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DUI Super Cops & non existent quotas

By Bruce M. Robinson, P.A.

Ask any cop and they will tell you, "quotas, no way! We don't have 'em and we don't use em". However, certain cops seem to have an unusually high arrest record for alleged DUI offenders. There are recent cases out of Florida and now Illinois with cops making up evidence in order to arrest innocent people and charge them with DUI. In fact, an officer in Illinois was recently sued by a citizen that was arrested and charged with DUI as he left an establishment and prior to driving his car. He was given field sobriety tests at the station and they were inconclusive. He sued and the cop was suspended for a day and subsequently placed on a desk. Many of the cops cases were dismissed. I have defended persons charged with DUI after having blown a ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Maryland DUI Lawyer Blog on December 16, 2007 (boomark / email).