A two DUI night!

[Darin]

Man what a night. I get my first DUI of the night at 17:30 hours. Coming from golfing. I smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage about his breath. Theres a bottle of Jim Beam in the back seat and 3/4 of the contents are gone. Theres a cup with ice and surprisingly smells like whiskey! He agrees to take some field tests and immediately says he has MS and it affects his balance. I'm thinking, great...this will surely be fought in court. But he tells me that he playes 18 holes of golf and shot a 75. I figure if he can do that then he can fo SFST. But anyway....

He doesn't do well and blows a .17 on the PBT. He also showed 6 clues on the HGN. Yep finally got to use my newly aquired skillz! He ends up blowing .11 after giving an invalid sample the first time.


Second DUI of the night was a frikken MESS! I get a call of a hit and run w/injuries. I get there and a vehicles trunk is caved in. Driver is OK but his wife is complaining of neck pain. I get a description and direction of travel. Then dispatch calls and says a woman called to say her son came home and hit their vehicle and he's drunk. Yep that's my man. I haul *** to that residence which was right down the street and nearly nail a HUGE 8+ point buck....that sumbitch looked like an elk!

I get to the residence and the step dad is at the truck holding his son in. I get there and the drunk said F you I'm leaving. I politely advised him he would comply. I grab an arm as he was still in the truck. He said he's leaving and I advise that he's not going anywhere. He tries to get away and I do an arm bar take down. He's so drunk that he goes down hard...I mean really HARD. He landed right on his face with a sickening splat. Sounded and felt like a melon hitting the pavement. He broke teeth. I'm not sure if he did it then or when he hit the other vehicle. There was blood all in his truck and a nice impact star in the windshield.

He was transported to the hospital which was literally right across the street. This hospital is basically a "clinic" so they called LifeGuard10 and helicoptered him to Roanoke trauma center. So I wrote him a summons for the DUI and will obtain a warrant for felony hit and run.

It's going to take me forever to do this report! If I think of anymore details I'll post them later....I'm goingt o try and go to bed but my adrenaline is still going.

[IndyGSDK9]

WTG!!! Awesome catches Darin - keep it up!

[jmur5074]

I think.....wait....yeah...your officially my hero..

Good job!! I still haven't gotten my DWI Cherry popped yet....

But I work friday night 2100-0700 so I'm gonna be hunting for it!!

[jarobins]

Good job. But you got to get the better with the reporting. I am positive you didn't break his teeth, I was there and witnessed it myself (if you need a witness - call me). :D

He broke teeth. I'm not sure if he did it then or when he hit the other vehicle. There was blood all in his truck and a nice impact star in the windshield.

Should read, "After 'assisting' the suspect from his vehicle I observed that the suspect had a bloody mouth and several broken teeth, which was consistent with blood I observed on the windshield." ;)

[Big Sexy]

Do you mean to tell me you didn't give anyone a break, man what a ****. I guess Rightfulcitizen really had something to complain about. :p

[Prometheus]

Good job. But you got to get the better with the reporting. I am positive you didn't break his teeth, I was there and witnessed it myself (if you need a witness - call me). :D

Jarobins, were you ever a Correctional Officer? That was almost (unofficial) textbook!

[mobrien316]

Great job!

I've said it before - they ought to change from calling it "DUI" to calling it "attempted vehicular homicide." You should always feel like you've done something good when you take a drunk driver off the road.

[Valor55]

Good job! Let me know if you want our search warrant already typed up for RMH records. It will even get you what's left of the blood and urine to take to DFS and get tested again. It's in Word, all you gotta do is add your guys name and SSN.

[jmur5074]

After assisting Mr. Johnson to the ground, my M26 Taser guided his hands behind his back while I was giving loud, repetitive verbal commands for him to stop resisting me. During the struggle I noticed Johnson had suffered a broken tooth from the earlier accident. His broken tooth in no way involved me slamming his face into the concrete. Even though he did deserve it. :D

[Darin]

Good job! Let me know if you want our search warrant already typed up for RMH records. It will even get you what's left of the blood and urine to take to DFS and get tested again. It's in Word, all you gotta do is add your guys name and SSN.

Thanks. I did get my blood vials filled while at Bedford. Will I still need to get RMH's records?

[Darin]

Good job. But you got to get the better with the reporting. I am positive you didn't break his teeth, I was there and witnessed it myself (if you need a witness - call me).



Should read, "After 'assisting' the suspect from his vehicle I observed that the suspect had a bloody mouth and several broken teeth, which was consistent with blood I observed on the windshield."

Well I haven't started my report yet so I'll keep in mind your helpful version ;)

It'll probably take me all shift to complete my report. And since he hit 2 vehicles in 2 different locations I have to do 2 reports. :rolleyes:

[Valor55]

Thanks. I did get my blood vials filled while at Bedford. Will I still need to get RMH's records?

Cool! If you want to you can. That way if you have trouble with implied consent and get your chemical test kicked you always have you search warrant records and tests. Good backup! I can email you the document on Monday from work but they get rid of their samples at the lab after three days so you need to do it ASAP.

[Old Trooper]

Darin, I've said this before...you have GRADUATED from "traffic nazi junior trainee", bro...you are an OFFICIAL TRAFFIC NAZI!!!!! Good job, Rep for you.

[matt87]

Probably a stupid question, but the reason you wrote the warrant was because he had to seek medical treatment and you couldn't detain him at the moment, right?

[Valor55]

Probably a stupid question, but the reason you wrote the warrant was because he had to seek medical treatment and you couldn't detain him at the moment, right?

He didn't write a warrant for the blood. He got blood drawn under the state's implied consent and sent it for testing. Implied consent however can be challenged for different reasons. If it is successful the results of the blood he got would be inadmissable in court. A search warrant for the hospital records as well as any body fluid they still have (for state testing again) is good backup. If you lose your implied consent you still have your search warrant results and testing. It's just bolstering his case and closing loopholes for the defense.