DUI

An Arizona man is facing drunk driving and related charges after an incident that police say occurred in Cottonwood the day after Christmas. A Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputy claims that he observed a truck swerving while heading out of the city. The deputy says that the truck was going 80 miles an hour in a […]

A Tempe patrol officer has resigned after being involved in what appear to have been some bizarre incidents over the last several days. The first series of events began this past Friday evening, when police in Gilbert were called to investigate alleged threats by Officer Garrett Peterson against his ex-wife. The threats, police say, consisted

The Thanksgiving holiday marked the beginning of the 28th consecutive year of Arizona’s statewide crackdown on drunk and drugged drivers. The crackdown is administered through the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, and involves more than 80 law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The primary operations of the program are increased DUI patrols, as well as

The consequences for a first-time conviction for driving under the influence are certainly serious. If you drink or take drugs and drive, you could end up with jail time, fines and assessments that could total thousands of dollars, community restitution, mandatory attendance at an alcohol/drug education or treatment program, eight points on your license, and

This DUI Task Force didn’t have to travel far to make this arrest. It was just an ordinary evening on Sunday in Casa Grande, Arizona for the Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies who were working the DUI Task Force at Pearl Road. The officers were in the process of making one DUI arrest, when a car

A tragic accident occurred in Phoenix this past January. A woman was riding her motorcycle on 19th Avenue near Northern Avenue, when an SUV turned left in front of her, causing a crash that left the woman in critical condition. The driver of the SUV, James Bellinger, did not stop until he was several blocks

Law enforcement agencies were on the lookout for drunk drivers throughout the State of Arizona this past Labor Day weekend. Labor Day has traditionally defined the worst in drunk driving in Arizona. In 2011, for example, there were eleven fatalities on the state’s roadways during the three day period. The 2012 crackdown saw 11,000 traffic

A “back-to-school” campaign by Tempe police has begun. The initial efforts are focused on issuing warnings to students at Arizona State University that drunk driving will not be tolerated. Since the legal drinking age in Arizona is 21, it means that many, if not most, of the students at ASU (and other colleges and universities

We’ve alerted our readers to the fact that field sobriety tests (FST’s), which are the coordination and related tests often administered at the scene of suspected DUI incidents, are based upon the subjective interpretation of police officers.  And a recent case in Surprise, AZ confirms that those interpretations can be way off base, and might