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Staying in the Lines | Rocky Mountain Law


have you had anything to drink at all in
the last 24 hours
okay have you had any any drugs or
anything at all in the last 24 hours
okay what’s your native language that
you speak and you understand English
yep for the most part very good okay
very much would you be willing to do a
few voluntary roadside maneuvers just to
make sure
you’re okay to drive no no you don’t you
won’t let me can I check your check your
eyes yeah keep your head still
so watch me look only with my eyes okay
do you understand only with your eyes
okay
that’s good
you sure you haven’t been drinking okay
would you be willing to blow into the
PDT blow okay wait here okay
basically he failed the eye test he
failed the other test but he doesn’t
speak English good and it’s hard for me
to base anything off of that at this
point legally I’m not looking for a DUI
my job right now is to make sure that I
don’t turn a drunk back loose on to the
road okay what I want you to do when I
put this in big breath and blow it all
out like this there you go
go go go go go good good good good good
good
okay so I know you’re asleep in the cab
of the truck are you gonna tell me the
truth about drinking now because this
doesn’t lie this says you’re drinking a
lot a little bit Oh a little bit yeah
okay that’s that’s why you slept did you
drink before you drove yeah yeah how
much did you drink before you drove
thirty three beers okay would it be okay
if I gave you a ride to a hotel where
you can be safe tonight because you
can’t stay in this car with this on the
side of the road with this and I’m gonna
move that put your seatbelt on for me
please
party’s EtOH we didn’t have probable
cause for arrest however we’re gonna
find a place today it did end up being
the truck that was called in as a
possible drunk driver from before the
hard part is there’s just so many
barriers for us building a good DUI case
the language barrier was really hard to
work with people have to understand that
they’re voluntary and that they can say
no after a while I wasn’t really sure if
he was understanding what I was saying
yeah I want to make sure that you get in
and that they got me
you
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