alcohol in any amount, causing conversion of high acetone levels into isopropyl alcohol.
Breath test operator gets first BAC results, which will not support a .08% per se case, then waits a few more minutes and retests, obtaining a reading above the per se limit.
Officer gives chemical test admonition, but then goes too far by threatening dire warnings for which there is no factual basis or misstates consequences regarding possible license suspension.
State fails to prove that results were obtained within the 3 hour statutorily imposed time (3 hours after driving ended) in order to invoke rebuttable presumption that your BAC was at or over the limit at time of driving.
You can prove sufficient alcohol was consumed during driving, after driving ended or before police arrived.
Officer gets fired, indicted, retires, moves away, or dies.
In handling case, officer commits crime (e.g., obstruction of justice or perjury) in an effort to conceal evidence; state cannot proceed, or more often makes an illegal, warrantless stop or arrests you without probable cause.
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San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 587 - 6055
(858) 451 - 9097 fax
(619) 218 - 2997 portable/voice mail
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During those 15 minutes before the test, you burp, belch or have slight regurgitation of gas that is relatively quiet.
Vomiting, belching within 15 minutes of test - no rinsing of mouth, or inadequate deprivation period before retest.
You may not be a proper subject for breath testing. You have a physical problem or health limitation:
gastric reflux, hiatal hernia or intestinal problem (e.g. Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, Irritated Bowel Syndrome, or Acid Reflux Syndrome) diagnosed and treated before date of arrest;
dental condition (e.g. gum disease/gingivitis/pockets around roots, dentures or bridgework which may trap mouth alcohol and contaminate a breath machine sample); or
respiratory problem (e.g. asthma, bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
Your behavior or actions do not match test results (e.g. shown by independent witnesses).
The breath test room or circuitry has a problem (e.g. Radio Frequency Interference from a cell phone, officer's radio, copy machine or other equipment with surge capabilities) which may cause machine to give artificially high reading; smoking in or near machine; shared power supply with heater or other appliance - must be dedicated "clean" electrical source; or recently painted walls or trim).
You have had recent environmental exposure to volatile fumes (lacquer, gasoline, paint, dry cleaning fluids or even 409) which have cumulative reading, causing chemical interference/falsely elevated result.
Air bag defenses - "the Tyndall effect' - diffusion of light; propellant exposure; cut lips; lung and airway irritation & fluid build-up from caustic gas propellant.
Video tape refutes the high reading, supports sobriety.
High test result, yet you never urinate for 3 to 4 hours or more - physiological impossibility.
Unintentional alcohol (e.g. from Nyquil, Vicks Formula 44, lip balms, toothache drops).
Something in mouth containing alcohol (e.g. Breath Drops with SD alcohol).
Something in mouth that contains interfering or contaminating substance (e.g. Skoal snuff - wintergreen; Altoids curiously strong mints).
Improper or out of agreement tests, without follow-up tests to correct [both results must be within 0.02% of each other].
Officer refuses to permit your request for a second, independent test. Denial of blood test - the more reliable target with the more accurate method of analysis.
Officer not trained or marginally trained in accordance with the standards of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations (e.g. not trained in theory of operation of machine).
Officer fails to follow manual or training protocol.
Inadequate inspections by machine inspectors (e.g. no linearity proven).
Police report supports sobriety, or lack of investigation of alternative causes.
Rising blood alcohol level showing time of driving BAC would have been lower than time of testing.
Elevated breath temperature (e.g. caused by fever, hot tub, sauna, detention in hot sun or back of patrol car in summer, dancing, menstrual cycle, etc.)
Breath/blood ratio (2100:1) not proven to be your ratio; show how minor error gets multiplied 2100 times; 0.12 = 17/10,000,000th of an ounce. Show you have abnormally low blood/breath conversion ratio through testing and expert.
Inherent sampling variability or margin of error (e.g., 0.088 reading - state acknowledges +/- 0.01% precision problem).
You have blowing pattern irregularity (e.g. blubbering and crying causing artificially high water vapor problem).
You have been on strict high protein diet and then introduce carbohydrates, thereby triggering auto-generated alcohol production when ketones are converted to isopropyl alcohol (or the "auto-brewery" syndrome).
You have diabetes, are borderline diabetic or are hypoglycemic and consume alcohol in any amount, causing conversion of high acetone levels into isopropyl alcohol.
Breath test operator gets first BAC results, which will not support a .08% per se case, then waits a few more minutes and retests, obtaining a reading above the per se limit.
Officer gives chemical test admonition, but then goes too far by threatening dire warnings for which there is no factual basis or misstates consequences regarding possible license suspension.
State fails to prove that results were obtained within the 3 hour statutorily imposed time (3 hours after driving ended) in order to invoke rebuttable presumption that your BAC was at or over the limit at time of driving.
You can prove sufficient alcohol was consumed during driving, after driving ended or before police arrived.
Officer gets fired, indicted, retires, moves away, or dies.
In handling case, officer commits crime (e.g., obstruction of justice or perjury) in an effort to conceal evidence; state cannot proceed, or more often makes an illegal, warrantless stop or arrests you without probable cause.
San Diego DUI Lawyer Contact Information
If you need quality San Diego DMV - DUI legal representation, call 1-800-THE-LAW-DUI (1-800-843-5293) for a free consultation:
4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 587 - 6055
(858) 451 - 9097 fax
(619) 218 - 2997 portable/voice mail
www.SanDiegoDUI.com
rick@SanDiegoDUI.com
Sunday, July 16, 2006
DUI - Staggered Sentences Cuts Repeat Offenses in Half
Nine drunken driving convictions are enough for Tim Clark.
As he emerged from a court hearing recently, Clark adjusted his tie and smiled. He has been sober for three years and is feeling good.
"It's because of what this judge is doing," the Ham Lake man said.
The judge is James Dehn. In an Isanti County courtroom in Cambridge, he has developed a way to reach the state's most dangerous drunken drivers — and cut their repeat offenses in half. His methods are becoming more common in Minnesota and are gaining interest nationwide.
"It's about treating them like human beings," Dehn said.
He dispenses justice on the installment plan. Instead of giving drunken drivers a traditional jail sentence, he spreads that sentence out over years, jailing them in July and December.
Before each jail term, drivers must appear in court. If they can convince Dehn they've been sober, employed and otherwise reformed, he can allow them to skip the month in jail — until the next time.
That extra vigilance — and understanding the unique psychology of the crime — is the key to Dehn's success.
In a field where even slight reductions are celebrated, experts find the reduction of 50 percent eye-popping.
"There is no way not to like this," said Dean Grau, a part-time public defender in Pine County and criminal defense attorney who has worked with Dehn.
Since Dehn started staggered sentencing in 1998, the idea has thrived. In Minnesota, one-third of the state's roughly 300 district judges have used it.
He teaches staggered sentencing to judges at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev., and the Minnesota Judicial College. He has won awards from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the national Foundation for Improvement of Justice, as well as the Outstanding Judge Award from the state district judges' association.
The idea is spreading partly because of Dehn's tireless efforts to promote it.
"He has incredible energy. Sometimes it's hard to find his 'off' switch," said Steve Simon, chairman of the state DWI Task Force and a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law.
Simon said there are many ways to cut drunken driving — but the problem is the cost.
He researched the impact of jailing all third-time offenders for four years.
"That would cost us hundreds of millions of dollars and saved only 24 lives," said Simon.
That's why he endorses Dehn's approach — it's effective and cheap.
"You can't lock up your way to safety," Simon said.
The approach is unique because the crime is unique.
Drunken driving is a mainstream crime. Simon said a drunken driver drives intoxicated an average of 700 times before getting arrested, and almost 9 percent of Minnesotans have one or more DWI convictions.
Jail time does deter first-timers. But it doesn't faze hard-core alcoholics, who often start drinking as soon as they get out.
"They can do jail time standing on their heads," Simon said. "They are driven to drink. They need to drink."
They are also driven to drive, Grau said.
"It's not like they are going to quit their jobs and stop supporting their families. They are going to drive without licenses," he said.
Staggered sentencing breaks the cycle.
Convicted of a crime, Dehn's repeat drunken drivers know they will be locked up. But instead of passively accepting the sentence, most of them come before Dehn twice a year. If they prove they are sober and living stable lives, he can waive one month's jail time.
"You turn the tables on them. It is up to them to come to us and bring motions," Dehn said.
It gives Dehn control for a longer time. He often requires convicts to wear alcohol-monitoring devices between the in-jail periods.
"It puts structure in their lives," Dehn said.
If the drinker is motivated, so is the family.
"They say: 'Give him a chance! We will pitch in! He can live at grandma's!' " Grau said.
In terms of results, experts say, Dehn's approach is tougher than some of the "get-tough" measures other judges use.
"I think Judge Dehn has discovered that this supposed draconian sentencing, with all these silly war metaphors, is a fiction sold to citizens," Grau said.
An hour in Dehn's courtroom shows how he catches the conscience of drinkers unscathed by other convictions.
Two weeks ago, his courtroom was packed with 32 defendants, a Minnesota cross-section sporting paint-spattered T-shirts, wool suits and construction-worker sunburns. Two women bounced children on their knees.
Dehn addressed them almost like a talk show host, thanking them for letters about their personal lives.
"Here is a letter from Jeff. The kids have moved back with him," said Dehn, nodding approvingly to one defendant.
He could have skipped the pep talk. There wasn't a slouch or sneer in the room — his rapt listeners were bursting with eagerness to prove how sober they had been.
One man had a sheaf of attendance slips from Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Another had six letters from family, friends and his employer.
"I heard from your girlfriend, and she says she sees new maturity in you," Dehn said, congratulating one defendant.
Outside court, a stream of ex-drinkers emerged to explain why the program works.
Samantha Houtsma, a 26-year-old stay-at-home mom in flip-flops, lives north of Cambridge and has three DWI convictions.
"It has changed my life, staying sober," said Houtsma, who said she hasn't had a drink in two years.
She said the staggered sentences and series of hearings before Dehn made more of a long-term impact than a one-shot jail sentence.
"Stretching it out like this makes me think about being sober all the time," said Houtsma.
Sam Scott of North Branch, a cabinetmaker and a third-time DWI offender, impressed Dehn by buying his first house and training for his first triathlon.
Staggered sentencing works, he said.
"Sobriety is always on my mind now," said Scott. If he had served a single traditional jail term, he said, it would be "out of sight, out of mind."
"They reward you for doing well. You get a chance," Scott said.
Clark, the nine-time offender, was beaming after Dehn said he could skip his July incarceration. He still had four years of monitored probation to go, but this was his last scheduled jail time.
Without another offense, he would never see the inside of a jail cell again.
"It's like they give you a chance," he said.
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As he emerged from a court hearing recently, Clark adjusted his tie and smiled. He has been sober for three years and is feeling good.
"It's because of what this judge is doing," the Ham Lake man said.
The judge is James Dehn. In an Isanti County courtroom in Cambridge, he has developed a way to reach the state's most dangerous drunken drivers — and cut their repeat offenses in half. His methods are becoming more common in Minnesota and are gaining interest nationwide.
"It's about treating them like human beings," Dehn said.
He dispenses justice on the installment plan. Instead of giving drunken drivers a traditional jail sentence, he spreads that sentence out over years, jailing them in July and December.
Before each jail term, drivers must appear in court. If they can convince Dehn they've been sober, employed and otherwise reformed, he can allow them to skip the month in jail — until the next time.
That extra vigilance — and understanding the unique psychology of the crime — is the key to Dehn's success.
In a field where even slight reductions are celebrated, experts find the reduction of 50 percent eye-popping.
"There is no way not to like this," said Dean Grau, a part-time public defender in Pine County and criminal defense attorney who has worked with Dehn.
Since Dehn started staggered sentencing in 1998, the idea has thrived. In Minnesota, one-third of the state's roughly 300 district judges have used it.
He teaches staggered sentencing to judges at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev., and the Minnesota Judicial College. He has won awards from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the national Foundation for Improvement of Justice, as well as the Outstanding Judge Award from the state district judges' association.
The idea is spreading partly because of Dehn's tireless efforts to promote it.
"He has incredible energy. Sometimes it's hard to find his 'off' switch," said Steve Simon, chairman of the state DWI Task Force and a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law.
Simon said there are many ways to cut drunken driving — but the problem is the cost.
He researched the impact of jailing all third-time offenders for four years.
"That would cost us hundreds of millions of dollars and saved only 24 lives," said Simon.
That's why he endorses Dehn's approach — it's effective and cheap.
"You can't lock up your way to safety," Simon said.
The approach is unique because the crime is unique.
Drunken driving is a mainstream crime. Simon said a drunken driver drives intoxicated an average of 700 times before getting arrested, and almost 9 percent of Minnesotans have one or more DWI convictions.
Jail time does deter first-timers. But it doesn't faze hard-core alcoholics, who often start drinking as soon as they get out.
"They can do jail time standing on their heads," Simon said. "They are driven to drink. They need to drink."
They are also driven to drive, Grau said.
"It's not like they are going to quit their jobs and stop supporting their families. They are going to drive without licenses," he said.
Staggered sentencing breaks the cycle.
Convicted of a crime, Dehn's repeat drunken drivers know they will be locked up. But instead of passively accepting the sentence, most of them come before Dehn twice a year. If they prove they are sober and living stable lives, he can waive one month's jail time.
"You turn the tables on them. It is up to them to come to us and bring motions," Dehn said.
It gives Dehn control for a longer time. He often requires convicts to wear alcohol-monitoring devices between the in-jail periods.
"It puts structure in their lives," Dehn said.
If the drinker is motivated, so is the family.
"They say: 'Give him a chance! We will pitch in! He can live at grandma's!' " Grau said.
In terms of results, experts say, Dehn's approach is tougher than some of the "get-tough" measures other judges use.
"I think Judge Dehn has discovered that this supposed draconian sentencing, with all these silly war metaphors, is a fiction sold to citizens," Grau said.
An hour in Dehn's courtroom shows how he catches the conscience of drinkers unscathed by other convictions.
Two weeks ago, his courtroom was packed with 32 defendants, a Minnesota cross-section sporting paint-spattered T-shirts, wool suits and construction-worker sunburns. Two women bounced children on their knees.
Dehn addressed them almost like a talk show host, thanking them for letters about their personal lives.
"Here is a letter from Jeff. The kids have moved back with him," said Dehn, nodding approvingly to one defendant.
He could have skipped the pep talk. There wasn't a slouch or sneer in the room — his rapt listeners were bursting with eagerness to prove how sober they had been.
One man had a sheaf of attendance slips from Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Another had six letters from family, friends and his employer.
"I heard from your girlfriend, and she says she sees new maturity in you," Dehn said, congratulating one defendant.
Outside court, a stream of ex-drinkers emerged to explain why the program works.
Samantha Houtsma, a 26-year-old stay-at-home mom in flip-flops, lives north of Cambridge and has three DWI convictions.
"It has changed my life, staying sober," said Houtsma, who said she hasn't had a drink in two years.
She said the staggered sentences and series of hearings before Dehn made more of a long-term impact than a one-shot jail sentence.
"Stretching it out like this makes me think about being sober all the time," said Houtsma.
Sam Scott of North Branch, a cabinetmaker and a third-time DWI offender, impressed Dehn by buying his first house and training for his first triathlon.
Staggered sentencing works, he said.
"Sobriety is always on my mind now," said Scott. If he had served a single traditional jail term, he said, it would be "out of sight, out of mind."
"They reward you for doing well. You get a chance," Scott said.
Clark, the nine-time offender, was beaming after Dehn said he could skip his July incarceration. He still had four years of monitored probation to go, but this was his last scheduled jail time.
Without another offense, he would never see the inside of a jail cell again.
"It's like they give you a chance," he said.
Complete San Diego DUI Lawyer information provided by San Diego County DUI Law Center's Drunk Driving Attorney for those accused of a San Diego California DUI.
Worry-free San Diego DUI help for San Diego DUI court and San Diego DMV. Help to save your license.
San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller is the Top-Rated San Diego Drunk Driving Lawyer, San Diego DUI & DMV Defense Attorney with over 22 years of experience. Known as the San Diego DUI - DMV Guru, San Diego DUI Lawyer Rick Mueller dedicates 100% of his San Diego DUI law practice to aggressively defending those accused of San Diego Driving Under the Influence.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
Nationwide Expert Witnesses for Drunk Driving / DUI Cases
Expert Witnesses for DUI/DWI Cases
1. Mary McMurray. Blue Mounds, WI. Chemistry degree. Mary is arguably the top expert in the country. Previously worked for Wisconsin State Patrol on Intoxilyzer 5000 as instructor and maintenance tech. Extensive experience with BAC Datamaster, Intoximeter EC-IR and Draeger 7410 & 7110. Expert on preliminary breath testing devices. Expert on software applications for breath instruments. Also former SFST instructor in 1980s and early 1990s. Mary’s e-mail: ethosinc@aol.com and phone: 608-437-5344; cell: 608-772-1055.
2. Jay Zager of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Ex-cop in Broward County. Medical retirement after 15 years. CMI factory trained on BOTH the Intoxilyzer 8000 and 5000. Repair technician approved by factory. Also, NHTSA SFST Instructor. E-mail: JayHZager@aol.com. Phone: (954) 709-0033; FAX (954) 752-9788.
3. Pat Demers, Retired Pharmacist and Masters in Forensic Science. Formerly ran crime lab in Massachusetts. Excellent on blood and urine testing for alcohol or drugs. Operated a crime laboratory procedures; blood testing; urine testing. 146 Morrison Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630. 540-636-8772.
4. Robert (Bob) LaPier, (208) 754-4632, (800) 257-4643, SFST Instructor. Ex-cop who has trained thousands of cops on SFSTs. DRE instructor. Accident reconstruction. Intoxilyzer 5000 maintenance and instructor certified. www.LaPier.com.
5. Steve Rubenzer, Houston, TX; steverubenzer@sbcglobal.net; website is www.SteveRubenzerPhD.com; 11914 Astoria, Suite 490, Houston, TX 77089; Ph: 281-481-5715, Fax: 281-922-5903. Bachelors of Science, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1981; Master of Science, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, 1990; Licensed Psychologist in Texas since 1992. SFST Instructor. ABPP Diplomate in Forensic Psychology (one of 220 in USA), American Board of Professional Psychology.
6. Walden, Platt & Associates – Bryan, TX - Two Master Police Trainers (Troy Walden and Lance Platt) with Ph.D. degrees; retired from police work as NHTSA & IACP DRE and SFST trainers of the trainers; also handle in-depth police investigation and analysis of DUI/DWI case files and are available for testimony in court proceedings. www.waldenplatt.com. (979) 822-3060; fax: (979) 822-3061. troy@waldenplatt.com or lance@waldenplatt.com. Supervise SFST Student and Instructor Courses across the USA.
7. Bob Awtrey – LaGrange, Georgia; Accident Reconstruction Specialist, 706-645-1643 or 706-773-5250 [cell]; 706-663-4081 [fax]; 706-663-4018 [home] (former mathematics teacher and then 20 years with Georgia state patrol; taught reconstruction for Georgia officers in statewide program). Website address: www.southeasternsafetyassociates.com; E-mail: bawtrey@bellsouth.net
8. Stefan Rose, MD, Physician trained in General Psychiatry, Clinical Pathology and Forensic Toxicology, 10130 Northlake Blvd., Suite 214, #300, West Palm Beach, FL 33412, 561-795-4452, fax 561-795-4768, pager 800-555-6449; toxdoc1@bellsouth.net; expertise in drugs, especially cocaine, plus expert on Intoxilyzer 5000, drug dog expert.
9. David Stafford, Ph.D. Memphis, TN; Toxicologist (formerly with University of Tennessee Medical School over 30 years, now retired); Breath, Blood, Urine, SFST. Drugs, alcohol, arson investigation. Call at home 901-726-4876.
10. J. Robert Zettl, Forensic Toxicologist (Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology with minor in Physical Chemistry; Masters in Public Administration), (Intoxilyzer 5000, blood tests; urine tests) Littleton, CO, Voice/cell 720-363-9900; Fax 303-795-1654; Home 303-795-9271; JRZETTL1@msn.com; formerly with State of Colorado Alcohol Program for over 25 years.
11. Rick Swope – Davie, FL- SFSTs, Accident Reconstruction, Engineer - 8211 SW 28 Street, Davie, FL 33328 Office: (954) 476-7640; Fax: 954-476-9224 . Masters Degree, Engineering; ex-cop and ex-DUI task force officer. SFST Master Instructor. swprcn@aol.com; www.swoperecon.com.
12. Edward F. Fitzgerald, JD, Mesa, AZ; wrote book on Intoxication Test Evidence, 480-699-9334; 480-688-0831, general information on breath test principles and blood/urine testing. E-mail at: ed@edwardffitzgerald.com. www.edwardffitzgerald.com.
13. Dr. Michael Hlastala, Ph.D., breath testing device expert, Professor of Lung Physiology and Biophysics and of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, (206) 543-3166; fax: (206) 685-8673; voice message (206)-685-8436; mphlastala@comcast.net; home: (425) 742-7811 (425) 280-7319 (cell). Practicing since 1969, with over 350 published articles or books. www.mphlastala.com.
14. Dr. James Woodford, Ph.D., Chemistry, Chattanooga, TN; jameswoodford@comcast.net or woodford@mindspring.com, 423-821-1146 or 423-432-2606 (cell); breath, blood, urine, drugs or alcohol. Also, attended my first SFST student course in 1994. http://www.mindspring.com/~woodford
15. Harvey Cohen, Ph.D, C.I.H., Cambridge Technical Associates, PO Box 920113, Needham, MA 02492, (781) 449-4335, fax# (781) 449-1539, Co-Author of Harvey M. Cohen & Joseph B. Green, APPREHENDING AND PROSECUTING THE DRUNK DRIVER (Matthew Bender 2002). harveycohen@alum.mit.edu.
16. Dr. Robert Middleberg, Pharm. D., Ph.D., 3701 Welsh Road, Willow Grove, PA, 215-657-4900; fax: 215-657-2972. Intoxilyzer 5000; pharmacology issues, toxicology. He currently directs the Forensic Toxicology unit of National Medical Services, as well as serving as a laboratory director. He previously served as the Director of Expert Services for NMS, and coordinated medico-legal issues for courts, attorneys, etc.
17. Charles E. Smith, DUI Consultant, Ex-cop (23 years) with Factory Maintenance and Repair Training by CMI (40 hours); over 30 years of O-T-J training; SFST Instructor; DRE Instructor; plus has been court qualified to do retrograde work as a toxicologist in Florida (from job training, not educational degrees). SFST Instructor Training in 1983, plus has taught DRE course; 772-286-5761 & 772-286-6732 (fax); duiexpt@bellsouth.net.
18. Francis Gengo, Pharm.D, Ph.D., Pharmacology; Toxicology; 64 Dan Troy Dr., Williamsville, NY 14221-3550, (716) 634-0915. See web information at http://www.dentinstitute.com/document_26_4.html. Dr. Gengo currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Neurology and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the SUNYAB School of Medicine.
19. Steven W. Rickard, Accident Reconstruction Expert & Animation of Accidents, Prior PA State Trooper with over 30 years total experience; 1644 Whitley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111, (717) 540-3451 or 3457.
20. William C. Fischer, Endicott, NY, 607-785-5766; fax: 607-748-8404, Accident Reconstruction and Vehicle Fault Expert.
21. David Sweeney, Conway, SC; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Infrared Breath Testing (BAC Datamaster and basic issues for Intoxilyzer 5000); effects of EITHER alcohol or drugs-- prescribed and non-prescribed (contraband) – 843-241-3108 (cell); 843-347-0352 (work); 843-365-7201 (home). E-mail: davenorm1945@aol.com
22. Tony Corroto, 17 years of police work with Atlanta PD – Master Instructor of Instructors in BOTH SFSTs and DREs – Oversaw breath test program & ran over 10,000 Intoxilyzer 5000 breath tests – Web site: http://www.duiexpertwitness.com; E-mail: tcorroto@comcast.net; Phone: (404) 906-2153; Fax: (770) 693-9852.
23. Lawrence Masten, Ph.D in Toxicology, Board Certified in Toxicology; 873 West Bay Drive, 186, Largo, FL 33770, 727-595-6575; fax: 727-595-0785; toll free: 866-329-9262; lwten@sprintmail.com. Handles collection, transport, storage, and analysis of legal and hospital blood for BACs & the interpretation of BACs and factors that affect BAC readings and/or blood/urine drug levels. 33 years experience.
24. Dominick A. Labianca, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210; 718-951-5458 or home: 516-489-3247. Expert in blood, urine, proper testing, conversion from serum to whole blood.
25. Dr. Alfred E. Staubus, Pharm.D., Ph.D., (614) 451-1406 (phone), (614) 451-1407 (fax) (Alcohol and drug issues; blood, breath or urine testing). E-mail: staubus.2@osu.edu. 1015 Kenway Court, Columbus, OH 43220.
26. Dr. David Schneider, Pharm D., BA in Biology; Practicing Pharmacologist for 30+ years, Royal Oak, MI; 313-577-1579; fax: 810-545-2475
27. William Giguiere; B.S. in Zoology, with minors in chemistry and political science; grad studies in marine biology; masters in secondary education to teach biological and physical sciences; graduate studies in toxicology, pulmonary functioning and respiratory therapy and in alcohol studies; presently works at Park-Gilman Clinics, Inc. Burlingame, CA 94010; 650-259-7564 or fax: 650-259-7952.
28. David (Dave) Fries – Live Oak, FL; Intoxilyzer 5000, SFST Field Testing (Instructor) - 386-344-1770 cell; 386-658-3464 work; 386-658-2687 fax; fries@alltel.net. Ex-cop with extensive experience on the Intoxilyzer 5000.
29. Kenneth Glaza, K & R’s Recording Studio, Inc., http://www.knr.net/, V:(248)557-8276 F:(248)557-0441, forensic audio or video enhancement or filtering, plus other engineering services. See vita: http://www.knr.net/vita2.htm
30. Bill Taylor – Standardized and Non-Standardized Field Testing and Intoxilyzer 5000- 770-534-1501. E-mail: taylorbm@aol.com. Ex-cop (27+ years) who has trained in excess of 3000 instructors and students on SFSTs. Retired Police Captain, in charge of the DUI task force. Formerly headed up State of Georgia original training on NHTSA SFSTs & alcohol/drug training for 3 years, after retirement as cop in 1991.
31. Dr. Terry Martinez, Toxicologic Associates Inc., 6614 Clayton Road, #107 Richmond Heights, Mo 63117; Ph: (618)- 345-0786; (618) 367-8700; ext. 1404. Holds Ph.D. in Pharmacology. He is also an expert on methamphetamine manufacture cases.
32. Jerry W. Bush, MD, medical degree, University of Alabama; B.S. in Pharmacy, Auburn University (1st in Class); Board Certified in Internal Medicine; background in pharmaceutical research; certified independent medical examiner; presently in private medical practice south of Atlanta; P.O. Box 39, Williamson, GA 30292;
33. Gil Snowden, Brick, NJ; snowden@home.com; Phone: 732-458-4014; fax: 732-458-3449; former New Jersey State Police Breath Test Coordinator/Instructor and DWI/SFST instructor, now expert for breath testing and SFSTs.
34. Mike McDermott, Forensic Audio & Tape Expert, Great Falls, VA; 703-757-0103; fax: 703-757-0262; E-mail: mike@mcdltd.com.
35. Dr. David Benjamin, Pharm. D., www.DoctorBenjamin.com; 77 Florence Street, Suite 107, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, Telephone: 617-969-1393, Fax: 617-969-4285. Alcohol or drugs are within his realm of expertise.
36. Joe Citron, MD, JD (board-certified ophthalmologist for 30+ years), Atlanta, GA – HGN guru (from both medical standpoint and SFST training) and other SFSTs (certified); Intox 5000 (factory certified instructor); medical testimony such as symptoms that mimic alcohol impairment after traffic accident; medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY; residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - 404-261-2911 or 404-386-1100 or 404-784-5297. e-mail: joecitron@aol.com
37. Dr. Richard Saferstein, Ph.D., 20 Forrest Court, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054, (856) 234-7134 voice, (856) 778-4841 fax.Ph.D. in Chemistry. Noted author of books on Forensic Science. Former Chief Chemist for the State of New Jersey.
38. Stan Alari, Radar and Laser Expert, 412 North Pacific Coast Hwy #237, Laguna Beach CA 92651, 1- 877- SOX RADAR Cell: 562- 682- 5372 Fax: 760- 406- 6222 stanley.alari@verizon.net. Stanley Alari & Associates. http://www.stantheradarman.com/
39. Joseph William Huff, Ph.D. in Physiology from Medical College of Georgia, Masters in Pharmacology from University of Georgia, B.S. in Chemistry with minors in Biology and Mathematics from West Georgia College, 118 Lyle Way, Carrollton, GA 30117, CEO, Materials and Surfaces, Ltd; Adjunct Professor, State University of West Georgia; 770-834-8611; fax: 770-832-1028; josephhuff@netzero.net. Previously worked as Assistant Professor teaching Ophthalmology at the Bethesda Eye Institute.
40. Dr. Spurgeon Cole, Ph.D., Psychology (formerly with Clemson University); Expert in Psychophysical Testing protocol and devastating witness regarding the lack of scientific method in implementation of SFSTs and “Validation Studies”; 1040 McNutt Crossing, Bogart, GA 30622, (864) 710-1293 (cell), 706-208-8167 (home), cspurg@bellsouth.net
41. Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, Ph.D., received BA from Northwestern University, MA and Ph.D. Miami University (Ohio), Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic and Community Development, Head of Department, Professor of Psychology, Office of Economic and Community Development, 300 E. First Street, 301 Willis Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; Phone: (252) 328-6650 ext. 231, Fax: (252) 328-4356, email address: nowaczykr@mail.ecu.edu
42. Gil Sapir, Forensic Science Consultant, undergrad degree in Microbiology and Biology, Colorado State University, Master of Science in Criminalistics, University of Illinois-Chicago; JD degree, Chicago-Kent College of Law; extensive publications and law review articles on breath testing deficiencies and SFST unreliability; has taken factory training on most breath testing devices, including EC-IR, DataMaster, Intoximeter 3000. SFST trained. gsapir@interaccess.com; P.O. Box 6950, Chicago, IL 60680; 312-458-0665.
43. Ron Lloyd, Villa Rica, GA; former Georgia State Trooper for 13 years; NHTSA SFST Instructor; DRE Instructor; Top Instructor in Georgia when he departed to be a private investigator and expert in DUI cases; Intoxilyzer 5000 operator trained (as a cop), but not a factory ‘technician”. (770) 463-8823 Business; (770) 463-8813 Fax; (404) 822-4003 cell; 12 North Alexander Creek Road, Newnan, GA 30263. E-mail: duiinv@aol.com
44. James Johnson, Polygraph Expert, Former Chief Polygrapher for U. S. Air Force (Europe), 11 Deerwood Drive, Litchfield, NH 03052-8004, 603-424-6365
45. Lonny E. Horowitz, MD – Was an EMT prior to attending medical school; worked for 4 years during residency and internship in trauma units in NY and NJ area; can provide expert testimony about symptoms of traumatic head injury mimicking alcohol intoxication; also expert in diabetes, hypoglycemia and high protein diet issues for breath test interference defense. No training on breath testing devices, but can explain how ketone conversion to isopropyl alcohol may be misread by an infrared device as ethyl alcohol. 770-393-3438. Woodstock, GA location. dietmd@bariatrics.com
46. Forensic Gait Analysis Group, Two podiatrists [Dr. Clark D. Miller and Dr. Paul N. Greenberg] provide medical and scientific review of DUI-DWI suspects regarding foot function and “gait” analysis. Use computer technology to quantitatively measure and analyze gait patterns for purposes of refuting police claims of impairment as shown through field sobriety testing procedures. 212-794-2060 (NY) or 973-379-4965 (NJ). www.forensicgait.com and E-mail at: Forensic.Gait@verizon.net .
47. Ronald Henson, Ph.D. Peoria, IL (309) 360-5614; website: www.beron.us P.O. Box 10706, Peoria, IL 61612-0706. Ph.D. (Dissertation: Workplace Drug & Alcohol Testing), M.P.A., B.S. Ex-police officer and previously worked for State of Illinois as an Instructor for Breath, Blood, and Urine Alcohol Testing and SFSTs. Expert experience with the Intoximeter EC/IR, Intoximeter 3000, AlcoSensor Models III & RBT IV, Intoxilyzer 5000 & 4011s, BAC Verifier, BAC DataMaster, portable breath test devices, and related physiology and pharmacology principles associated with alcohol testing.
48. Dr. Sarah Kerrigan, Ph.D., Forensic Toxicologist. A Scotland Yard training toxicologist whose specialty is drugs that impair, Dr. Kerrigan received her BS in Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in the field of drugs of abuse testing. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7429, Houston TX 77248-7429; Office: 713 868 2440; Cell: 713 817 2229; E-mail: sarah.kerrigan@earthlink.net
49. Dr. Gerald P. Simpson, Ph.D., 846 Woodlawn Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, home number is 805-495-3652.
50. Jan Semenoff, a factory certified instructor for the Intoxilyzer 5000, and a former Canadian police officer. E-mail: info@itd2.com; Web site: http://www.itd2.com; offers breath training course for Intoxilyzer 5000.
[Source: William C. Head, top DUI Attorney in Georgia]
1. Mary McMurray. Blue Mounds, WI. Chemistry degree. Mary is arguably the top expert in the country. Previously worked for Wisconsin State Patrol on Intoxilyzer 5000 as instructor and maintenance tech. Extensive experience with BAC Datamaster, Intoximeter EC-IR and Draeger 7410 & 7110. Expert on preliminary breath testing devices. Expert on software applications for breath instruments. Also former SFST instructor in 1980s and early 1990s. Mary’s e-mail: ethosinc@aol.com and phone: 608-437-5344; cell: 608-772-1055.
2. Jay Zager of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Ex-cop in Broward County. Medical retirement after 15 years. CMI factory trained on BOTH the Intoxilyzer 8000 and 5000. Repair technician approved by factory. Also, NHTSA SFST Instructor. E-mail: JayHZager@aol.com. Phone: (954) 709-0033; FAX (954) 752-9788.
3. Pat Demers, Retired Pharmacist and Masters in Forensic Science. Formerly ran crime lab in Massachusetts. Excellent on blood and urine testing for alcohol or drugs. Operated a crime laboratory procedures; blood testing; urine testing. 146 Morrison Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630. 540-636-8772.
4. Robert (Bob) LaPier, (208) 754-4632, (800) 257-4643, SFST Instructor. Ex-cop who has trained thousands of cops on SFSTs. DRE instructor. Accident reconstruction. Intoxilyzer 5000 maintenance and instructor certified. www.LaPier.com.
5. Steve Rubenzer, Houston, TX; steverubenzer@sbcglobal.net; website is www.SteveRubenzerPhD.com; 11914 Astoria, Suite 490, Houston, TX 77089; Ph: 281-481-5715, Fax: 281-922-5903. Bachelors of Science, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1981; Master of Science, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, 1990; Licensed Psychologist in Texas since 1992. SFST Instructor. ABPP Diplomate in Forensic Psychology (one of 220 in USA), American Board of Professional Psychology.
6. Walden, Platt & Associates – Bryan, TX - Two Master Police Trainers (Troy Walden and Lance Platt) with Ph.D. degrees; retired from police work as NHTSA & IACP DRE and SFST trainers of the trainers; also handle in-depth police investigation and analysis of DUI/DWI case files and are available for testimony in court proceedings. www.waldenplatt.com. (979) 822-3060; fax: (979) 822-3061. troy@waldenplatt.com or lance@waldenplatt.com. Supervise SFST Student and Instructor Courses across the USA.
7. Bob Awtrey – LaGrange, Georgia; Accident Reconstruction Specialist, 706-645-1643 or 706-773-5250 [cell]; 706-663-4081 [fax]; 706-663-4018 [home] (former mathematics teacher and then 20 years with Georgia state patrol; taught reconstruction for Georgia officers in statewide program). Website address: www.southeasternsafetyassociates.com; E-mail: bawtrey@bellsouth.net
8. Stefan Rose, MD, Physician trained in General Psychiatry, Clinical Pathology and Forensic Toxicology, 10130 Northlake Blvd., Suite 214, #300, West Palm Beach, FL 33412, 561-795-4452, fax 561-795-4768, pager 800-555-6449; toxdoc1@bellsouth.net; expertise in drugs, especially cocaine, plus expert on Intoxilyzer 5000, drug dog expert.
9. David Stafford, Ph.D. Memphis, TN; Toxicologist (formerly with University of Tennessee Medical School over 30 years, now retired); Breath, Blood, Urine, SFST. Drugs, alcohol, arson investigation. Call at home 901-726-4876.
10. J. Robert Zettl, Forensic Toxicologist (Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology with minor in Physical Chemistry; Masters in Public Administration), (Intoxilyzer 5000, blood tests; urine tests) Littleton, CO, Voice/cell 720-363-9900; Fax 303-795-1654; Home 303-795-9271; JRZETTL1@msn.com; formerly with State of Colorado Alcohol Program for over 25 years.
11. Rick Swope – Davie, FL- SFSTs, Accident Reconstruction, Engineer - 8211 SW 28 Street, Davie, FL 33328 Office: (954) 476-7640; Fax: 954-476-9224 . Masters Degree, Engineering; ex-cop and ex-DUI task force officer. SFST Master Instructor. swprcn@aol.com; www.swoperecon.com.
12. Edward F. Fitzgerald, JD, Mesa, AZ; wrote book on Intoxication Test Evidence, 480-699-9334; 480-688-0831, general information on breath test principles and blood/urine testing. E-mail at: ed@edwardffitzgerald.com. www.edwardffitzgerald.com.
13. Dr. Michael Hlastala, Ph.D., breath testing device expert, Professor of Lung Physiology and Biophysics and of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, (206) 543-3166; fax: (206) 685-8673; voice message (206)-685-8436; mphlastala@comcast.net; home: (425) 742-7811 (425) 280-7319 (cell). Practicing since 1969, with over 350 published articles or books. www.mphlastala.com.
14. Dr. James Woodford, Ph.D., Chemistry, Chattanooga, TN; jameswoodford@comcast.net or woodford@mindspring.com, 423-821-1146 or 423-432-2606 (cell); breath, blood, urine, drugs or alcohol. Also, attended my first SFST student course in 1994. http://www.mindspring.com/~woodford
15. Harvey Cohen, Ph.D, C.I.H., Cambridge Technical Associates, PO Box 920113, Needham, MA 02492, (781) 449-4335, fax# (781) 449-1539, Co-Author of Harvey M. Cohen & Joseph B. Green, APPREHENDING AND PROSECUTING THE DRUNK DRIVER (Matthew Bender 2002). harveycohen@alum.mit.edu.
16. Dr. Robert Middleberg, Pharm. D., Ph.D., 3701 Welsh Road, Willow Grove, PA, 215-657-4900; fax: 215-657-2972. Intoxilyzer 5000; pharmacology issues, toxicology. He currently directs the Forensic Toxicology unit of National Medical Services, as well as serving as a laboratory director. He previously served as the Director of Expert Services for NMS, and coordinated medico-legal issues for courts, attorneys, etc.
17. Charles E. Smith, DUI Consultant, Ex-cop (23 years) with Factory Maintenance and Repair Training by CMI (40 hours); over 30 years of O-T-J training; SFST Instructor; DRE Instructor; plus has been court qualified to do retrograde work as a toxicologist in Florida (from job training, not educational degrees). SFST Instructor Training in 1983, plus has taught DRE course; 772-286-5761 & 772-286-6732 (fax); duiexpt@bellsouth.net.
18. Francis Gengo, Pharm.D, Ph.D., Pharmacology; Toxicology; 64 Dan Troy Dr., Williamsville, NY 14221-3550, (716) 634-0915. See web information at http://www.dentinstitute.com/document_26_4.html. Dr. Gengo currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Neurology and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the SUNYAB School of Medicine.
19. Steven W. Rickard, Accident Reconstruction Expert & Animation of Accidents, Prior PA State Trooper with over 30 years total experience; 1644 Whitley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111, (717) 540-3451 or 3457.
20. William C. Fischer, Endicott, NY, 607-785-5766; fax: 607-748-8404, Accident Reconstruction and Vehicle Fault Expert.
21. David Sweeney, Conway, SC; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Infrared Breath Testing (BAC Datamaster and basic issues for Intoxilyzer 5000); effects of EITHER alcohol or drugs-- prescribed and non-prescribed (contraband) – 843-241-3108 (cell); 843-347-0352 (work); 843-365-7201 (home). E-mail: davenorm1945@aol.com
22. Tony Corroto, 17 years of police work with Atlanta PD – Master Instructor of Instructors in BOTH SFSTs and DREs – Oversaw breath test program & ran over 10,000 Intoxilyzer 5000 breath tests – Web site: http://www.duiexpertwitness.com; E-mail: tcorroto@comcast.net; Phone: (404) 906-2153; Fax: (770) 693-9852.
23. Lawrence Masten, Ph.D in Toxicology, Board Certified in Toxicology; 873 West Bay Drive, 186, Largo, FL 33770, 727-595-6575; fax: 727-595-0785; toll free: 866-329-9262; lwten@sprintmail.com. Handles collection, transport, storage, and analysis of legal and hospital blood for BACs & the interpretation of BACs and factors that affect BAC readings and/or blood/urine drug levels. 33 years experience.
24. Dominick A. Labianca, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210; 718-951-5458 or home: 516-489-3247. Expert in blood, urine, proper testing, conversion from serum to whole blood.
25. Dr. Alfred E. Staubus, Pharm.D., Ph.D., (614) 451-1406 (phone), (614) 451-1407 (fax) (Alcohol and drug issues; blood, breath or urine testing). E-mail: staubus.2@osu.edu. 1015 Kenway Court, Columbus, OH 43220.
26. Dr. David Schneider, Pharm D., BA in Biology; Practicing Pharmacologist for 30+ years, Royal Oak, MI; 313-577-1579; fax: 810-545-2475
27. William Giguiere; B.S. in Zoology, with minors in chemistry and political science; grad studies in marine biology; masters in secondary education to teach biological and physical sciences; graduate studies in toxicology, pulmonary functioning and respiratory therapy and in alcohol studies; presently works at Park-Gilman Clinics, Inc. Burlingame, CA 94010; 650-259-7564 or fax: 650-259-7952.
28. David (Dave) Fries – Live Oak, FL; Intoxilyzer 5000, SFST Field Testing (Instructor) - 386-344-1770 cell; 386-658-3464 work; 386-658-2687 fax; fries@alltel.net. Ex-cop with extensive experience on the Intoxilyzer 5000.
29. Kenneth Glaza, K & R’s Recording Studio, Inc., http://www.knr.net/, V:(248)557-8276 F:(248)557-0441, forensic audio or video enhancement or filtering, plus other engineering services. See vita: http://www.knr.net/vita2.htm
30. Bill Taylor – Standardized and Non-Standardized Field Testing and Intoxilyzer 5000- 770-534-1501. E-mail: taylorbm@aol.com. Ex-cop (27+ years) who has trained in excess of 3000 instructors and students on SFSTs. Retired Police Captain, in charge of the DUI task force. Formerly headed up State of Georgia original training on NHTSA SFSTs & alcohol/drug training for 3 years, after retirement as cop in 1991.
31. Dr. Terry Martinez, Toxicologic Associates Inc., 6614 Clayton Road, #107 Richmond Heights, Mo 63117; Ph: (618)- 345-0786; (618) 367-8700; ext. 1404. Holds Ph.D. in Pharmacology. He is also an expert on methamphetamine manufacture cases.
32. Jerry W. Bush, MD, medical degree, University of Alabama; B.S. in Pharmacy, Auburn University (1st in Class); Board Certified in Internal Medicine; background in pharmaceutical research; certified independent medical examiner; presently in private medical practice south of Atlanta; P.O. Box 39, Williamson, GA 30292;
33. Gil Snowden, Brick, NJ; snowden@home.com; Phone: 732-458-4014; fax: 732-458-3449; former New Jersey State Police Breath Test Coordinator/Instructor and DWI/SFST instructor, now expert for breath testing and SFSTs.
34. Mike McDermott, Forensic Audio & Tape Expert, Great Falls, VA; 703-757-0103; fax: 703-757-0262; E-mail: mike@mcdltd.com.
35. Dr. David Benjamin, Pharm. D., www.DoctorBenjamin.com; 77 Florence Street, Suite 107, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, Telephone: 617-969-1393, Fax: 617-969-4285. Alcohol or drugs are within his realm of expertise.
36. Joe Citron, MD, JD (board-certified ophthalmologist for 30+ years), Atlanta, GA – HGN guru (from both medical standpoint and SFST training) and other SFSTs (certified); Intox 5000 (factory certified instructor); medical testimony such as symptoms that mimic alcohol impairment after traffic accident; medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY; residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - 404-261-2911 or 404-386-1100 or 404-784-5297. e-mail: joecitron@aol.com
37. Dr. Richard Saferstein, Ph.D., 20 Forrest Court, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054, (856) 234-7134 voice, (856) 778-4841 fax.Ph.D. in Chemistry. Noted author of books on Forensic Science. Former Chief Chemist for the State of New Jersey.
38. Stan Alari, Radar and Laser Expert, 412 North Pacific Coast Hwy #237, Laguna Beach CA 92651, 1- 877- SOX RADAR Cell: 562- 682- 5372 Fax: 760- 406- 6222 stanley.alari@verizon.net. Stanley Alari & Associates. http://www.stantheradarman.com/
39. Joseph William Huff, Ph.D. in Physiology from Medical College of Georgia, Masters in Pharmacology from University of Georgia, B.S. in Chemistry with minors in Biology and Mathematics from West Georgia College, 118 Lyle Way, Carrollton, GA 30117, CEO, Materials and Surfaces, Ltd; Adjunct Professor, State University of West Georgia; 770-834-8611; fax: 770-832-1028; josephhuff@netzero.net. Previously worked as Assistant Professor teaching Ophthalmology at the Bethesda Eye Institute.
40. Dr. Spurgeon Cole, Ph.D., Psychology (formerly with Clemson University); Expert in Psychophysical Testing protocol and devastating witness regarding the lack of scientific method in implementation of SFSTs and “Validation Studies”; 1040 McNutt Crossing, Bogart, GA 30622, (864) 710-1293 (cell), 706-208-8167 (home), cspurg@bellsouth.net
41. Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, Ph.D., received BA from Northwestern University, MA and Ph.D. Miami University (Ohio), Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic and Community Development, Head of Department, Professor of Psychology, Office of Economic and Community Development, 300 E. First Street, 301 Willis Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; Phone: (252) 328-6650 ext. 231, Fax: (252) 328-4356, email address: nowaczykr@mail.ecu.edu
42. Gil Sapir, Forensic Science Consultant, undergrad degree in Microbiology and Biology, Colorado State University, Master of Science in Criminalistics, University of Illinois-Chicago; JD degree, Chicago-Kent College of Law; extensive publications and law review articles on breath testing deficiencies and SFST unreliability; has taken factory training on most breath testing devices, including EC-IR, DataMaster, Intoximeter 3000. SFST trained. gsapir@interaccess.com; P.O. Box 6950, Chicago, IL 60680; 312-458-0665.
43. Ron Lloyd, Villa Rica, GA; former Georgia State Trooper for 13 years; NHTSA SFST Instructor; DRE Instructor; Top Instructor in Georgia when he departed to be a private investigator and expert in DUI cases; Intoxilyzer 5000 operator trained (as a cop), but not a factory ‘technician”. (770) 463-8823 Business; (770) 463-8813 Fax; (404) 822-4003 cell; 12 North Alexander Creek Road, Newnan, GA 30263. E-mail: duiinv@aol.com
44. James Johnson, Polygraph Expert, Former Chief Polygrapher for U. S. Air Force (Europe), 11 Deerwood Drive, Litchfield, NH 03052-8004, 603-424-6365
45. Lonny E. Horowitz, MD – Was an EMT prior to attending medical school; worked for 4 years during residency and internship in trauma units in NY and NJ area; can provide expert testimony about symptoms of traumatic head injury mimicking alcohol intoxication; also expert in diabetes, hypoglycemia and high protein diet issues for breath test interference defense. No training on breath testing devices, but can explain how ketone conversion to isopropyl alcohol may be misread by an infrared device as ethyl alcohol. 770-393-3438. Woodstock, GA location. dietmd@bariatrics.com
46. Forensic Gait Analysis Group, Two podiatrists [Dr. Clark D. Miller and Dr. Paul N. Greenberg] provide medical and scientific review of DUI-DWI suspects regarding foot function and “gait” analysis. Use computer technology to quantitatively measure and analyze gait patterns for purposes of refuting police claims of impairment as shown through field sobriety testing procedures. 212-794-2060 (NY) or 973-379-4965 (NJ). www.forensicgait.com and E-mail at: Forensic.Gait@verizon.net .
47. Ronald Henson, Ph.D. Peoria, IL (309) 360-5614; website: www.beron.us P.O. Box 10706, Peoria, IL 61612-0706. Ph.D. (Dissertation: Workplace Drug & Alcohol Testing), M.P.A., B.S. Ex-police officer and previously worked for State of Illinois as an Instructor for Breath, Blood, and Urine Alcohol Testing and SFSTs. Expert experience with the Intoximeter EC/IR, Intoximeter 3000, AlcoSensor Models III & RBT IV, Intoxilyzer 5000 & 4011s, BAC Verifier, BAC DataMaster, portable breath test devices, and related physiology and pharmacology principles associated with alcohol testing.
48. Dr. Sarah Kerrigan, Ph.D., Forensic Toxicologist. A Scotland Yard training toxicologist whose specialty is drugs that impair, Dr. Kerrigan received her BS in Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in the field of drugs of abuse testing. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7429, Houston TX 77248-7429; Office: 713 868 2440; Cell: 713 817 2229; E-mail: sarah.kerrigan@earthlink.net
49. Dr. Gerald P. Simpson, Ph.D., 846 Woodlawn Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, home number is 805-495-3652.
50. Jan Semenoff, a factory certified instructor for the Intoxilyzer 5000, and a former Canadian police officer. E-mail: info@itd2.com; Web site: http://www.itd2.com; offers breath training course for Intoxilyzer 5000.
[Source: William C. Head, top DUI Attorney in Georgia]
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