Monthly Archives: December 2011

DUI Checkpoint in New Port Richey, FL

December 27, 2011 – 00:29

UPDATE: This DUI sobriety checkpoint in New Port Richey in Pasco County, FL, proves why Florida should ban checkpoints altogether. The officers at the New Port Richey Checkpoint managed to record their misconduct on video. We discovered the video during our representation of one person arrested for DUI during that checkpoint.  Although the operational plan […]

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Status of Florida’s DUI “No Refusal” Policy at Sobriety Checkpoints / Roadblocks

December 23, 2011 – 01:25

    SB 1790 prohibited any state or local law enforcement agency from conducting a “no refusal” DUI checkpoint where a judge is present on site to issue a warrant for a blood alcohol test without the driver’s consent. On May 7, 2011, the Florida legislatures’ Senate Bill 1790 (SB 1790) died in the judiciary […]

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