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DUI PATROLS ARE COMING TO YOUR ORANGE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD
As reported by the Orange County Register this month, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has received a significant state grant designed to arrest persons who have consumed alcohol and driven a vehicle. $874,852 has been allocated for sobriety checkpoints (which notoriously do NOT result in many arrests) as well as roving DUI patrols (which do result in many arrests).
As part of this new money, police officers will become more aggressive in what we can COURT STINGS - hanging out in court parking lots, running the history on the license plates of cars parked in the court lots, and waiting to see who gets into the car when they leave court. Some judges call this practice "FISHING" and believe it is an effective tool in getting people who are driving on a suspended license arrested. Along with current technology which allows a moving patrol vehicle to scan license plates and respond by an audible "ding" these actions are now being funded for court parking lots. The same practice happens every day near bars and restaurant parking lots near you!
Obviously everyone wants the roadways to be safe, but the long arm of the law is not only reaching out to put you in the grasp of the officer's handcuffs, but is being used to search and find someone they may think is driving impaired or under the influence of alcohol, instead of to protect and serve when they actually view someone driving drunk.
If this has happened to you, please don't attempt to fight the government with all of its resources by yourself. Call our office to arrange for your free consultation, (877) 384-7833 or visit our contact page.
News Release
Attorney Virginia Landry is quoted on OC Register's highly debated topic "O.C. may be among first to require DUI ignition locks". Follow the link above to read the article.
On behalf of all California defense attorneys, the California DUI Lawyers Association, which Virginia L. Landry is the Secretary and long standing member on the Board of Directors, is pleased to announce their annual Seminar to held on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at the Waterfront Hilton in San Francisco, California.