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Public Reacts to Police Blood Draws

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve posted in the recent past about the growing practice of allowing police to forcefully draw blood themselves from citizens suspected of drunk driving.  See  Blood Draws in the Back Seat by the Dashboard Light,  Forced Blood Draws by Cops Spreading , Would You Want a Cop Taking Blood from You? and Forced Blood Draws: Citizen Backlash? Despite the frightening realities of having cops jamming needles into squirming suspects handcuffed in the back seats of police cars, the overriding concern is saving the time and money expended on using nurses or licensed technicians at a medical facility.   It would seem that perhaps the citizenry is finally saying "Enough"… City Council Forum Draws Heated Debate Police chief defends plan to train officers to draw blood from drunken-driving suspects Austin, TX...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).