How To Tell If DUI Arrest Process Is Different At Checkpoints
Video Transcript
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“Is there any difference in how you approach a case? If the arrest occurs with a officer seeing erratic behavior, stops the car. Versus, a field sobriety checkpoint.”
Regina Tsombanakis– DUI Attorney – Fort Lauderdale, FL
“There’s a very big difference.”
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“Okay. Please explain.”
Regina Tsombanakis– DUI Attorney – Fort Lauderdale, FL
“When you have a field sobriety checkpoint, it’s usually the police department in that area. Let’s, say, the sheriff’s office. Okay, which has broad range all over the county, or one of the cities like Sunrise, or Aventura, they have their own police forces. So, any one of those police forces, for the safety of citizens, can set up a DUI checkpoint.
Now, you can’t get out of that DUI checkpoint. And you can’t say it’s an illegal stop. They have every right to stop you, once it’s established, according to the Rules of a DUI checkpoint. So, that’s that. Versus… you can contest an officer’s perceptions. Did I really go over? Like I’ve seen, sometimes, reports written where they say the person kept going into the other lane. And the truth of the matter is they went over the line once. I mean, that’s, they make it sound a lot worse than it is.”
