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They’ve been scrutinized and challenged in court, and now Breathalyzer machines are under the legal microscope. Hoping to save the embattled “Intoxilyzer 8000”, officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) decided to test the machine’s accuracy. Their plan: Get 15 FDLE employees drunk to prove the skeptics wrong. Many people assume that if […]

Would you believe that iTunes now has an app that will assist police officers in reading Miranda Rights and O’Connell warnings? For 99 cents? Amazing. Rather than carry a card, an officer can recite the warnings direct from the app, which also contains the O’Connell implied consent warnings (read to anyone requested to take a […]

The Visalia Times-Delta has reported that California lawyer Michelle Winspur was arrested for appearing in court on behalf of clients under the influence of alcohol. A member of the court’s staff noticed that she was manifestly under the influence. As a result, field sobriety tests were administered and failed and then a breathalyzer was administered. […]

In a majority of the DUI arrests in Pennsylvania, the driver is asked by an officer to perform a series of physical tests called field sobriety tests (“FSTs”). Theoretically, FSTs are supposed to be a reliable and consistent method to determine if an individual is under the influence as evidence to build probable cause to […]

Accidental Shootings Can Be Prevented. America has a long and fabled history of gun ownership.  Our Constitution protects our right to keep and bear arms for personal protection, hunting and even sport.  Whatever your opinion about the politics of gun control, one thing is certain – Pennsylvanians take full advantage of our right to own […]