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Pre-Written DUI Arrest Reports: A Smoking Gun

By Lawrence Taylor

 Earlier this week I posted about the increasing practice of police officers in DUI investigations to write arrest reports before the arrest — in fact, before the suspect is even seen driving.  This has gotten to the point that computer templates are increasingly used: the officer simply inputs the suspect’s name, address, etc., and prints out a form DUI report with symptoms such as erratic driving, slurred speech, alcoholic breath and impaired balance already entered. This is bad enough, as the reports are supposedly signed under oath and subject to perjury charges.  But it becomes particularly serious when you realize that very few officers can remember the details of a given case when testifying months later...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).