Real Lawyers React: 1 Officer makes 3 False DUI arrests 

We all know the cop will smell the strong odor alcohol until the breathalyzer indicates 0.00% then he will claim it's other controlled substances.

Yeah.. pretty sure what the Chief is actually saying is "I am so sorry that we got caught doing this".

This is why you refuse to take a Field Sobriety test. You have that right under your fifth amendment rights to the constitution.

If a cop is speaking, assume he’s lying!

"I'm not sure how to fix this..." Translation: "I absolutely have no desire to even attempt to fix this"

What's more aggravating than a bad cop writing bogus DUIs? The police chief PRETENDING he's outraged about it....this police chief more than likely incentivizes and rewards his guys for the number of DUI arrests they get....incentivizing arrests only LEADS to arrests...whether they're warranted or not.

End qualified immunity and see how quick these false arrests disappear.

Breathalyzers are great for proving you aren't drunk when they are calibrated and maintained correctly. The issue after is, the officer will see you blew 00 and then change it to a drug dui, there is no winning with cops. Just refuse fields, they will never help you, if you've been pulled over, the officer has already decided you're guilty

You fix this by holding police accountable. They should carry individual insurance like FBI agents do

I'm retired, At my previous job if the "F'd" up one time that affected someone's life, I would have been fired. This clown "F'd" up three times, there is no excuse for that incompetence.

The chief doesn't really care at all about the situation unfortunately

Good video but does not emphasize strongly enough that drivers should ALWAYS refuse the Field Sobriety Tests. They are garbage and the results are whatever the officer says it is. I don't know of any "Implied Consent" law that requires you to submit to the "dance on the side of the road with a 4000 lumen light shining in your eyes". Implied Consent is for breath tests and blood tests, NOT the Field Sobriety Tests.

Doing blood test casts a wider net. But in Tennessee the long wait times means the arrested pay the same penalty and pays the same fees as guilty. They don't refund those fees. Some departments will not even bother to tell you that you passed. Let's you show up to multiple court dates before they finally tell you. No apologize

I think the officers are not giving breathalyzers because they know the blood tests are backed up 4-8 months. The cops think this increases the possibility that the victim may do some kind of plea deal.

That cop NEEDS to be in jail! He knows he is arresting innocent people.

If being completely sober isn't enough to avoid a DUI arrest, *what (if anything) can the average citizen do to prevent this from happening to them???*

The Goodfornothingville Police will investigate themselves and find no wrong doing. That chief of police is a pathetic phony.

A terrifying reminder that you can be arrested *even if you didn't do anything wrong.*

An officer could make a case that our host is drunk right now.

Even the teacher didn't know his rights under the law.

Seen this a lot, the get federal funding based on DUI arrests. Its rewarded in the station for it. The rates they pull people over for DUI and release so they can fish again is astronomical

As if the police care? They’re getting funding based on arrests, not convictions.

No just arrest everyone no problem make as much money as u can but start issuing checks when your wrong

Its because Departments and Officers get awarded for "DUI-arrests" , not for "good arrests" or "convictions" . Its a numbers game, get as many people as possible and pump up those numbers 🤷🏻‍♀️

Why isnt funding based on the number of convictions rather than arrests? Would make much more sense.

Why is it officers that always state that subjects had the strong Oder of Alcohol that pass don't face consequences when it's clearly apparent they just lie.

You shouldn't be charged until the tests come back, that is a simple obvious answer..

SUE...or don't complain....

They are super achievers...by destroying unsuspecting citizen life for promotion and bonus

The chief is full of it. He absolutely doesn’t care what those people went through.

Apparently this cop has his three strikes he should be at a desk jockey or gone .

The system is set. His supervisor were all in. They are sad he got caught

Is this false advertising? I only see one lawyer (singular) reacting in this video 🤔

QUESTION FOR DDT: Is it better to ask the officers to swing by a local hospital to have them do a blood draw and tox screen instead of going to the processing facility? Hospitals have to do those tests quickly, since they're an essential diagnostic tool, especially for the ED. Or is it better to wait till the processing facility and let them do the blood draw for the state labs to process it?

Hi , in the U.K they have a roadside drug test for coke and mj which takes about 8 minutes to get a result.

It probably wouldn't shock me of how many false DUI arrests their are. I know that even though I never drink when I am away from home, I would fail those field sobriety tests. Getting falsly arrested for DUI would be tragic for me. I am a truck driver and would not be able to drive trucks until my record is clear. 8 months without my normal income. Wow! That is something that I feel police departments don't think about. A mistake like this can destroy a person.

Is there some reason blood test results take so long in the USA ? I would have thought three days maximum.

Tennessee that’s where they have a special law-enforcement called the goon squad how sad how so sad what they did to those two men right

He’s sorry? A false DUI can literally ruin someone’s life. I know someone that lost a full ride scholarship over a false arrest. You should never ever take a FST test. Take a breathalyzer or hold out for a blood test.

The chief is the wrong one to apologize…why isn’t the officer apologizing? It is called “accountability”, must be completely foreign to both the chief and the officer.

There have been departments that have given and/or received awards for DUI arrests. Who would have thought they would lie about some of them?

I know why we are seeing this and it’s because the federal government is giving bonuses for meeting dui or dwi arrest not tickets, detainments, or convictions which is most concerning IMO

There are very easy ways to stop this 1) STOP M.A.D.D. from giving awards for the most DUI. 2) STOP giving officers bonuses for the most tickets and DUI. This one will stop all bad tickets and arrest extremely quickly. 3) Make officers 100% responsible for all their victims cost. This includes making the officer a) Pay the fine for any bad tickets. b) MUST pay for fighting the bad ticket and/or arrest, includes all attorneys fees, court cost, time off from work and time wasted for fight the bad arrest or tickets. (A person is arrested and in jail for 12 hours. The officer must pay that person what at least twice what they normally get paid for working. If not working, paid at least twice minimum wage for stealing that person's time). This does not stop lawsuits. Just once it hits the officer's pocket, they will not just think twice, but maybe three or four time about what they are doing, Will the arrest or ticket(s) stand up in court. So many officers write fraudulent tickets to punish people, or just get their ticket count up. The officer knows it is going to cost the person, no matter what (fighting the ticket or just paying it). The officer on the other hand is getting paid no matter what.

The Chief says all that about feeling so sorry for these people, but what is he going to do to help fix what his people did to the public.

Simple solution, change the goal line from arresting, to successfully prosecution for the shinny award. Also, add automatic internal audits require mandatory retraining when a certain number DUI arrests results shoe the person was sober.

I have a prosthetic leg. I will never agree to a field sobriety test. My physical mobility isn’t great and it would likely incriminate me.

Police get a bonus from federal government for every DUI arrest ,lawful or not.

Never submit to field sobriety test. Its completely up to the officers discretion and hes allowed to lie and probably gets bonuses for the number of arrests he makes.Request a breathalyser or a blood test. He is probably a lieutenant by now

In Blackstone's Commentaries The phrase, repeated widely and usually in isolation, comes from a longer passage, the fourth in a series of five discussions of rules of presumption by Blackstone: Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously, for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.

As a defense attorney. Show the videos in open court. You humiliate the prosecuting attorney, the arresting officer, chief of police or the sheriff or state post commander and the judge. After everyone has been humiliated, then the arresting officer gets fired.

To answer two of the questions the police chief "didn't have answers to": 1. What to do about this officer? The question is, "Is this the only issue the officer has, and is the officer worth saving?" 1.a. If the officer is an otherwise good officer, take that officer out of duty rotation, sit them down, explain the situation, and give them the training they obviously lack. 1.b. If the officer is not worth saving, then shitcan them out of the force with a black mark on their service record so big, even the smallest small town police forces myopic HR department can see from a mile away. Let them do something other than police work, like being a night guard at the local Walmart. 2. What to do to make sure this isn't happening with the rest of the department: 2.a. Sit everyone down and REMIND THEM what the expectations are. 2.b. Review the training and see where training and/or procedures can be improved. 2.c. Put controls in place to review and catch these false positive arrests. 2.d. Look at other ways to determine drug levels. Like, I don't know, driving to the local hospital and having them run a tox screen on blood work? You know, where it only takes an hour or two to get results back (because it's needed as a diagnostic tool for patient care) over the MONTHS TO A YEAR the state lab is requiring.

Is there a benefit to the officer to make these arrests? On the other side of the ledger is there harm to the officer for a false arrest?

I object to the term "officer" as it's been applied to municipal street cops. The term should refer to career military leaders that have often graduated from elite academies like West Point or AFA with 4-year degrees, often also with graduate or professional degrees. Municipal street cops with tatts and a HS diploma or a GED, should simply be called "cops".

I don't know why they call kidnapping unlawful arrest it's kidnapping!!!!!!! If a cop goes into a bank and makes them give him money is that an unlawful withdrawal???????

Question… If cops have to take a course in DUI to be able to perform testing and making determinations for alcohol. Shouldn’t they have to be trained in drug recognition to deprive someone of their rights (unless it’s obvious)? Everyone knows these tests aren’t that easy for older people, especially with injuries/disabilities.

The laws in the US seem so odd to me around this. Here in the UK, a roadside breath test (or drug test), will be requested. If you blow over, it isn't used for evidence, you're arrested and taken to a nearby station to produce an evidential sample on a collaborated machine. No field tests, just facts. If you refuse the roadside test you'll be arrested and probably have bloods taken, but that depends on a lot

If combined is an option why wouldn't police just say combined in every arrest just to cover the bases.

These test are great for someone who's fit but for if you're elderly or have medical impairment you'll never pass.

One problem I see with your logic, the teacher/Uber driver said he didn't drink (sounded like ever), so the officer wouldn't smell alcohol and then probably say it must be drugs. So aren't we still at the blood draw and all the crazy lab time, just like before? Now we don't know about the other two people, but for the officer to narrow it down to alcohol vs "something else" might help some, but doubt the guy featured. My nickel's worth (ya know, inflation).

"That's why we go to court and figure it out" Is that what happens in court? Seems like they just take the officers' words for it. Stack the deck against us tax cattle. Court is contemptible.

These field sobriety tests seem to hinge on everyone who is 100% sober or not under the influence will do everything perfect.

Officer also gets an A, as in A hole. What? Retraining? Person who clearly lies to put people in jail should definitely be not allowed anyway near authority and law enforcement position

Surprised a they even threw it out. They love that ticket money too much.

Tennesse does have a few VERY good officers, but the overwhelming majority are mere order-takers who either don't think deeply enough or are they think everybody is a criminal that hasn't been caught yet. Not many in the middle.

Stop the federal government from giving the police departments extra money for DUI charges whether founded or unfounded. This must stop!!!

Thats the problem though, these cops are just flying thru these "tests" and if someone loses there balance then they automatically say they are "impaired" and arrest. I have an issue with my left leg and hip and it hurts to walk, no way can I stand on my left leg without flailing around. I would fail all these "tests" that have to do with balance and walking. And I dont drink or do any drugs.

Never agree to field sobriety testt

Yep in barbourville Kentucky you sure can city police will take you in on fake DUI charges for sure it happened to me

But officers get raises and promotions just for the number of arrests. Convicted or not he will be getting money from M.A.D.D. Just for the arrests.

Am not sure how to fix this = I don't know how to cover this up.

You dont have to read the two reports you put up side by side to tell that they are completely 100% the same reports

It is disheartening that the chief just doesn't know what to do and that he "really feels" for the drivers' lives his agency has potentially ruined. I have some suggestions. The first is research and disclosure. Does the department incentivize DUI arrests (or number of traffic citations in general) through salary increases or bonuses - review each officer's annual performance report. Has the department received additional funding (either local, state, or federal) for its DUI arrests? 100% stop on incentives. Annual review of DUI citations/arrests vs DUI convictions. The second is to stop any awards - such as those from MADD. We have reached out to MADD for the past three years asking them to stop giving awards law enforcement use to request additional funding. MADD bases these awards on number of DUI arrests, not DUI convictions. They refuse to respond to all inquiries. Besides, there is nothing courageous or "above and beyond" about writing a citation or making a traffic arrest it is simply doing your freaking job. As someone who visits the grave each month of a friend I had since kindergarten in the 1950s who we lost to a drunk driver three years ago, his wife, children, grandchildren and friends know that pain all too well. But we have motorists who continue to be collateral damage to law enforcement ignorance, lawlessness, and ego and this needs to stop.

Four States Legislators have wised up and reversed Qualified Immunity for Career Criminal Police Officers, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Montana. Smart decisions because they are tired of the Taxpayers paying for LEO's cowardice ways. Qualified Immunity needs to be reversed in all states. Cops have gone rouge, they don't care if you sue because the taxpayers pay for the suit, you and I. Not only do they not deserve Qualified Immunity but they should be required by law to submit to at least two psych evaluations a year paid from their own pockets to keep their job, done by Qualified Professionals not affiliated with any police association or union. This will weed out the bad cops. A northern California sheriff’s department stripped 47 deputies, 10% of the force, of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams, it was reported on September of 2022. They have become nothing but Career Criminals with badges! In John 10:10 we're told that Satan has come to steal and to kill and to destroy. I think he has recruited most of the LEO's, Judges and Prosecuting Attorney's in this Country! In some states an officer is only required to take 600 hours of training but to become a barber it take 4000 hours, 6.6 times longer. How right is that? The only sane conclusion you can come up with is that LEO's are stupid, corrupt and evil! Colorado has also made it mandatory for officers to report bad cops and not be involved in their cover ups but that still doesn't work. Police investigating police, how well has that worked? It hasn't and that's why Legislators need to reverse Qualified Immunity.

Don’t take field sobriety test. Don’t fricken do it. Period. Shut up and say nothing .

don't take the FST just don't do it.

I get the results of blood tests at my doctor within days.

Oh yeah, Almost forgot to tell you. You can't teach a Confederate cop anything.

Don’t you like how when they catch a cop driving drunk, they try like hell to sweep it under the rug and try to tell the cop (off duty or on) to just go home. They area joke. No one likes cops, except other cops

This chief police officer whatever he is said he hurts for the victims no he doesn't

2:09 dude is over weight and he cannot keep his legs close together like that! Glossy eyes; thats me every morning after I wake up and allergy season. Off balance trying to walk a straight line; older people have less balance than younger people. Knee problems; cant walk straight line.

Shameful Shameful cop sue win big big big

stop taking up all the picture

In the chief's interview, pay attention to the times that he won't look at the interviewer while he's speaking. That's when he's lying.

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"It doesn't tell me anything" then the chief needs to resign for being blind