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Lockit -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 4:29:36 PM)

LOL Highway robbery by cop... makes sense. Are you a cop? lol



windchymes -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 4:51:42 PM)

The "legal" blood alcohol levels are usually done at the local hospital, drawn in the emergency room by staff phlebotomists or nurses, kept in a chain of custody, and the actual test run on very expensive, properly maintained and calibrated chemistry analyzers, by certified laboratory professionals.

windchymes MT (ASCP)



Leiren -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 5:11:07 PM)

FR:

So from what I gather, there's a group of cops floating around with limited amount of medical knowledge who will forcefully throw you over the hood of their cop car and (under certain state laws) draw blood from you?

There's too many variables here. Cops are not doctors, they're not nurses. They could possibly inject air into a vein while forcibly holding someone down to draw blood. Plus the fact many people have mentioned the chain of evidence that could easily be falsified.


I'm not comfortable with some moron who can't even control a domestic disturbance holding that kind of power.

Sorry. That's just me.



GreedyTop -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 7:23:30 PM)

I agree.  REALLLLLLLLLLY BAD idea.  



servantforuse -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 7:58:39 PM)

Refusing to take a breathaliser test is usually a conviction in Wisconsin as well. The law is called "implied consent". If you refuse to take one, you have implied that you are over the limit. Except for a rare instance, it usually holds up in court.



chiaThePet -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 8:01:46 PM)


"License and registration please."

"Have you had anything to drink tonight?"

"Just a single glass of non-alcohol wine at my grandson's 1st birthday party officer."

"Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my......ahhhhhhh......ahhhhhh....!!!!!!!

chia* (the pet)



DarkSteven -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 8:08:43 PM)

I'm at a total loss here.  It's legal to refuse to take a breathalyzer test but not to refuse someone taking your blood?  How did the Idaho Supreme Court figure that?



slutslave4u -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 8:10:38 PM)

As a former officer of many years I do not support police officers out in the field or even at the jail doing so. Most states do have the "Implied Consent Law" in place....refuse the test, whether convicted of the DUI or not, you will lose the priveledge to drive for 180 days, conviction or not, simply because you refused the test.



tazzygirl -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 10:08:18 PM)

Hell Hun

im agreeing with you from post one. i dont see how you can train an officer, with no medical knowledge, do do a venipuncture in the field safely and effectively, then be able to prove chain of custody afterwards sufficient for a court of law.

too many things can go wrong. a split vein, the needle breaks, hitting an artery instead of the vein, a combative patient... ugh... jst too many problems for this to ever be allowed.



Musicmystery -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/13/2009 11:37:16 PM)

Hell, I've seen nurses who aren't very good at it.



tazzygirl -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 5:32:04 AM)

~grins

so have i!!!

but, im good... im damn good... ya know, i often hear that about quite a few things i do [;)]




slaveluci -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 5:51:05 AM)


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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I think that shooting cops will help stop the NKVD mentality of these fools.

Ron

Yeah, we could try THAT for a year or two (as the article states) and see how THAT goes. I'm for the syringe thing. I also think they should just do random anal cavity searches too, ya know, just in case. They can never be too invasive or violate our rights too much[:'(]. Man, when are people gonna stand up and say, "Enough is enough, you jack-booted thugs. Back the fuck up!"? It's horrifying that this is even being thought of as a legitimate tactic.............luci



hlen5 -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 6:38:46 AM)

  This is just crazy!! In IL, it's an automatic forfeit of your license (180 days) to refuse a breathalyzer. It gets the person from behind the wheel, which is the desired result anyway (to anyone who complains about conviction without proof, why didn't/wouldn't the driver take the breathalyzer??).

This is groupthink gone crazy!!!



Aileen1968 -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 6:45:35 AM)

*fast reply*
Oooh...my police officer and blood fantasies just got merged into one and catapulted to the next level. [:)]



UncleNasty -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 6:55:24 AM)

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

They usually have ID cards or bracelets stating such. And it would make me wonder why someone like that would be drinking to begin with. A quick ride to the ER, case settled.


This makes the assumption that all assumptions of the police are accurate. Remember these folks (LEO's) are trained in the ways of tricking alleged perpatrators and/or offenders into giving up their rights.

Uncle Nasty



Lockit -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 11:42:16 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

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ORIGINAL: Lockit

How long does it take to transport someone and how quickly would the alcohol level's change to the point of disproving their drunken state?


It takes around two hours per pint ( A UK pint is bigger than a US pint ) for beer to quit the system. Wine takes longer, although all this varies depending on body size, tolerance to alcohol, food intake before hand ect ect.

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If they do the blood test at the police station currently... is it done by a medical professional?


Sheesh, thats done by nurse Lockit, I thought everyone knew that.

Now i am picturing you in a nurses uniform, in a police cell, and with your own set of cuffs. Life doesnt get much better than that.....LOL


LOL... yeah... not only the dingy domme but now you have me as the dingy dominant nurse with cuffs! I think I can work that. When shall I expect you?



Lockit -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 11:44:34 AM)

I'm with UncleNasty on this... it sure seems that we are surrounded and the way things are going, we lose more rights, more freedom's and I can invision some of Hollywood's futuristic movies. lol It's looking pretty bad out there.



SL4V3M4YB3 -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 3:51:01 PM)

Gattaca: soon you'll have to give blood to get into work.



Leiren -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 6:48:08 PM)

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

I'm at a total loss here.  It's legal to refuse to take a breathalyzer test but not to refuse someone taking your blood?  How did the Idaho Supreme Court figure that?


Count me in, Steven. If a person can refuse a breathalyzer test, even though they forfeit their driver's license for several months, I can't see how any reasonable state legislature demand that someone who has no medical degree can force someone to allow some cop with limited medical knowledge to forcibly hold someone down and draw blood.

This is one effed up mess, imho. I hope at some point any state that has approved this practice revokes  the policy or has their asses sued off when some cop injures someone.

And hey...if some cop pokes himself with the same needle he drew blood  with and gets AIDS, from someone who might have it, then it's his / her problem. And they should not be allowed to sue the person they forcibly drew blood from.



igor2003 -> RE: Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving (9/14/2009 7:09:50 PM)

Fast Reply

I live in Idaho, near Boise, and saw this on the news a couple of nights ago. As I remember it the officers taking the blood do have to take a course in the proper way of doing so. Also, the blood will be taken at the jail...not in the field at the site of the traffic stop. That way, if extra "help" is needed in holding the prisoner still they won't have to wait for extra squad cars to arrive.

I thought it was a stupid idea when I saw it on the news, and still do thnk it is a stupid idea. The good thing is, I don't drink, so shouldn't have to worry about it either way, but with the mentality of the local officials, who knows?



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