http://www.wral.com/north-carolina-trooper-resigns-after-dwi-charge/13895528/

That is an unfortunate end to a career. Hopefully he gets his retirement still.

8/18/2014 6:32:54 PM

Its not unfortunate. Unfortunate implies there was some bad fate or chance that landed him in this position.

He made a stupid choice in a situation he was in control of. He should consider himself lucky. He's a LEO that broke the law, he won't even have to suffer the same consequences of those less informed.

8/19/2014 9:23:30 PM

^+1

8/19/2014 9:25:43 PM

i like how it didnt include his BAC lol ....

so this place just opened up in North Hills area http://www.legacyfreedom.com/raleigh-rehab/

is Raleigh a big market for rehab facilities?

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 11:17 AM. Reason : sdf]

8/26/2014 11:16:21 AM

Quote :

"he was in control"

He was drunk

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

8/26/2014 1:04:26 PM

^?

8/26/2014 3:20:39 PM

http://www.wral.com/nc-sheriff-s-deputy-resigns-after-dwi-charge/13918720/

is this a trend?

8/26/2014 4:07:34 PM

^^^ He was saying he was initially in control of the situation and made the decision to start drinking.

^^He's saying the officer was no longer "in control" of the situation as his judgement was impared due to intoxicatinon.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 7:58 PM. Reason : .]

8/26/2014 7:58:37 PM

http://abc11.com/news/raleigh-man-accused-of-dwi-with-child-in-car/307707/

9/13/2014 11:08:31 PM

http://gawker.com/rhode-island-man-manages-to-get-four-duis-in-30-hours-1637670398?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

or do it in RI

9/22/2014 2:53:33 PM

does this thread also apply to bikes?

9/23/2014 5:17:23 AM

yep

9/23/2014 10:39:25 AM

Well then, y'all tell me if this is BS or not.

Last month, I was leaving a bday party and fell into a total police trap on my bike. As soon as I got on the bike, they pulled me over and starting questioning me. So, obviously I am a foreigner here, and I was not familiar with what the rules are in Germany and what the limits were for a bike. These cops were all older than 30 and hence their English was nonexistent, so we went along with German. They asked me if I wanted to blow or take a blood test, at which point I asked them what the difference was between the two. They say that there is no difference and that I must decide. So, I say blood test (because who and the fuck would take a breath test and trust the cops with that in the States) and then we head out on our way, and they seem unaffected by it. They did not cuff me, took me to the station and asked me where I was from and we started to chat,
and it was no big deal. By this point it became apparent to everybody that I was not that drunk or intoxicated, and we started to just chat in the police station as they assured me that nothing would happen with my visa or such, and then one guy went into a long boring story about Arizona that I happily smiled along with. So, I take the test, they say nice to meet you and what not and then I leave and am on my way.

The following week I get this very confusing bill in the mail from the blood test result. It stated that even though I was under the limit for riding a bike, since I insisted on taking a blood test I still had to pay a fine. I then complained a little about it at work and all the Germans laughed at me because apparently it is common knowledge that you always take the breath first, and then if the breath is too high you proceed for a blood test to verify how high the level is. Aint that some shit?


[Edited on September 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM. Reason : h]

9/23/2014 12:45:27 PM

I would flee the country and not pay the bill.

9/23/2014 12:52:29 PM

So it's BS right? If they had just told me that if I blew too high that we go to the blood test anyways to confirm, I would have puffed all over that thing like Monica on Bill, and then I would have been able to just go on my way.

[Edited on September 23, 2014 at 1:03 PM. Reason : fML]

9/23/2014 1:03:02 PM

that's some damn gestapo shit.

9/23/2014 10:29:36 PM

Quote :

"They asked me if I wanted to blow or take a blood test, at which point I asked them what the difference was between the two. They say that there is no difference and that I must decide."

this is about as Kafkaesque as it gets.

9/23/2014 10:36:35 PM

Who chooses the blood test?

9/23/2014 11:17:44 PM

Quote :

"this is about as Kafkaesque as it gets."

And it went down like this.

"Es gibt kein Unterschied, aber Sie müssen trotzdem entscheiden!"

[Edited on September 24, 2014 at 4:08 AM. Reason : d]

[Edited on September 24, 2014 at 4:08 AM. Reason : d]

9/24/2014 4:08:03 AM

The German system sounds exactly like it is here, you shouldn't volunteer for a blood test here either

9/24/2014 7:32:19 AM

what?

Normally the breathalyzer goes down as a result regardless if it is accurate or not. I know that in Texas at least, it was possible for it to be faulty and then you are screwed cause it registers as such on your record. Here, the lower of the two tests goes down on the record.

Plus, whether that was a dumb move or not, the point is that I asked them to explain the rules to me several times and they deliberately misled me.

9/24/2014 8:26:05 AM

the breathalyzer is a field screening device only, if you fail the one in the field they take you to the station for the larger, calibrated, desktop model that is the one that can be used in court or you get a blood test.

9/24/2014 9:51:23 AM

hmm, I have heard otherwise... Including one specific example from a friend, but now that I think of it he might have been exaggerating to save face.

9/24/2014 10:10:16 AM

dude, youre an idiot dtownral is correct
LEO will tell you the same.

9/25/2014 9:28:16 PM

The issue with the field breathalyzers (in NC) is they generally do not hold up in court. They can be used to establish cause for a DWI arrest, but the measurement used in court it the big intoxylyzer 5000 at the jail.

Defense attorneys ask for all the calibration records and challenge the evidence and the portable units do not stand up. I knew a guy in high school that got an underage DWI (blew under legal limit beside road, but was underage) and it was all thrown out because the cop just gave him a ticket and made somebody pick him up. He did not actually take him downtown for a breath test on the machine.

The bus they bring to roadblocks does have the big breathalyzer on it though, so you lose out on the time to come down between being arrested and tested at the jail.

9/26/2014 1:01:20 AM

http://abc11.com/news/man-involved-in-2003-death-of-former-unc-student-pleads-guilty-to-another-dwi/329649/

9/30/2014 2:21:43 AM

http://abc11.com/traffic/crash-leaves-truck-dangling-off-overpass/328582/

Quote :

"RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A driver is facing a DWI charge after a wreck that shut down part of Gorman Street early Monday morning. Raleigh police say Andrew Bryce Joyner was heading west on Interstate 40 about 1 a.m. when he rear-ended a pick-up truck. The impact caused the pick-up to dangle off of the highway. Gorman Street was closed for about three hours as police waited for a special tow truck to pull out the truck. Police say Joyner had a blood alcohol level of 0.14."

9/30/2014 2:24:51 AM

Do not drive ATV drunk.
http://www.wral.com/woman-survives-plane-crash-dies-in-atv-accident/14062854/

10/14/2014 11:06:02 AM

.32??

http://www.wral.com/police-driver-in-fatal-raleigh-wreck-was-speeding-impaired/14078061/

10/14/2014 3:54:28 PM

[Edited on October 27, 2014 at 12:01 AM. Reason : .]

10/27/2014 12:00:32 AM

[Edited on October 27, 2014 at 12:01 AM. Reason : .]

10/27/2014 12:00:32 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/26/california-highway-patrol_n_6049526.html

10/27/2014 12:00:32 AM

http://abc11.com/news/arrest-made-in-double-fatal-hit-and-run/377016/

11/2/2014 10:41:55 AM

http://abc11.com/news/arrest-made-in-double-fatal-hit-and-run/377016/

11/2/2014 10:41:55 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/09/4309634_program-aims-to-prevent-dwis.html?rh=1

11/10/2014 11:24:51 AM

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-mom-charged-in-12-year-old-son-s-motor-vehicle-death/14199868/

11/19/2014 2:28:26 PM

^such a strange case. I don't understand how you're even able to get up to 75 mph in that area especially at that time of day. And why the fuck would you drive that drunk with your kid in the car.

11/19/2014 3:20:22 PM

she probably only had like 6 dog beers

11/20/2014 12:06:04 PM

EDUCATION
FRANKLIN COUNTY BUS DRIVER ACCUSED OF DWI WHILE TAKING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL

11/20/2014 2:31:38 PM

^perpetual pussification of america... wasn't everyone's bus driver drunk in the 80's?

11/20/2014 2:35:40 PM

They even admit in the article the driver arrived at the shool with the students safely, at that time the driver was arrested for DWI.

11/20/2014 7:23:09 PM

11/21/2014 8:06:58 AM

http://abc11.com/news/man-accused-of-dwi-in-3-vehicles-in-one-night/421827/

12/4/2014 1:39:45 PM

Quote :

"POMFRET, Vt. -- Vermont State Police say a 48-year-old man drove his pickup truck off the road, piloted another off the road trying to pull the first one out and then drove an ATV, all while intoxicated. Police on Thursday said Dwayne Fenlason was charged with driving under the influence after the Nov. 30 incident in Pomfret. They say Fenlason drove his truck off the road Sunday evening then went home to get his other pickup to haul out the stranded vehicle. He was on his way back when the second truck ended up off the road. He went home again and got his ATV to try to pull out the trucks. Police say his blood alcohol content was 0.30 percent, nearly four times the legal limit of 0.08 percent. It could not immediately be learned if he had a lawyer."

12/4/2014 8:49:33 PM

Quote :

"It could not immediately be learned if he had a lawyer"

It's weird how much I love this sentence.

12/8/2014 3:26:47 PM

Quote :

"IMMEDIATELY BE LEARNED"

12/8/2014 3:35:47 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/12/09/report-massachusetts-police-grant-professional-courtesy-to-other-officers-caught-driving-drunk/

12/10/2014 1:10:46 PM

http://www.wral.com/car-crashes-into-raleigh-apartment-driver-charged-with-hit-and-run/14270252/

Quote :

"According to investigators, Brandon Kent Loosman, of 4016 Grand Manor Court, left the scene following the incident. He was arrested at his home a short time after the crash. Loosman was released from the Wake County jail at about 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported, but Raleigh police said the car destroyed one wall and the deck of a unit. Red Cross was contacted following the incident to assist two displaced residents. Read more at http://www.wral.com/car-crashes-into-raleigh-apartment-driver-charged-with-hit-and-run/14270252/#f1sYgyxiHtGHFGzP.99"

12/12/2014 11:59:48 PM

Where does it say he got a DUI?!

12/13/2014 8:09:57 PM

You will not be convicted of DWI if they can not prove you were intoxicated at the time you were driving.

DWI is a misdemeanor, hit and run can be a felony if there are injuries.

It looks like this guy got a lesser charge since it was property damage only and there must not have been any witnesses.
http://www1.aoc.state.nc.us/www/calendars.Offense.do?submit=submit&case=9102014228856&court=CR



I am conjecturing he was shitfaced, but the cops can not prove he did not walk back in his house after driving sober and chug liquor before they got there.

12/14/2014 12:30:12 AM