From theTry Not To Shout at Police While DUI File

At little power just goes to some peoples heads. Much like alcohol I guess. This Chicago Alderman figures she actually owns the police force. She’ll need ego deflation therapy along with a good DUI lawyer.
clipped from www.suntimes.com
Alderman arrested, charged with DUI

Ald. Sharon Denise Dixon (24th) was arrested and charged with drunken driving and obstructing a police officer when she reportedly refused to obey street closures at the scene of a fatal fire early Wednesday in the North Side’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

Dixon told an uniformed officer to move a police car so she could drive her vehicle through a street closed because of the fire, the source said.

Dixon reportedly began to yell at the officer, then moved her vehicle. She then got out of the vehicle and reportedly circled the police squad car on foot and demanded the officer’s star number, according to the source.

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Repeat Offenders Targeted in Redwood City

With a grant of $110,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety Redwood City has launched an anti DUI program.

The new program is aimed at reducing dui related injuries in the area. Police will be specifically targeting repeat offenders and people who continue to drive after losing their license as a result of a dui offense.

Does He Still Have a Driving License?

This story from CBS 13 doesn’t say if the DUI offender still has a license or not. it’s hard to believe you can still be legal to drive after five dui convictions.

He’s going to need a really good dui lawyer

clipped from cbs13.com

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Five DUI arrests and a Sacramento man was still behind the wheel when police arrested him this morning for an alleged sixth DUI. CBS13 asks the question, how could this man still be on the road?
“After the third, the person should have been declared a habitual traffic offender, which means if he drives at all, four inches in his driveway, without a drop of alcohol in him, he can go to jail for a year,” says Antler.
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I Hope Heather Gets Off

Heather Locklear has been charged with DUI but no illegal drugs or alcohol were found her system.

I hope she gets off. But why do these wealthy people insist on driving when they can well afford a taxi?

clipped from www.canada.com

The charge stems from Locklear’s Sept. 27 arrest, when a witness called 911 to report that the actress was “driving erratically.” Since the incident, the District Attorney’s Office has dropped a charge of driving under the influence of a controlled substance because the drugs in question were “prescription medications.”

“Lab tests showed she had no alcohol in her system and no illegal narcotics of any kind,” said Carter. “We believe that the prescriptions she was taking could have impaired her ability to drive a motor vehicle safely.”

The Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office formally charged Heather Locklear yesterday with driving under the influence of drugs during a Sept. 27 incident that led to her arrest. (Getty Images)
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More Money For Costa Mesa DUI Program

An extra $300,000 is on tap for the Costa Mesa DUI prevention program.

The money will be used to increase various DUI related operations such as saturation patrols and checkpoints.