VISTA – A man accused of being drunk when he lost control of his pickup truck on Highway 76 in Bonsall and crashed into a bicyclist, leaving the victim without the use of his legs, was ordered Thursday to stand trial.

Gene Jennett, 46, of Vista, is charged with driving under the influence causing injury and having a blood-alcohol level of .18.


Hermes Castro, 26, testified from a wheelchair that he was riding from his Oceanside home to work in Fallbrook on Sept. 1 when he was struck by Jennett's pickup truck.
“I saw a chrome grill and a green hood coming at me,” Hermes said. “I tried to avoid it, but it was too fast. I lowered my shoulder and closed my eyes. That was the last thing I remember before waking up on the ground.

“I was just amazed that I was still breathing. I couldn't feel from the waist down from that moment on.”

Dennis Delgado, one of two Marines in a nearby car, testified that the pickup driven by Jennett was on the right shoulder of the opposite lanes when he spotted it.

“I noticed a dust cloud,” Delgado said. “It quickly got my attention. I saw a green truck come out of the cloud. It fish-tailed.”

The Marine said he could hear the screeching of tires, so he “stood” on his own brakes.

“(The defendant) hit the person on the bike dead-on,” Delgado said.

The truck continued off the road through a stack of hay bales and into a parking lot, where it started a chain reaction collision that damaged three other vehicles, he said.

Castro had two broken legs and blood all over him, he said.

Delgado's passenger, David James, said the victim “was a horrific sight” because of the blood and his injuries.

James said he followed his Marine training and talked to Castro to keep him alert until paramedics arrived.

Both men identified the defendant as the driver of the pickup.

Castro said he spent a month in the hospital.

“I'm not able to walk,” said the victim, who is married but has no children. “I was a real active person so all that has stopped.”

He said he was hoping to return to work by mid-December. Following the one-hour preliminary hearing, Vista Superior Court Judge Aaron Katz scheduled a Jan. 18 trial date for Jennett.

Deputy District Attorney Claudia Grasso said Jennett faces a maximum of six years in prison if convicted.


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Police arrest 43 during Chargers-Raiders football game


SAN DIEGO ---- Officers arrested 43 people during Sunday's football game between the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders at Qualcomm Stadium, according to San Diego police.

The Chargers, leading the AFC West, won over their long-time rivals, 21-14.

Police said one person was taken into custody for felony assault with great bodily injury during the game.


Out of 27 arrests for being drunk in public, 19 people went to San Diego Central Jail and the rest to detoxification. police said.

In addition to one warrant arrest, they said, there were 14 misdemeanor tickets ---- one for illegal vending in the parking lot; two each for vehicle violations, possession of beer kegs, selling illegal merchandise. and urinating in public, and five for having glass bottles.

Eighty people were removed from the stadium, primarily for fighting and alcohol-related violations.

Nineteen people were ticketed for misusing disabled parking placards.

The statistics were compiled from two police prisoner processing centers at the stadium, one a mobile police command van in the parking lot, and a driving under the influence saturation patrol in Mission Valley.

As part of the DUI patrol, police said, five people were arrested for suspected drunken driving and three vehicles were impounded.


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SAN DIEGO – California Highway Patrol officers made 47 drunken-driving arrests in San Diego County over the first 36 hours of the Thanksgiving weekend, three less than the same period a year ago, an agency official said Friday.
Statewide, there were 578 DUI arrests made by CHP officers from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 Friday morning, compared to 595 in the same period last year, the agency reported.


Seventeen people were killed in crashes reported by all law enforcement agencies in California during the period, compared to 19 last year, according to the CHP's updated report.
No fatal collisions occurred in San Diego County this year, compared to two reported in 2005, according to the CHP.

It's hard to say what's behind the slightly lower numbers, said Jim Bettencourt, the CHP's media information officer.

“By midnight Sunday, we'll see if the numbers are really down,” he said. “In a perfect world, (DUI arrest and auto fatalities) would be zero.”


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SAN DIEGO -- Funeral services were held Tuesday for the Mesa College student who died after being hit by a car whose driver fled the scene.

A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles and letters of kind words has been set up at the intersection of Montezuma Road and College Avenue, where Eric Joseph Leeman allegedly hit Whitney Young with his BMW and kept driving.


"A very bright, warm, funny, loving, shining light has gone out in the world," Young's parents said in a letter left at the memorial.

"I've walked by this street every day, and each day more and more flowers come. It's nice to know the community is really coming together for her," said one San Diego State University student.

Police arrested Leeman after they said they found the damage on his BMW that matched damage left at the scene. He was arraigned Monday, charged with felony hit-and-run causing death. Because he has a previous DUI, prosecutor Allison Worden said more serious charges may be filed.

Witnesses said Leeman had been drinking at a party before the incident, according to police.

A series of letters given to the judge at Leeman's arraignment described him as a "considerate young man, respectful of whomever he is with, a good person." According to the letters, Leeman would never want such a tragedy to take place because he intended to become a firefighter and therefore save lives, not take them.

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Attorney Rick Mueller specializes in California DUI and DMV law. He has been in practice since 1983 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Chicago Kent College of Law.

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. Rick Mueller is known as the "DMV Guru". On January 26, 2007, Rick lectures on Strategies in Handling DUI Cases in California. Rick spoke on "Current DMV Suspension Hearing Issues, Techniques & Writs" at the San Diego County Courthouse. Rick Mueller was the featured Speaker at the DUI - DMV Seminar in downtown San Diego. He also was the DUI - DMV Lecturer at the Public Defender's Office criminal defense seminar.

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. Known as California's Bible of DUI Defense, authored by Ed Kuwatch, Paul Burglin and Barry Simons, the book features some of San Diego County attorney Rick Mueller's hard work.



California Drunk Driving Law is recognized by thousands of California attorneys and judges as "The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense".

Rick is a Specialist Member of the California DUI Lawyers Association (formerly the Association of California Deuce Defenders). He is also a member of the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.




Mr. 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 DMV - DUI Training seminars. His DMV - DUI work is featured in the California DUI Lawyers Association's Advanced DUI Skills seminar materials and Association of California Deuce Defenders' materials. He argues in the appellate court. He actively defends these cases, and files DMV writs and appeals. He is in Good Standing with the State Bar (#114305).


Contact Information:

If you need quality DMV - DUI legal representation, call 1-800-THE-LAW-DUI (1-800-843-5293) for a free consultation at one of my offices:

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San Diego DMV / DUI Hearing



The San Diego DUI / DMV hearing for a possible license suspension is like a mini-DUI trial without a jury, but with much different San Diego DMV rules, San Diego DMV laws and San Diego DMV procedures. The San Diego DUI / DMV hearing is presided over by a Driver Safety Officer (DMV hearing officer) rather than a real judge, an employee of the DMV not trained in law who acts as both prosecutor and judge. As unfair as it is, she or he can legally object to your evidence, rule on her or his own objection, dually engage your San Diego DUI / DMV lawyer, and admit or not admit either party's evidence.




The San Diego Driver Safety Officer offers evidence in the form of documents and/or witnesses. The Driver Safety Officer offers the San Diego drunk driving / DUI police report, DMV records, San Diego DUI alcohol reports and the important San Diego DUI officer's sworn statement entitled a "DS 367." With no Fifth Amendment right at the hearing, your San Diego DUI / DMV attorney usually will not want you to be present at the hearing since the Driver Safety Officer can call you as a witness and force you to testify against yourself if you ill-advisedly appear.




The San Diego DMV Driver Safety Officer's decision will usually be mailed a few days or even weeks after the hearing. A San Diego DMV / DMV suspension can be set aside or sustained. If the San Diego DMV suspension is sustained, the decision can be appealed to the DMV in Sacramento and/or to the San Diego Superior court by filing a San Diego DMV petition for writ of mandamus.




A San Diego DUI lawyer's defenses at an APS hearing are specialized and technical, more so than in criminal court. Frequent San Diego DUI / DMV proof problems - as well as legal, procedural and bureaucratic obstacles - are possible grounds for setting aside the suspension.




Because of the peculiar nature of San Diego DUI / DMV hearings and the absence of an independent San Diego DUI judge to offer some protection, you are strongly advised not to try to represent yourself. Because these are not San Diego DUI criminal proceedings, San Diego County public defenders are unavailable.




Your San Diego DUI / DMV attorney has just 10 CALENDAR DAYS after the DUI arrest to call the San Diego DMV Driver Safety Office to timely demand a hearing. You waive your right to a hearing after the 10 day deadline is up.




If your San Diego DUI / DMV attorney has not been retained within 10 days of the arrest, you should contact the local Driver's Safety Office yourself, request a 5 day extension so you can get a San Diego DUI / DMV Attorney Specialist.




Alternatively, if your request for an extension is denied by the San Diego DMV supervisor, request an In-person hearing, the Discovery (evidence), a Stay (stop) of the Suspension, and the Name of the Driver Safety Officer.




Please ask for the name of the person you speak with. Please do not discuss the reasons why you are contesting the suspension. The San Diego Driver Safety Office is located at 9174 Sky Park Avenue, Suite 200, San Diego (858/627-3901 or fax 858/627-3925).




The San Diego DMV may not be able to schedule a hearing before your 30-day temporary license expires. Your San Diego DUI / DMV lawyer will request a Notice of Stay of the 30-day temporary license until a San Diego DMV hearing is provided and a San Diego DMV decision is actually rendered.




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San Diego, CA January 26, 2007






Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

I. Developing a Theme, Pretrial Strategies and Motions in Limine

- Jon Bryant Artz

A. Exclude Evidence of Tolerance

B. Exclude PAS Test Results: Foundational Motion and Fourth Amendment Motion (1538.5)

C. Motion to Exclude FSTs and Other Creative Stuff


II. Jury Instructions

- Jon Bryant Artz

A. Memorandum of Law to Convince the Court to Give Specials

B. Instruction on Why the Court Must Tell the Jury to Disregard the Chemical Test If Foundational Facts Not Proved Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

C. The Presumptions Disappear When Contrary Evidence is Introduced Under New Cal.Crim.

D. Other Nifty Instructions

E. Instructions on Refusal


10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Break


10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

III. Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer

- Felipe Plascencia

A. The Expert

B. Tactics vs. Strategy

C. Field Sobriety Tests (Including Nystagmus)

D. How to Discredit the Officer in 10 Easy Steps


11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

IV. 15 Tricks in 60 Minutes

- Donald Bartell

A. an Insider's Guide to the Tips That Actually Work in the Real World


12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)


1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

V. How to Attack the Blood Test and the High Blood Alcohol Reading (0.15 to 0.40)

- Charles J. Unger

A. The High Blood Alcohol Case

1. Why They Are Often Easier

2. How to Use the Reading

B. Blood Test

1. It Is More Attackable Than Breath

2. How to Attack


2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

VI. Discovery

- Mary Frances Prevost

A. Discovery From the Prosecution

1. The Informal Request

2. What Must Be Provided

3. What Need Not Be Provided

4. Discovery Beyond Penal Code Section 1054

5. The Discovery Motion (Substance and Timing)

B. Public Records Discovery Under Government Code Section 6250 et seq.

C. Tort Claim Discovery

D. Police Officer Discovery

E. Subpoenas

1. Fighting Motions to Quash

2. Protecting Your Work Product


3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Break


3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

VII. Administrative Per Se (APS) Hearings

- Rick Mueller

A. Strategies and Tactics at the DMV Hearing

1. Objections, Arguments and Contentions

2. Attacking Blood Test Evidence

3. Attacking Breath Test Evidence

4. Under 21/Zero Tolerance Cases

5. Refusals

B. Handing Writs From A to Z

1. Making a Winnable Administrative Record

2. Filing the Writ

3. Exparte Stay/Alternative Writ

4. Points and Authorities

5. Dealing With DMV Legal and Attorney General's Office


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It is a reverse ruling from the Ohio Highway Patrol on Trooper Josh Risner. While experts found alcohol in his remains, it wasn't from consumption, it was produced after Risner died.

It's taken a couple of weeks for experts to determine why coroners found alcohol in Trooper Josh Risner's Body.

Patrol Trooper Josh Risner did not consume any alcohol for at least 16 hours prior to his death, effectively eliminating the possibility that he could have ingested alcohol.

The crash in Gallia County last month claimed the life of Trooper Risner, Sgt. Dale Holcomb and Lori Smith.

Following procedure, OHP took a sample of Risner's blood five hours later and it tested at .000. The Montgomery County Coronor's office performed the same test 60 hours later. At that time Risner's blood-alcohol level was .08.

During an investigation, the OHP couldn't find anyone who said Risner had been drinking in the hours before the crash. Their interviews included a store clerk, who Risner bought water from that same night.

As a result, OHP investigators called on a special unit in the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct further tests. FAA concluded the body's natural decomposition process caused the .08 blood-alcohol level. This test says that alcohol got into his system postmortem; that piece of it is still under investigation.

Gallia County Coronor Dr. Daniel Whiteley had Montgomery County conduct the autopsy and agrees with these new findings, "I was mis-informed since the initial report. I have done my own research and talked with others and I now know decomposition can increase the blood-alcohol level to as high as .1 and in some cases even higher."

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The latest tactical video systems offer sophisticated imaging capabilities in lightweight, portable packages.

Tactical video systems have been a tool in the police utility belt for some time now, but they haven't always been practical. Some of the older portable video units were "portable" in name only. They required an expensive robot or a really stout operator just to carry them. And as if that didn't make them difficult enough to use, most were hard wired and required long cabling and reels.

In contrast, the newest tactical video units are much smaller and offer an agency more uses than older systems. They're lightweight, versatile, wireless (although many can be hard wired when necessary), and extremely adaptable to almost any police video application.

But are they really for patrol use? The nature of a tactical team's mission usually allows its members to have that extra time to deploy specialized equipment for looking around corners and into other places. A patrol officer doesn't have that kind of time.

The answer is, maybe. As you will see in the following look at tactical video systems, the ability to see around corners without mirrors is no longer just available to special units.

CamLite
CamLite Corp. offers a small, handheld camera system that has applications for both patrol and tactical operations. The company's namesake product, "the CamLite," looks like a regular police flashlight, but it's also a video camera and a 2.4-gigahertz wireless transmitter.

One of the most useful features of the CamLite is the range of its transmitter. A patrol officer holding a CamLight can view images on the built-in monitor and send them to a monitor in his or her supervisor's car from a range of up to 1,000 feet. The CamLite System is also compatible with some existing in-car video systems. This makes the product even more attractive to your department's bean counters by enhancing officer safety on traffic stops, domestic violence investigations, and DUI stops, and by providing defensive evidence to combat "he said, she said" citizen complaints.

Weighing in at slightly more than a pound, the CamLight is as easy to carry as a full-size flashlight. It features a rechargeable battery pack that packs two hours of juice for flashlight-only use and four hours of camera-only use.


DTC Communications
DTC Communications has mated its FLIR ThermoVision Scout camera system with a wireless transmitter to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout. The ThermoVision Scout is a handheld passive infrared receiver that gives individual officers or tactical teams thermal imaging capabilities that only the military could afford a few years ago.

Some thermal imaging systems are intimidatingly difficult to use, but the ThermoVision Scout is as easy to handle as a flashlight. With very little muss or fuss, this new infrared camera allows you to see suspects or victims clearly in complete darkness, smoke, through foliage, and under low-visibility conditions at distances of up to 1,200 feet. The Scout's exclusive InstAlert feature highlights warm objects, such as people or vehicles, in red for immediate operator attention.

DTC Communications has taken the capabilities of the ThermoVision Scout and elevated them to the next level by linking the 1.5-pound device with a wireless transmitter and receiver to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout.

One of the problems inherent with radio frequency (RF) transmission is multipath interference. The signals coming from the outgoing antenna will bounce off hard objects such as walls, cars, buildings, or even people. This means that the same signal is coming back to the receiver at different times. The result is a signal as garbled as a conversation in which your sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and spouse are all talking to you at once. DTC has eliminated this problem in the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout through an application of proprietary technology that cleans up the signal.

Instrument Technology Inc.
Instrument Technology Inc. (ITI) specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality Borescopes, Fiberscopes, and Videoscopes for inspection or observation into hostile environments or inaccessible areas. The company's equipment is a mainstay for industrial applications, but ITI also offers a comprehensive selection of instruments for law enforcement.

ITI's video systems are in use in a variety of police operations, including surveillance, contraband search, bomb inspection, and SWAT. The modular design of the system makes it an extremely effective and versatile tool. For example, a tactical team can use the under-door camera head attached to ITI's telescoping kit to slide a viewer under a closed door to see if a suspect is standing on the other side. The telescoping pole provides the added safety of letting the officers stand back 10 to 12 feet in case the bad guy sees the probe and shoots in its general direction. Once the camera is in position, it can be used to provide the team with real-time intelligence about the location of the bad guys, their weapons, and the presence of hostages or other innocents.

All of this information can be sent by the camera head back to a handheld monitor or to a heads-up display (HUD). The HUD consists of a small 320x240 pixel, 16-bit color display that attaches to the included Wiley X goggles and a power supply. This gives the operator hands-free viewing, so that he can carry a weapon or operate another tool. Additionally, the signal can be broadcast back to the command post, so that the incident commander has a clear picture of the situation.

A number of optional attachments are available for the ITI system, including infrared cameras that feature their own built-in light sources, fiberoptic video lenses that are small enough to insert through a crack in a wall, and through-the-wall and through-the-ceiling scopes. The company even makes a tripod mounted camera that can be set up as a remote stationary sentinel.

Search Systems
Search Systems makes a variety of portable video systems that are used in law enforcement applications, but its two primary police products are the Searchcam 2000 IR and the Searchcam Patrol System.

The Searchcam 2000 IR is an extremely sophisticated pole-mounted audio and video system designed for use by police and military tactical teams. Its features include a high-resolution video camera head with non-visible infrared illumination, a telescoping probe that can be inserted into a 1.75-inch opening, a pole that extends to 92 inches and collapses to 41 inches, a 5-inch LCD monitor, and a sensitive microphone that can detect whispers in the same room and breathing sounds from a few feet. A heads-up display is available as an option.

Lighter and smaller than the Searchcam 2000 IR, the Searchcam Patrol System is designed for use by patrol officers. Like the more sophisticated Searchcam 2000 IR, the Patrol System features a black-and-white video camera with infrared illumination, an articulating probe head, and a detachable LCD video display. However, the Patrol System is video only and its probe only extends to 66 inches. Because it is smaller, collapsing to 31 inches, the Patrol System fits easily in the trunk of a standard patrol car.

Smith & Wesson
Smith and Wesson is one of the best known names in Law Enforcement. Of course, you know that. But what you might not know is that the maker of police pistols, knives, handcuffs, and bicycles produces a tactical video system called Tactical Vision.

The Tactical Vision system consists of a telescoping, 12-foot, nonconducting probe with foam grips, a pivoting camera head, and a shaded 3.5-inch LCD monitor. If you have a need to videotape the image or attach a second monitor, an RCA jack provides that access.

One of the more interesting features of Tactical Vision is its battery compartment design. The system employs a unique slide-through battery system that allows battery exchange without losing power for those critical times that you need to keep capturing an image but are running low on power.

Another great feature of Tactical Vision is that it comes with its own light source. If you are dealing with a poorly lit location (as we usually are), Tactical Vision's built in LED light array on the camera head will illuminate the subject. If a low-key presence is required, an infrared version is available that will allow you to see more than 30 feet in total darkness.

S&W's Tactical Vision is designed to be compact and easy to handle. When disassembled and stowed, it easily fits into the trunk of a vehicle.

Tactical Electronics
Tactical Electronics produces equipment for tactical operators and only tactical operators. The company does not sell its products to the general public or to industrial clients. Its sole focus is producing equipment for military and law enforcement applications, and it makes some really great tools.

Take, for example, the Tactical Electronics PCSS1 Wireless Pole Camera Search System. This system operates in both encrypted and non-encrypted modes, it's modular, and it features a pole that can be extended from 23 inches to 8 feet. The pole is manageable at such lengths because there are no battery belt packs or external cables to entangle the operator.

Applications for Tactical Electronics' video systems are numerous. The camera heads are waterproof to 30 feet and very well suited to marine work. Fiber scopes are available for bomb tech applications. And the company makes a wireless camera system with a .265-inch thick insertion panel that can be placed under a door in such a way that the occupants of the room can't see it. The system includes a very wide field-of-view camera that yields a high-quality image in little- or no- light environments.

Four display options are available for Tactical Electronics' systems. The company can custom mount monitors in a vehicle to outfit it as a mobile command post. The portable systems come equipped with a built-in 5.5-inch LCD monitor. In addition, a headset is available that gives the wearer an almost big screen look at what the camera is seeing. Finally, Tactical Electronics can provide the tactical operator with the very latest in SWAT jewelry, a wrist-wearable monitor. The wrist monitor has a 2.5-inch, high-resolution screen and a built-in receiver that requires no external wires, cables, or antennae.

Zistos
Zistos Corp. offers a full line of portable video systems. The Zistos WPD-15 display, Flex 'n' Stay Camera Systems are one-man portable CCTV systems consisting of a 15-inch LCD display, a unique Flex 'n' Stay body for remote viewing, and a small self-illuminating video camera that can be mounted on either a telescoping pole, wand, baton, or flexible coil. Each portable system can be configured with interchangeable pole and coil bodies, camera heads, or other options. Zistos also offers a walk-about system with a 4-inch screen.

The Zistos portable video systems are also modular, and they give the operators a wide range of choices. Zistos sells self-illuminating surveillance cameras and a choice of five different submersible cameras that also provide their own lighting by using LEDs arrayed in a ring around the lens. Whatever a department's needs are for portable tactical video, there are systems available that can be customized to meet them. They range from small handheld units to modular wireless systems that can handle a whole range of duties.



SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPT. DUI NEWS – An off-duty sheriff's deputy whose heavy-duty pickup rear-ended a tow truck in a freeway median, seriously injuring the tow truck driver and a motorist he was assisting, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a pair of DUI charges.

James P. Costello, 41, was put on paid administrative leave following the Nov. 6 crash on southbound state Route 15 near El Cajon Boulevard about 3 a.m. He remains free on $50,000 bail.



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Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler, in an unsuccessful attempt to get bail raised to $200,000, told Judge David Szumowski that Costello posed a threat to the public.

She said the 12-year sheriff's veteran had a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit of .08 percent when he plowed his 1996 Ford F-350 pickup into the back of a flat-bed tow truck, which had stopped in the median to help a disabled motorist.

The victims, both 37, were pinned between the tow truck and the disabled vehicle, Spieler told the judge.

Tow truck driver John Coston is scheduled to undergo lengthy surgery in an attempt to save both his legs, the prosecutor said. But even if the surgery is successful, Coston may never be able to walk again, according to Spieler.

The other victim, Alfredo Garcia, who suffered internal injuries, is on a ventilator and in very guarded condition, the prosecutor said.

Costello was hospitalized with minor injuries after the crash.

Spieler told the judge that another sheriff's deputy noticed Costello at a club about two hours before the accident and offered him a ride home, but Costello declined.

About an hour before the crash, another deputy repeatedly asked Costello if he needed a ride home and he said no, according to the prosecutor.

Spieler said Costello pleaded guilty to reckless driving in 2001 after being charged with driving under the influence.

In that case, Costello's vehicle went off a freeway access road and onto Interstate 5, injuring himself, the prosecutor said.

Costello went on light duty after that crash and recently returned to patrol, Spieler said.

Defense attorney Jim Bishop told the judge that Costello is enrolled in an inpatient treatment program, with a minimum commitment of four months and a maximum stay of one year.

Szumowski told the defendant that if the situation with the victims gets worse he would change his mind and raise Costello's bail.

The judge ordered Costello not to drink and not to drive and to stay in the inpatient program.

A readiness conference was scheduled for Jan. 16 and a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 23.

Costello is charged with two counts of driving under the influence, with allegations that he caused great bodily injury to the victims and drove with a blood-alcohol level of more than .15 percent.

The defendant's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .20 percent, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Costello, a deputy in Lemon Grove, faces the loss of his career and up to seven years in prison if convicted, Spieler said.


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The latest tactical video systems offer sophisticated imaging capabilities in lightweight, portable packages.

Tactical video systems have been a tool in the police utility belt for some time now, but they haven't always been practical. Some of the older portable video units were "portable" in name only. They required an expensive robot or a really stout operator just to carry them. And as if that didn't make them difficult enough to use, most were hard wired and required long cabling and reels.

In contrast, the newest tactical video units are much smaller and offer an agency more uses than older systems. They're lightweight, versatile, wireless (although many can be hard wired when necessary), and extremely adaptable to almost any police video application.

But are they really for patrol use? The nature of a tactical team's mission usually allows its members to have that extra time to deploy specialized equipment for looking around corners and into other places. A patrol officer doesn't have that kind of time.

The answer is, maybe. As you will see in the following look at tactical video systems, the ability to see around corners without mirrors is no longer just available to special units.

CamLite
CamLite Corp. offers a small, handheld camera system that has applications for both patrol and tactical operations. The company's namesake product, "the CamLite," looks like a regular police flashlight, but it's also a video camera and a 2.4-gigahertz wireless transmitter.

One of the most useful features of the CamLite is the range of its transmitter. A patrol officer holding a CamLight can view images on the built-in monitor and send them to a monitor in his or her supervisor's car from a range of up to 1,000 feet. The CamLite System is also compatible with some existing in-car video systems. This makes the product even more attractive to your department's bean counters by enhancing officer safety on traffic stops, domestic violence investigations, and DUI stops, and by providing defensive evidence to combat "he said, she said" citizen complaints.

Weighing in at slightly more than a pound, the CamLight is as easy to carry as a full-size flashlight. It features a rechargeable battery pack that packs two hours of juice for flashlight-only use and four hours of camera-only use.


DTC Communications
DTC Communications has mated its FLIR ThermoVision Scout camera system with a wireless transmitter to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout. The ThermoVision Scout is a handheld passive infrared receiver that gives individual officers or tactical teams thermal imaging capabilities that only the military could afford a few years ago.

Some thermal imaging systems are intimidatingly difficult to use, but the ThermoVision Scout is as easy to handle as a flashlight. With very little muss or fuss, this new infrared camera allows you to see suspects or victims clearly in complete darkness, smoke, through foliage, and under low-visibility conditions at distances of up to 1,200 feet. The Scout's exclusive InstAlert feature highlights warm objects, such as people or vehicles, in red for immediate operator attention.

DTC Communications has taken the capabilities of the ThermoVision Scout and elevated them to the next level by linking the 1.5-pound device with a wireless transmitter and receiver to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout.

One of the problems inherent with radio frequency (RF) transmission is multipath interference. The signals coming from the outgoing antenna will bounce off hard objects such as walls, cars, buildings, or even people. This means that the same signal is coming back to the receiver at different times. The result is a signal as garbled as a conversation in which your sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and spouse are all talking to you at once. DTC has eliminated this problem in the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout through an application of proprietary technology that cleans up the signal.

Instrument Technology Inc.
Instrument Technology Inc. (ITI) specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality Borescopes, Fiberscopes, and Videoscopes for inspection or observation into hostile environments or inaccessible areas. The company's equipment is a mainstay for industrial applications, but ITI also offers a comprehensive selection of instruments for law enforcement.

ITI's video systems are in use in a variety of police operations, including surveillance, contraband search, bomb inspection, and SWAT. The modular design of the system makes it an extremely effective and versatile tool. For example, a tactical team can use the under-door camera head attached to ITI's telescoping kit to slide a viewer under a closed door to see if a suspect is standing on the other side. The telescoping pole provides the added safety of letting the officers stand back 10 to 12 feet in case the bad guy sees the probe and shoots in its general direction. Once the camera is in position, it can be used to provide the team with real-time intelligence about the location of the bad guys, their weapons, and the presence of hostages or other innocents.

All of this information can be sent by the camera head back to a handheld monitor or to a heads-up display (HUD). The HUD consists of a small 320x240 pixel, 16-bit color display that attaches to the included Wiley X goggles and a power supply. This gives the operator hands-free viewing, so that he can carry a weapon or operate another tool. Additionally, the signal can be broadcast back to the command post, so that the incident commander has a clear picture of the situation.

A number of optional attachments are available for the ITI system, including infrared cameras that feature their own built-in light sources, fiberoptic video lenses that are small enough to insert through a crack in a wall, and through-the-wall and through-the-ceiling scopes. The company even makes a tripod mounted camera that can be set up as a remote stationary sentinel.

Search Systems
Search Systems makes a variety of portable video systems that are used in law enforcement applications, but its two primary police products are the Searchcam 2000 IR and the Searchcam Patrol System.

The Searchcam 2000 IR is an extremely sophisticated pole-mounted audio and video system designed for use by police and military tactical teams. Its features include a high-resolution video camera head with non-visible infrared illumination, a telescoping probe that can be inserted into a 1.75-inch opening, a pole that extends to 92 inches and collapses to 41 inches, a 5-inch LCD monitor, and a sensitive microphone that can detect whispers in the same room and breathing sounds from a few feet. A heads-up display is available as an option.

Lighter and smaller than the Searchcam 2000 IR, the Searchcam Patrol System is designed for use by patrol officers. Like the more sophisticated Searchcam 2000 IR, the Patrol System features a black-and-white video camera with infrared illumination, an articulating probe head, and a detachable LCD video display. However, the Patrol System is video only and its probe only extends to 66 inches. Because it is smaller, collapsing to 31 inches, the Patrol System fits easily in the trunk of a standard patrol car.

Smith & Wesson
Smith and Wesson is one of the best known names in Law Enforcement. Of course, you know that. But what you might not know is that the maker of police pistols, knives, handcuffs, and bicycles produces a tactical video system called Tactical Vision.

The Tactical Vision system consists of a telescoping, 12-foot, nonconducting probe with foam grips, a pivoting camera head, and a shaded 3.5-inch LCD monitor. If you have a need to videotape the image or attach a second monitor, an RCA jack provides that access.

One of the more interesting features of Tactical Vision is its battery compartment design. The system employs a unique slide-through battery system that allows battery exchange without losing power for those critical times that you need to keep capturing an image but are running low on power.

Another great feature of Tactical Vision is that it comes with its own light source. If you are dealing with a poorly lit location (as we usually are), Tactical Vision's built in LED light array on the camera head will illuminate the subject. If a low-key presence is required, an infrared version is available that will allow you to see more than 30 feet in total darkness.

S&W's Tactical Vision is designed to be compact and easy to handle. When disassembled and stowed, it easily fits into the trunk of a vehicle.

Tactical Electronics
Tactical Electronics produces equipment for tactical operators and only tactical operators. The company does not sell its products to the general public or to industrial clients. Its sole focus is producing equipment for military and law enforcement applications, and it makes some really great tools.

Take, for example, the Tactical Electronics PCSS1 Wireless Pole Camera Search System. This system operates in both encrypted and non-encrypted modes, it's modular, and it features a pole that can be extended from 23 inches to 8 feet. The pole is manageable at such lengths because there are no battery belt packs or external cables to entangle the operator.

Applications for Tactical Electronics' video systems are numerous. The camera heads are waterproof to 30 feet and very well suited to marine work. Fiber scopes are available for bomb tech applications. And the company makes a wireless camera system with a .265-inch thick insertion panel that can be placed under a door in such a way that the occupants of the room can't see it. The system includes a very wide field-of-view camera that yields a high-quality image in little- or no- light environments.

Four display options are available for Tactical Electronics' systems. The company can custom mount monitors in a vehicle to outfit it as a mobile command post. The portable systems come equipped with a built-in 5.5-inch LCD monitor. In addition, a headset is available that gives the wearer an almost big screen look at what the camera is seeing. Finally, Tactical Electronics can provide the tactical operator with the very latest in SWAT jewelry, a wrist-wearable monitor. The wrist monitor has a 2.5-inch, high-resolution screen and a built-in receiver that requires no external wires, cables, or antennae.

Zistos
Zistos Corp. offers a full line of portable video systems. The Zistos WPD-15 display, Flex 'n' Stay Camera Systems are one-man portable CCTV systems consisting of a 15-inch LCD display, a unique Flex 'n' Stay body for remote viewing, and a small self-illuminating video camera that can be mounted on either a telescoping pole, wand, baton, or flexible coil. Each portable system can be configured with interchangeable pole and coil bodies, camera heads, or other options. Zistos also offers a walk-about system with a 4-inch screen.

The Zistos portable video systems are also modular, and they give the operators a wide range of choices. Zistos sells self-illuminating surveillance cameras and a choice of five different submersible cameras that also provide their own lighting by using LEDs arrayed in a ring around the lens. Whatever a department's needs are for portable tactical video, there are systems available that can be customized to meet them. They range from small handheld units to modular wireless systems that can handle a whole range of duties.



SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPT. DUI NEWS – An off-duty sheriff's deputy whose heavy-duty pickup rear-ended a tow truck in a freeway median, seriously injuring the tow truck driver and a motorist he was assisting, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a pair of DUI charges.

James P. Costello, 41, was put on paid administrative leave following the Nov. 6 crash on southbound state Route 15 near El Cajon Boulevard about 3 a.m. He remains free on $50,000 bail.



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Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler, in an unsuccessful attempt to get bail raised to $200,000, told Judge David Szumowski that Costello posed a threat to the public.

She said the 12-year sheriff's veteran had a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit of .08 percent when he plowed his 1996 Ford F-350 pickup into the back of a flat-bed tow truck, which had stopped in the median to help a disabled motorist.

The victims, both 37, were pinned between the tow truck and the disabled vehicle, Spieler told the judge.

Tow truck driver John Coston is scheduled to undergo lengthy surgery in an attempt to save both his legs, the prosecutor said. But even if the surgery is successful, Coston may never be able to walk again, according to Spieler.

The other victim, Alfredo Garcia, who suffered internal injuries, is on a ventilator and in very guarded condition, the prosecutor said.

Costello was hospitalized with minor injuries after the crash.

Spieler told the judge that another sheriff's deputy noticed Costello at a club about two hours before the accident and offered him a ride home, but Costello declined.

About an hour before the crash, another deputy repeatedly asked Costello if he needed a ride home and he said no, according to the prosecutor.

Spieler said Costello pleaded guilty to reckless driving in 2001 after being charged with driving under the influence.

In that case, Costello's vehicle went off a freeway access road and onto Interstate 5, injuring himself, the prosecutor said.

Costello went on light duty after that crash and recently returned to patrol, Spieler said.

Defense attorney Jim Bishop told the judge that Costello is enrolled in an inpatient treatment program, with a minimum commitment of four months and a maximum stay of one year.

Szumowski told the defendant that if the situation with the victims gets worse he would change his mind and raise Costello's bail.

The judge ordered Costello not to drink and not to drive and to stay in the inpatient program.

A readiness conference was scheduled for Jan. 16 and a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 23.

Costello is charged with two counts of driving under the influence, with allegations that he caused great bodily injury to the victims and drove with a blood-alcohol level of more than .15 percent.

The defendant's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .20 percent, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Costello, a deputy in Lemon Grove, faces the loss of his career and up to seven years in prison if convicted, Spieler said.


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



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The latest tactical video systems offer sophisticated imaging capabilities in lightweight, portable packages.

Tactical video systems have been a tool in the police utility belt for some time now, but they haven't always been practical. Some of the older portable video units were "portable" in name only. They required an expensive robot or a really stout operator just to carry them. And as if that didn't make them difficult enough to use, most were hard wired and required long cabling and reels.

In contrast, the newest tactical video units are much smaller and offer an agency more uses than older systems. They're lightweight, versatile, wireless (although many can be hard wired when necessary), and extremely adaptable to almost any police video application.

But are they really for patrol use? The nature of a tactical team's mission usually allows its members to have that extra time to deploy specialized equipment for looking around corners and into other places. A patrol officer doesn't have that kind of time.

The answer is, maybe. As you will see in the following look at tactical video systems, the ability to see around corners without mirrors is no longer just available to special units.

CamLite
CamLite Corp. offers a small, handheld camera system that has applications for both patrol and tactical operations. The company's namesake product, "the CamLite," looks like a regular police flashlight, but it's also a video camera and a 2.4-gigahertz wireless transmitter.

One of the most useful features of the CamLite is the range of its transmitter. A patrol officer holding a CamLight can view images on the built-in monitor and send them to a monitor in his or her supervisor's car from a range of up to 1,000 feet. The CamLite System is also compatible with some existing in-car video systems. This makes the product even more attractive to your department's bean counters by enhancing officer safety on traffic stops, domestic violence investigations, and DUI stops, and by providing defensive evidence to combat "he said, she said" citizen complaints.

Weighing in at slightly more than a pound, the CamLight is as easy to carry as a full-size flashlight. It features a rechargeable battery pack that packs two hours of juice for flashlight-only use and four hours of camera-only use.


DTC Communications
DTC Communications has mated its FLIR ThermoVision Scout camera system with a wireless transmitter to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout. The ThermoVision Scout is a handheld passive infrared receiver that gives individual officers or tactical teams thermal imaging capabilities that only the military could afford a few years ago.

Some thermal imaging systems are intimidatingly difficult to use, but the ThermoVision Scout is as easy to handle as a flashlight. With very little muss or fuss, this new infrared camera allows you to see suspects or victims clearly in complete darkness, smoke, through foliage, and under low-visibility conditions at distances of up to 1,200 feet. The Scout's exclusive InstAlert feature highlights warm objects, such as people or vehicles, in red for immediate operator attention.

DTC Communications has taken the capabilities of the ThermoVision Scout and elevated them to the next level by linking the 1.5-pound device with a wireless transmitter and receiver to create the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout.

One of the problems inherent with radio frequency (RF) transmission is multipath interference. The signals coming from the outgoing antenna will bounce off hard objects such as walls, cars, buildings, or even people. This means that the same signal is coming back to the receiver at different times. The result is a signal as garbled as a conversation in which your sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and spouse are all talking to you at once. DTC has eliminated this problem in the Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout through an application of proprietary technology that cleans up the signal.

Instrument Technology Inc.
Instrument Technology Inc. (ITI) specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality Borescopes, Fiberscopes, and Videoscopes for inspection or observation into hostile environments or inaccessible areas. The company's equipment is a mainstay for industrial applications, but ITI also offers a comprehensive selection of instruments for law enforcement.

ITI's video systems are in use in a variety of police operations, including surveillance, contraband search, bomb inspection, and SWAT. The modular design of the system makes it an extremely effective and versatile tool. For example, a tactical team can use the under-door camera head attached to ITI's telescoping kit to slide a viewer under a closed door to see if a suspect is standing on the other side. The telescoping pole provides the added safety of letting the officers stand back 10 to 12 feet in case the bad guy sees the probe and shoots in its general direction. Once the camera is in position, it can be used to provide the team with real-time intelligence about the location of the bad guys, their weapons, and the presence of hostages or other innocents.

All of this information can be sent by the camera head back to a handheld monitor or to a heads-up display (HUD). The HUD consists of a small 320x240 pixel, 16-bit color display that attaches to the included Wiley X goggles and a power supply. This gives the operator hands-free viewing, so that he can carry a weapon or operate another tool. Additionally, the signal can be broadcast back to the command post, so that the incident commander has a clear picture of the situation.

A number of optional attachments are available for the ITI system, including infrared cameras that feature their own built-in light sources, fiberoptic video lenses that are small enough to insert through a crack in a wall, and through-the-wall and through-the-ceiling scopes. The company even makes a tripod mounted camera that can be set up as a remote stationary sentinel.

Search Systems
Search Systems makes a variety of portable video systems that are used in law enforcement applications, but its two primary police products are the Searchcam 2000 IR and the Searchcam Patrol System.

The Searchcam 2000 IR is an extremely sophisticated pole-mounted audio and video system designed for use by police and military tactical teams. Its features include a high-resolution video camera head with non-visible infrared illumination, a telescoping probe that can be inserted into a 1.75-inch opening, a pole that extends to 92 inches and collapses to 41 inches, a 5-inch LCD monitor, and a sensitive microphone that can detect whispers in the same room and breathing sounds from a few feet. A heads-up display is available as an option.

Lighter and smaller than the Searchcam 2000 IR, the Searchcam Patrol System is designed for use by patrol officers. Like the more sophisticated Searchcam 2000 IR, the Patrol System features a black-and-white video camera with infrared illumination, an articulating probe head, and a detachable LCD video display. However, the Patrol System is video only and its probe only extends to 66 inches. Because it is smaller, collapsing to 31 inches, the Patrol System fits easily in the trunk of a standard patrol car.

Smith & Wesson
Smith and Wesson is one of the best known names in Law Enforcement. Of course, you know that. But what you might not know is that the maker of police pistols, knives, handcuffs, and bicycles produces a tactical video system called Tactical Vision.

The Tactical Vision system consists of a telescoping, 12-foot, nonconducting probe with foam grips, a pivoting camera head, and a shaded 3.5-inch LCD monitor. If you have a need to videotape the image or attach a second monitor, an RCA jack provides that access.

One of the more interesting features of Tactical Vision is its battery compartment design. The system employs a unique slide-through battery system that allows battery exchange without losing power for those critical times that you need to keep capturing an image but are running low on power.

Another great feature of Tactical Vision is that it comes with its own light source. If you are dealing with a poorly lit location (as we usually are), Tactical Vision's built in LED light array on the camera head will illuminate the subject. If a low-key presence is required, an infrared version is available that will allow you to see more than 30 feet in total darkness.

S&W's Tactical Vision is designed to be compact and easy to handle. When disassembled and stowed, it easily fits into the trunk of a vehicle.

Tactical Electronics
Tactical Electronics produces equipment for tactical operators and only tactical operators. The company does not sell its products to the general public or to industrial clients. Its sole focus is producing equipment for military and law enforcement applications, and it makes some really great tools.

Take, for example, the Tactical Electronics PCSS1 Wireless Pole Camera Search System. This system operates in both encrypted and non-encrypted modes, it's modular, and it features a pole that can be extended from 23 inches to 8 feet. The pole is manageable at such lengths because there are no battery belt packs or external cables to entangle the operator.

Applications for Tactical Electronics' video systems are numerous. The camera heads are waterproof to 30 feet and very well suited to marine work. Fiber scopes are available for bomb tech applications. And the company makes a wireless camera system with a .265-inch thick insertion panel that can be placed under a door in such a way that the occupants of the room can't see it. The system includes a very wide field-of-view camera that yields a high-quality image in little- or no- light environments.

Four display options are available for Tactical Electronics' systems. The company can custom mount monitors in a vehicle to outfit it as a mobile command post. The portable systems come equipped with a built-in 5.5-inch LCD monitor. In addition, a headset is available that gives the wearer an almost big screen look at what the camera is seeing. Finally, Tactical Electronics can provide the tactical operator with the very latest in SWAT jewelry, a wrist-wearable monitor. The wrist monitor has a 2.5-inch, high-resolution screen and a built-in receiver that requires no external wires, cables, or antennae.

Zistos
Zistos Corp. offers a full line of portable video systems. The Zistos WPD-15 display, Flex 'n' Stay Camera Systems are one-man portable CCTV systems consisting of a 15-inch LCD display, a unique Flex 'n' Stay body for remote viewing, and a small self-illuminating video camera that can be mounted on either a telescoping pole, wand, baton, or flexible coil. Each portable system can be configured with interchangeable pole and coil bodies, camera heads, or other options. Zistos also offers a walk-about system with a 4-inch screen.

The Zistos portable video systems are also modular, and they give the operators a wide range of choices. Zistos sells self-illuminating surveillance cameras and a choice of five different submersible cameras that also provide their own lighting by using LEDs arrayed in a ring around the lens. Whatever a department's needs are for portable tactical video, there are systems available that can be customized to meet them. They range from small handheld units to modular wireless systems that can handle a whole range of duties.



SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPT. DUI NEWS – An off-duty sheriff's deputy whose heavy-duty pickup rear-ended a tow truck in a freeway median, seriously injuring the tow truck driver and a motorist he was assisting, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a pair of DUI charges.

James P. Costello, 41, was put on paid administrative leave following the Nov. 6 crash on southbound state Route 15 near El Cajon Boulevard about 3 a.m. He remains free on $50,000 bail.



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Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler, in an unsuccessful attempt to get bail raised to $200,000, told Judge David Szumowski that Costello posed a threat to the public.

She said the 12-year sheriff's veteran had a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit of .08 percent when he plowed his 1996 Ford F-350 pickup into the back of a flat-bed tow truck, which had stopped in the median to help a disabled motorist.

The victims, both 37, were pinned between the tow truck and the disabled vehicle, Spieler told the judge.

Tow truck driver John Coston is scheduled to undergo lengthy surgery in an attempt to save both his legs, the prosecutor said. But even if the surgery is successful, Coston may never be able to walk again, according to Spieler.

The other victim, Alfredo Garcia, who suffered internal injuries, is on a ventilator and in very guarded condition, the prosecutor said.

Costello was hospitalized with minor injuries after the crash.

Spieler told the judge that another sheriff's deputy noticed Costello at a club about two hours before the accident and offered him a ride home, but Costello declined.

About an hour before the crash, another deputy repeatedly asked Costello if he needed a ride home and he said no, according to the prosecutor.

Spieler said Costello pleaded guilty to reckless driving in 2001 after being charged with driving under the influence.

In that case, Costello's vehicle went off a freeway access road and onto Interstate 5, injuring himself, the prosecutor said.

Costello went on light duty after that crash and recently returned to patrol, Spieler said.

Defense attorney Jim Bishop told the judge that Costello is enrolled in an inpatient treatment program, with a minimum commitment of four months and a maximum stay of one year.

Szumowski told the defendant that if the situation with the victims gets worse he would change his mind and raise Costello's bail.

The judge ordered Costello not to drink and not to drive and to stay in the inpatient program.

A readiness conference was scheduled for Jan. 16 and a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 23.

Costello is charged with two counts of driving under the influence, with allegations that he caused great bodily injury to the victims and drove with a blood-alcohol level of more than .15 percent.

The defendant's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .20 percent, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Costello, a deputy in Lemon Grove, faces the loss of his career and up to seven years in prison if convicted, Spieler said.




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The sterile white room is filled with state of the art equipment and has a slight smell of cleaning products.

Inside, forensic scientists in white lab coats and latex gloves meticulously analyze DNA material taken from strands of hair and blood samples. Quietly, they go about their business conducting scientific tests, the results of which will be used to exonerate or identify a crime suspect.

Alex Karagianes, San Mateo County's assistant forensic laboratory director, is dressed in a simple collared shirt and tie. No gun in sight, Karagianes looks like a scientist rather than one of the criminal busting techies often portrayed on television.

"People ask 'is it like TV,' and I'll say 'is 'ER' like an emergency room?'" Karagianes said. "There's a lot of routine case work such as drugs that need to get analyzed and blood alcohol samples that need to get analyzed. It doesn't sound all that exciting."

In 2000, the first episode of the original "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" aired and today more than 15 million viewers tune in each week to watch it and other popular "CSI" spin-offs. While entertaining, the negative and positive effects of shows like "CSI" are becoming more obvious, particularly in the courtroom and classroom.

During an hour-long episode of "CSI," crime scene analysts conduct tasks that are often done by a variety of people. They interrogate suspects and always catch the bad guys.

"There are some stretches, but all of the science is
fundamentally accurate," said Rich Catalani, technical adviser and story editor for the Las Vegas-based "CSI." "Some of the tasks that we have our people do in reality would be done by different individuals."
Karagianes said shows like "CSI" give viewers a skewed sense of reality in terms of how forensic tests are conducted.

For instance, it takes up to two weeks to get DNA results and often times there is no suspect to match the DNA against. Karagianes said only 10 to 15 percent of the DNA samples found match those already entered into a statewide database.

On "CSI," DNA results are obtained almost immediately and always match a suspect with an alibi as holey as Swiss cheese.

"We admit that we cheat. Obviously you can't do all the things that need to be done in 45 minutes," Catalani said.

Investigators and crime lab interns like Caitlyn Manhart, a Notre Dame de Namur University student, spend hours looking over fingerprints, running multiple tests. On the show, a print is scanned into a computer and within 30 seconds a match is found.

"We do several tests, several processes and it takes days," Karagianes explained. "We don't have a screen that flashes red 'confirm, confirm, confirm.'"

The negative effects of "CSI" are most visible in the courtroom, where jurors now have set expectations for what kind of evidence will be presented by prosecutors.

"The jury is going to be influenced by what they see on television," said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney. "The jury wants science (DNA). You have to get over the hurdle of them having that expectation."

One way the district attorney's office is quashing these expectations is by requiring prosecutors in the county to question all prospective jurors about shows like "CSI" before they are assigned to a case.

"It's one of the most important things that has to be done," Wagstaffe said. "If a prosecutor doesn't do that, they're doing an inadequate job."

He added these shows will eventually run their course, though their scientific impact will be permanent.

Deborah Runkle, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said, on the whole, "CSI" has helped push science into the forefront of popular culture.

"It does arouse people's interest," Runkle said. "It sparks people's attention and gives them some ideas about how science applies to everyday problems."

According to Max Houck, director of the Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University, there are currently 11 accredited university programs nationwide specializing in the field of forensic science. He said another four programs have applied for accreditation.

"We're seeing an increased interest in science at a level not seen since, not to be grandiose, the Apollo Mission," Houck said. "Forensic science majors are popping up all over the place."

At Notre Dame de Namur University, a forensic science course was created in 2002, according to Isabelle Haithcox, associate professor in the university's natural sciences department. She said one or two students from the university intern at the county's crime lab each year.

"There are not enough job positions for the number of people graduating with degrees in the field," Karagianes said.

He said he worries TV shows are giving younger people the wrong idea about what being a forensic scientist entails.

"We're referees. We're scientists," Karagianes said. "You have to be a good scientist if you're interested in forensics."


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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday to take steps toward implementing an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet program for individuals convicted of drunk driving.

Repeat DUI offendors who are on probation will be forced to wear new technology called a SCRAM Bracelet.

The device is helping at least 20 other states to better monitor repeat DUI offenders.

The bracelet weighs just 8 ounces, and when strapped to the subject's ankle the tamper-resistant device can detect sweat as it migrates through the skin in order to measure for alcohol consumption.

A tamper detection strap acts as an electronic link between the two parts and secures the bracelet to the client's ankle.

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MORE SAN DIEGO DUI NEWS -- San Diego County supervisors are looking to purchase a rather unusual piece of jewelry: a bracelet that can detect alcohol in a person's system.

The bracelet measures perspiration every 30 minutes to determine whether its wearer has been drinking, and if so, how much. County supervisors hope to distribute the devices to convicted drunken drivers.


DUI offenders are prohibited from drinking alcohol as a condition of their probation. According to the county, these bracelets would enforce that law.

San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob said an offender's location is irrelevant. If they choose to drink, Jacob said, the bracelet will alert police.

"Law enforcement will be aware of it and will come in and arrest them," she said.

Currently, 40,000 bracelets are in use in 20 states. Some defense attorneys said they embrace the idea, as long as the bracelets are accurate.

The county is awaiting recommendations as to the type and quantity of bracelet that it will purchase, which is expected to take 90 days.


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