Posted on 03/28/2014 5:25:57 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
BROWNSVILLE - Brownsville police announced a new policy effective today. Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez said the Driving While Intoxicated - No-Refusal policy allows officers to get a warrant to draw blood from anyone who refuses a Breathalyzer test.
The method is the same used for operations during the holidays. Chief Rodriguez told us a blood test gives prosecutors the evidence they need to secure a conviction.
At a press conference, Rodriguez said, "Our objective is to be able to present stronger case files for prosecution. I think we have the duty to do so and the responsibility and the right to do so under the law... Make no mistake, from now on in Brownsville if you choose to drink and drive, breath test refusals are not an option."
Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz said, "The jury has to be convinced without a reasonable doubt. When you have a breath test and we talk about a sobriety test, the defendant can say he's been sick, that he can't stand properly, that he didn't understand and that gives the jury something to consider on the side of finding him not guilty. Whereas if you have a blood test, that's it, once you establish it was properly drawn and properly maintained."
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CDL= Commercial Drivers Licence
Basically, his means of supporting himself.
That will happen. For some people with needle phobia, an officer trying to draw blood will elicit a violent response.
Yes. My pediatrician is still trying to find his nads.
Ding, Ding, Ding....we have a winner!!
Yes, anyone trying to stick a needle in me is surely getting “bang flopped”.
breathalizer test is on the spot....The blood test, however, is long after the arrest, and one could argue that he wasn’t drunk at the time of arrest, but the delay in taking the blood sample, allowed the alcohol that he had consumed 2 minutes before the arrest to affect the readings...
It only applies to gringos aka those with US id, such as a drivers license or US passport. Non resident aliens are free to go on their merry drunken way, plus it will be a violation of the law to ask for photo identification of non-residents. /S
You might be off on this.
Local law enforcement along the border get no help from the feds.
Mexicans drive drunk as a sport.
It is the feds that don’t prosecute illegals.
The locals are trying to protect their own.
I have seen this in Laredo.
The illegals have no fear from the feds or the State of Texas, but they are scared to death of the Laredo cops.
His mantra was: Never, ever convict yourself on the side of the road. ALWAYS refuse the breath test and refuse to consent to a blood test.
Make them get a warrant.
Yes, there's a penalty to the driving privilege but it is minor compared to DUI.
In CA DUI carries severe penalties, most of which are not criminal.
Police states work real well for the jackboots.
“You might be off on this.
Local law enforcement along the border get no help from the feds.
Mexicans drive drunk as a sport.
It is the feds that don’t prosecute illegals.
The locals are trying to protect their own.
I have seen this in Laredo.
The illegals have no fear from the feds or the State of Texas, but they are scared to death of the Laredo cops.”
I’m up in the FW area, and the local police pretty much ignore the illegals, (sanctuary city as it is) but if you are OTI, (other than illegal) they are all over you for any and every traffic violation. Drunk driving as a sport, yep all over TX the illegals are driving drunk. Shooting each other in local bars that would not be out of place in Guadalajara, has brought the authentic Mexican flavor to Tejas!/S
They’ve been doing this in Indiana for some time now.
Agree. Houston cops just look the other way on illegals.
But us non illegals had better watch our step dontchaknow.
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