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PBSO Plans To Draw Blood At DUI Checkpoints
West Palm Beach News ^ | 2/20/2009 | WPBN

Posted on 02/23/2009 8:29:13 AM PST by seven.sixtwo

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Drunken drivers beware: If you drink and drive, especially during the last weekend of February, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and other area law enforcement will be out for blood.

PBSO deputies plan to set up driving under the influence checkpoints. If they suspect a driver is under the influence, they'll offer an on-the-spot Breathalyzer. If drivers refuse, deputies will ask to draw blood from their arms.

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: blood; checkpoints; dui; lping; police; privacy
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blood is like a fingerprint. this can be abused in so many ways. perfect given the universal healthcare coming around the corner.
1 posted on 02/23/2009 8:29:13 AM PST by seven.sixtwo
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To: seven.sixtwo

They should have done this at polling booths in WPB Florida in 2000....


2 posted on 02/23/2009 8:30:31 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: seven.sixtwo

Has Obama approved travel on his roads?


3 posted on 02/23/2009 8:31:50 AM PST by Sir Gawain (With Obama's "tax cut" I can afford a torch and a pitchfork in just TWO WEEKS!)
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To: seven.sixtwo

How much will they have to pay the first time the cops accidentaly give someone hepatitis C or HIV?


4 posted on 02/23/2009 8:37:07 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Or an air bubble in the blood stream. Instant heart attack.


5 posted on 02/23/2009 8:42:42 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: bamahead

Ping


6 posted on 02/23/2009 8:48:14 AM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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How much will they have to pay the first time the cops accidentaly give someone hepatitis C or HIV?

Nothing. Rules only apply to little people. Now get back to work, comrade.
7 posted on 02/23/2009 8:58:18 AM PST by JamesP81 (I shall give their president the same respect they gave mine)
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To: seven.sixtwo
Drunken drivers beware

Also sober drivers reaching for the cupholder, swerving to avoid a squirrel, etc.

8 posted on 02/23/2009 9:00:41 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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How much will they have to pay the first time the cops accidentaly give someone hepatitis C or HIV?

Nothing. One of the best things about being a cop is that you never have to bear any reponsibility for your actions no matter what you do.

9 posted on 02/23/2009 9:26:34 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: seven.sixtwo
If drivers refuse to have their blood drawn, they will be arrested and charged with DUI.

Officer at checkpoint: "How much have you had to drink tonight?"

Citizen: "I don't drink, sir."

Officer: "That's doubtful - I don't believe you. Just tell me how many?"

Citizen: "Look, I just got off work, I'm tired, and I just want to go home and sleep."

Officer: "Will you submit to a Breathalyzer?"

Citizen: "I already told you, I don't drink."

Officer: "Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. One last chance -- we can draw blood."

Citizen: "I didn't want to give a Breathalyzer, and now you want to draw blood? No way!"

Officer: "Okay, I gave you two chances, that's it. You are hereby charged with DUI."

Don't think this can't happen. Now, because he wasn't a "good little citizen," he's being charged with something (DUI) that's not even in line with what he's actually done (refused a Breathalyzer and blood test).

10 posted on 02/23/2009 9:47:46 AM PST by scott7278 (It's time to rattle, folks! Don't tread on us!)
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If they suspect a driver is under the influence, they'll offer an on-the-spot Breathalyzer. If drivers refuse, deputies will ask to draw blood from their arms.



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11 posted on 02/24/2009 5:46:42 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: seven.sixtwo

...What are they going to draw blood with, a bullet???


12 posted on 02/24/2009 5:58:36 AM PST by gargoyle (...You say you want a revolution???)
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To: seven.sixtwo

implied consent was created to deal with the fact that DUI cases are winnable.

Now a person can STILL refuse the blood draw and have a one year suspension, however they have to show the integrity of the testing equiptment.

Perhaps if officers were doing the stopps correctly they would not have to rig the rules.


13 posted on 02/24/2009 6:02:14 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: scott7278

FL is the state where the nations top DUI cop was removed from his job for lying under oath. (stopped another cop or politician)

DUI’s are a cash cow for the state.

No pleas allowed other than the mandatory minimums.

PB is trying to generate new taxation by turning their cops into highwaymen.


14 posted on 02/24/2009 6:04:40 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: PGR88

If using clean needles how would they do that?

(NOT that I agree with roadside blood sucking!)


15 posted on 02/24/2009 6:32:15 AM PST by Eagle Eye (Libs- If you don't have to play the rules then neither do we...THINK ABOUT IT!)
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To: seven.sixtwo

Think of the possibilities - Check for alcohol (and any other unapproved substances) and get our mandatory lipid panel at the same time (the latter to measure the success of the fat food tax).


16 posted on 02/24/2009 7:41:28 AM PST by Clinging Bitterly (Posting from an undisclosed location, avoiding the BRD.)
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To: scott7278

Don’t taze me bro!


17 posted on 02/24/2009 9:43:16 AM PST by Free Descendant (Palin Power!)
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To: seven.sixtwo
Thugs and vampires.

Sooner or later, people will just start shooting cops and MADD mother "observers" at these unconstitutional checkpoints.

18 posted on 02/24/2009 6:06:58 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Eagle Eye

Same way people have contracted AIDS from “clean” hospital needles. Number one rule of any job: DON’T TRUST YOUR EQUIPMENT.


19 posted on 02/25/2009 7:53:06 PM PST by arderkrag (Liberty Walking (www.geocities.com/arderkrag))
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To: arderkrag

Care to provide some documentation for that claim cuz I’ll bet it is in the same category as infected needles in coin return slots.

BTW, your “Rule number one” is silly. Maybe you meant check or inspect your equipment but not trusting it is just silly.


20 posted on 02/26/2009 9:54:55 AM PST by Eagle Eye (Libs- If you don't have to play the rules then neither do we...THINK ABOUT IT!)
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