{"id":2965,"date":"2009-02-24T05:57:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T05:57:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T05:57:54","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2965","title":{"rendered":"PBSO to seek blood draws and DUI checkpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a reader: The Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s Office plans to draw blood from DUI suspects who refuse a breath test at checkpoint stops. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/news\/18758773\/detail.html\">PBSO Plans To Draw Blood At DUI Checkpoints<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PBSO deputies plan to set up driving under the influence checkpoints. If they suspect a driver is under the influence, they&#8217;ll offer an on-the-spot Breathalyzer. If drivers refuse, deputies will ask to draw blood from their arms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers plan on having a judge on stand by to get a warrant for blood. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Attorney David Olson said that &#8220;would only be lawful if a warrant is issued by a judge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just what deputies plan to do. They&#8217;ll actually drive to a judge&#8217;s home for a signature and return to the checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Olson said drawing blood from drivers is usually done in extreme cases like homicides and fatal collisions. Olson said he&#8217;s not sure a judge would actually sign a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I admire and respect the sheriff&#8217;s intention to investigate driving under the influence cases, but I am glad that they apparently are going to go to judges before they independently exercise what they believe would be a valuable tool in conducting these kinds of investigations,&#8221; Olson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This elevates &#8220;checkpoints&#8221; to a new level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2965\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}