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Cops Caught Rubber-Stamping DUI Reports

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve posted repeatedly in the past about the increasingly common practice of police agencies using "templates" in drunk driving cases. See, for example, Pre-Written DUI Police Reports, Xeroxed DUI Symptoms and Ready-Made DUI Police Reports.  Instead of writing an official police investigation report after the arrest that summarizes the observations of the officer, they are essentially written before the arrest — containing such "facts" as driving symptoms, physical appearance and performance on field sobriety tests. This saves time, of course, but also ensures that commonly observed incriminating "evidence" is included — whether present or not. A related issue involves the common requirement in law enforcement agencies of having all arrest reports reviewed and approved by a more experienced supervising officer...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).