Grants to help police fight drugs, DUIs
"The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is committed to helping local organizations of law enforcement across Kentucky, where they perform the tasks necessary to keep their communities safe," the Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown said in a news release. "The police witness firsthand how illegal drugs can devastate entire communities. This grant will help officers defend innocent children and protect neighborhoods against drugs.DUIs are like snowflakes...
Attorney Greg Simms is a Louisville Criminal Defense Lawyer and a Partner at Gruner & Simms, PLLC. This blog is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice. It does not create an Attorney/Client relationship. Read the "Introduction" post before reading any other blog posts, and please visit www.grunersimms.com A lot of clients believe that they convince a police officer to let them go if they just perform the tests and pass them. The problem with that rationale is this: the police officer already suspects you of drinking and driving if they're asking you to perform FSTs. The police officer gets to administer the test, and the police officer (who already thinks you are drinking and driving) gets to subjectively determine the results of the test. If you don't perform the tests, you won't give them ammunition to use against you. Don’t perform these tests. When I see clients who have gotten a Kentucky DUI charge, often they want to know why they had to provide two breath samples to the Police. The short answer (which is the only answer I’m going to give you on this lazy Sunday) is that Police usually offer two breathalyzers. The first one you might encounter would be the Portable Breath Tester, or “PBT.” Officers carry the PBT on their Batman-esque utility belts in case they “detect the odor of alcohol on or about your person.” This PBT is a nicer, more expensive police version of the $80.00 “AlcoHAWK slim” PBT that I own and keep in my golf bag. The problem with PBTs (even Police PBTs) is that they are not 100% accurate. In fact, they are consistently inaccurate unless you calibrate them regularly. Because of the inherent un-reliability of these machines, the results that they provide are inadmissible in a Kentucky Court of Law. You can and should refuse to take a PBT. The second type of breath tester IS admissible. After an arrest, (if you are not asked to submit to a blood or urine test) you will most likely be asked to give another breath sample back at the police station. The police officer will probably lock you up and “observe” you for at least twenty minutes before asking you to step up to a much larger breath tester. Most police departments in Kentucky use the Intoxilyzer 5000, which is manufactured by CMI, Inc., in Owensboro, Kentucky.
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