...Top 3 Sobriety Tests- Number 2 Regina Kirkpatrick CRJ 311: Forensics Instructor: Ginger Devine 1/23/2016 Top 3 Sobriety Tests- Number 2 The Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) are three tests conducted and analyzed in a regulated manner by law enforcement officers in the field (or roadside) to aid them in making a decision in regards to arrest. . Horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) is an involuntary jerking of the eyes that happens as the eyes move to the side. When a person has had alcohol, this is exaggerated and can happen at lesser angles depending on the amount of impairment. The Walk and Turn and One-Leg Stand tests necessitates someone to pay attention, listen to and follow instructions while responding to basic physical movements. These tests have shown to be alcohol sensitive, therefore, those who are impaired will have trouble with these divided attention tasks. While the tests are being done, the officers take note of clues that are signals of impairment. However, before these tests are given, there is generally probable cause as to why the officer feels the need to investigate. The video in consideration for this paper is Top 3 Sobriety Tests- number 2. This is a short recording of an officer performing a field test on a woman whom he had pulled over in suspicion of driving under the influence. It is obvious by the woman’s driving that something is going with...
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...CRJ 311 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert! CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own Field Sobriety Test CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not CRJ 311 Week 3 Assignment Case Study Analysis The Enrique Camarena Case CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 1 Hair Evidence CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 2 Arson Dogs CRJ 311 Week 3 Journal Professional Painter CRJ 311 Week 4 Assignment What's Your Impression CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 1 Bite Mark Evidence CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 2 Fingerprint Evidence CRJ 311 Week 4 Journal Cold Case Investigation CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 1 Blood Patterns CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 2 DNA Evidence CRJ 311 Week 5 Final Paper CRJ 311 Week 5 Journal Cold Case Investigation ======================================================== CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com Read “Fact or Fiction?; The Jury is Still Out on the CSI Effect; A TV-Insprired Interest in Forensics Has Left the Courtroom Vulnerable to Junk Science,” which is located in the ProQuest database in the Ashford Online Library. What is the CSI Effect, and do you believe it is a legitimate concern? In your paper, address the following: Summarize the CSI Effect and evaluate if it is a legitimate concern. ...
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...On Feb. 2, Vili Faulaau was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving following a car accident in Washington. The 34-year-old is the husband of former elementary school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, who was convicted of sexually assaulting him when he was one of her students. According to authorities, Faulaau drove his Mercury Mountaineer SUV through a red light at 1st Avenue and South 156th Street in Burien and then struck two other vehicles just before 12 a.m. The officer who responded to the crash said that Faulaau appeared dazed, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his speech and smelled like alcohol. The officer further claimed that he confessed to drinking at an area bar. Faulaau reportedly agreed to perform a series of sobriety tests, but Letourneau...
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...good or bad. Today the Sheriff still exist and serves in a more formal and political role. The law enforcement system has grown from small organizations to many advanced units that specialize in certain fields, for example: FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) just to name a few. I feel that the course material covered this week conforms with my personal beliefs and experience as a Military Policeman. In my thirteen years serving as a Military Police Officer I have encountered many situations in which myself and my Soldier’s had to use discretion and/or selective enforcement, that’s why it is called officer discretion. While I was assigned as a patrolman in Hawaii, my Soldier’s and I had setup a DUI checkpoint in a high traffic area and an entrance to a military housing area. During our checkpoint a vehicle had approached us with 3 occupants, upon approaching the driver you could smell the presence of alcohol so we had the driver pull the vehicle to the side of the road. After questioning the driver he stated that he hadn’t been drinking and that he was the designated driver, we could’ve believed that he was telling the truth and just let him go but instead we administered a few FST’s (Field Sobriety Test’s) in which it appeared that he had passed. The FST is not 100% accurate and...
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...03/12/2011 To whom it may concern, I, Cristina Lopez, was arrested on the night of February 2, 2011 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I initially was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol for driving with expired registration tags on the vehicle. The vehicle belonged to a friend whom I was driving home due to excessive alcohol intoxication. The vehicle was apparently registered, but the tags were not put on the car. Upon being stopped for an expired registration, the officer found reason to believe I was driving under the influence of alcohol. The officer had me come out of the vehicle to run a field sobriety test. After the field sobriety test, the officer had me blow into a breathalyzer. The state blood alcohol concentration limit is .08%. The breathalyzer test showed I had a blood alcohol concentration of .10%. That night before I was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, I was with friends celebrating a friend's birthday at a bar. I drank approximately four 16 oz of light beer that night. The bar closed at two o'clock in the morning on February 2, 2011. I stopped drinking at about 11:30 pm on February 1, 2011, the night before the bar closed. I was the designated driver that night. Before leaving the bar to go home, I felt fine having stopped drinking alcohol and drank water the rest of the evening before the bar closed. Unfortunately, I misjudged how much time the alcohol in my system would have taken to metabolize. As of writing...
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...competency and structure displayed by the Tallahassee Police Department which leaves this investigation open for debate. In the early morning of August 10, 2013, in Tallahassee, Florida, police had arrived at an alcohol-related accident. The suspect involved is a 44-year old female by the name of Christina West. According to the police report, Christina West had crashed her vehicle into a house on Kilkenny Drive. Upon arrival, officers initially performed a field-sobriety test and determined she was intoxicated. West was initially placed under arrest with a driving under the influence (DUI) charge. Video surveillance, from one of the police officer’s dashboard camera, shows the entire arrest, along with the sobriety test performed at the scene, from start to finish. After viewing the footage captured by the dashboard camera, I found the footage to be very disturbing. What started as a routine DUI conviction led to become a violent incident by the Tallahassee Police Department. West performed her sobriety test, as the officer’s had asked, along with some sarcasm and drunk humor. The two officers then asked for her to turn around as they proceeded to handcuff her arms. West begins to resist and officers tell her to stop before another criminal charge is added, she immediately cooperates. Officers then guide her to the patrol car and place in the back seat. At this time, one officer begins to question the...
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...impairment, but the two substances are very different within the body. While blood alcohol levels can be measured by a breathalyzer or blood test, only a blood test can detect marijuana components. Also, there is not a confirmed scientific link between impairment and blood levels with marijuana like there is with alcohol. The issue with marijuana blood testing is that marijuana metabolites can stay in the blood much longer, even after the effects have dissipated. Proposition 205 stated that it was not illegal to drive with these metabolites or THC in the blood system, only to drive impaired. Field sobriety tests can be utilized, but the exact levels of metabolites and impairment are not yet determined in...
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...Individuals regularly accept that this law just blankets tanked driving. Be that as it may, the term impaired methods it is illicit to drive with any level of impedance that is brought about by intoxicants. Intoxicants can incorporate planned controlled substances (which are sure pills), or liquor, or a synthesis of both. The prosecutor does not have to demonstrate that you were tanked or inebriated keeping in mind the end goal to demonstrate the offense of driving affected by intoxicants. Rather, you are blameworthy of the charge in the event that you are just influenced to a detectable degree by the intoxicant you have devoured if the intoxicant is liquor, a controlled substance, inhalant or any mixture of those intoxicants. The test is whether you fail to offer the clearness of psyche and physical control that you regularly have due to the intoxicant you have expended. On the off chance that you are in such a physical condition through the utilization of medicine, pills or even weariness, so you get influenced by a lesser measure of intoxicant than would typically influence you, you are still liable of the charge of driving affected by intoxicants if your mental or physical personnel are influenced to a perceptible degree. Driving affected by intoxicants happens when you work an engine vehicle on an open roadway or on premises open to people in general. The law applies to ranges, for example, parking areas, travel station stopping offices and school yards, however...
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...witness currently on stand was the office who pulled the defendant over. The person asking him questions was the prosecuting attorney, who we later had the opportunity to interview. The prosecutor was asking the witness very detailed, specific and precise questions about the night of the DUI. These questions included asking about the surroundings and environment of that night, including where they were located and a description of the cement sidewalk where the sobriety tests were performed. The witness was also asked to describe, very specifically, which field sobriety tests he asked the defendant to perform. The three tests that he had described were the lack of smooth pursuit test, the Romberg Test and to stand on one leg. The lack of smooth pursuit test is a test where the officer shined a flashlight in the defendant’s eyes and asked him to follow his finger with his eyes. The Romberg Test is a test where a subject is asked to close their eyes and count until they believe they have made it to 30 seconds, with the last test being the subject standing on one leg for however long the officer sees fit. The prosecutor continued...
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...Nadia Dockery Unit 7 Assignment PS 531: Co-occurring Disorders in Addiction 7/1/2024. The purpose of this assignment is to explore evidence-based treatment options for co-occurring disorders, particularly in the field of addictions. Co-Occurring Disorders are “The coexistence of both a mental illness and SUD is known as a co-occurring disorder and is common among people in treatment.” (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2023) It is vital when working with clientele who presents with co-occurring disorders that both disorders are treated effectively. While completing this assignment, one should be able to grasp the challenges and strategies that professionals use when developing effective treatment plans....
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...I observed that Sokolnicki was unsteady on his feet and was swaying back and forth. He then leaned up against the pickup. I asked again if he had anything to drink, and again he stated he didn’t. I asked Sokolnicki if he could do some field sobriety tests. Sokolnicki told me that he didn’t want to do any. I then asked if he was on any drugs. He stated that he was taking prescription medicine for depression. I returned to my vehicle to get a SD-2 (preliminary breath test) to see if Sokolnicki would at least provide a breath sample. He refused this test as well. I asked Sokolnicki where exactly he was heading, and he said 270 Crab Apple, and that it was just a half mile down the road. There is no Crab Apple Lane on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I asked Sokolnicki what road he was on, and he said Highway...
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...are interest rates mostly made by loan sharks that are unreasonable. California state law keeps anyone who isn't a bank or certified lender from making interest rates higher than 10%. All contracts are open for interpretation. Some contracts have room for negotiating the terms which is called a counter offer. Parents are responsible for minors on behalf of all contracts until they are 18 or legally emancipated. When a party tries to delay a case intentionally for their personal benefit it is called laches. Pro Hac Vice allows an attorney to assist someone out of the state which they are licensed to practice in with the assistance of a local attorney. Last but not least, I learned that it is best to refuse a field sobriety test at all times because a private done blood test could benefit your case and that by killing more time such as being taken in to the police station could decrease your intoxication level by the time you are actually...
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...Marlett’s Theory Chandra Davis Grand Canyon University August 3, 2014 Relapse Prevention over the years drawn more attention to the field of addiction. The Marlett’s Theory focuses on specific and global intervention that clients are being equipped with throughout their recovery process in order to prepare them in maintaining their road to sobriety. Reason being is that these individuals will continue to encounter high risk situations and triggers that will test their “will power” during their recovery stage. These individuals must be able to balance their personal lifestyle, while allowing themselves room to for bumps along the way, by being allowed to use the tools and coping strategies that we’re taught in their recovery treatment. Addicts that do not prioritize their sobriety as the number one focus in their life, most often will find themselves in situations of having a slip-up or relapse. Given that addictive behaviors are a learned process, and changing these behaviors is a task that many often find difficult. Addictive behavior is similar to self-gratification; each person gets their own individual sense of fulfillment from those negative behaviors in which they participate. In order to help these individuals reverse these behaviors there must be focus taught in therapy that allows for change. Which is a mixture of the therapist and the client working together on educating, using the tools, and new ways of looking at their addiction and behaviors. ...
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...Missouri v. McNeely Jeremy Garett POL 303: The American Constitution Missouri v. McNeely The Constitution of the United States of America was put into place to help protect the rights of the people. Due Process is a guaranteed right given to the people under the constitution. This prevents the law from discriminating against each individual based upon the individual’s religious beliefs, weight, height, race, sex and etc. The Due Process Clause stated by the Cornell Law School website is defined as, "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation" (n.d, par. 1). When cases are brought before the Supreme Court, it is the job of the court to determine whether or not an individual’s rights have been infringed upon by law enforcement or by the lower courts. If in fact the Supreme Court finds that an individual’s rights have been infringed upon, they will take the necessary steps to impose retribution to that individual. Retribution is sometimes...
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...arriving on the scene officers witness a man walking away from a car and he appeared to have been drinking. Officers thought they seen the man putting keys in his pocket and thought maybe he had been driven and he ended up being the husband of the female caller. Once closer to the car one officer touches the hood and it is warm.The husband fails field sobriety test and the 911 dispatcher indicated that the woman said he had physically assaulted her. | 2. What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. | The fact that both officers seen the man having a hard time walking from the car to his home and also seeing him putting keys in his pocket lead them to believe that he had been drinking. There was only one car on the street in that area and the hood was still warm and the man saying he had not driven the car for over 4 hours. The officers seen that the husband was slurring his word while they were talking to him. In addition, the husband could not pass the field sobriety test that was given to him and then the preliminary alcohol-screening device indicates the husband’s blood alcohol level is .20, which is twice the legal limit. All of these things brought the officers to the conclusion the husband had been drinking and driving under the influence of alcohol and that he might have hit his wife, though she changed...
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