Comments on: Crossing the Thin Blue Line

By: DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply

DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:42:50 +0000

Statistics show that distracted driving causes more fatalities than DUI. Perhaps we should do away with constitutional protections for distracted drivers as well? Soon we could enjoy the glorious protections of a totalitarian state…..unrestrained by constitutional liberty. Then we would all be REALLY safe!

By: Arkady Bukh

Arkady Bukh — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:22:39 +0000

Actually, I like your idea of taking the phone out either.

By: Arkady Bukh

Arkady Bukh — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:20:29 +0000

I think that 1 year “probation” of not drinking at all is a fair price for somebody who risk somebody else’s life for nothing. Here in New York, the laws are very strict. There are special facilities designed for DWI convicts. Special prison programs have been implemented. The DWI offenders tend to have a lesser chance of getting paroled.- Bukh Law Firm PC, (212) 729-1632

By: DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply

DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:24:09 +0000

This “Unwritten Code” violates more than equal protection. It stains ALL of the good officers out there that honor their solemn oaths. This retaliatory behavior is despicable. It’s what I would expect from an organized crime syndicate or street gang, and it provides a protective environment that fosters the growth of corruption.
Police, as human beings, are fallible. Some of them plant or fabricate evidence, commit perjury, drive impaired, and break other laws. The ones who do should be held to account just as any ‘average joe’ citizen would be.
Unless and until police develop an ability and willingness to police their own, ALL honorable officers are complicit in the misdeeds of their corrupt colleagues.
Thank you Const. Andrew Vanderburgh for doing the right thing….instead of the easy thing.

By: Bigdode

Bigdode — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:07:22 +0000

I wonder how many of your readers are aware that now some states (Oregon for sure) also make a condition of diversion that you CANNOT DRINK AT ALL for one year. I guess madd is getting its way. What if someone got a ticket for talking on phone and had phone taken away for a year.