DUI hear the one about ....

A police officer pulls over this guy who's been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy's window and says, "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube."
The man says, "Sorry, officer, I can't do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that, I'll have a really bad asthma attack."
"Okay, fine. I need you to come down to the station to give a blood sample."
I can't do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I'll bleed to death."
"Well, then, we need a urine sample."
"I'm sorry, officer, I can't do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that, I'll get really low blood sugar."
"All right, then I need you to come out here and walk this white line."
"I can't do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm drunk."

Fanning the Foxworth Flames

An article I found this morning at the Portland Mercury has an article about the Portland Sherriff and has the word DUI at least once in it. A summarry of this article follows:

And yet one aspect of Oswalt's complaint went largely ignored by nearly every media outlet: Oswalt's accusation that someone at Willamette Week knew about Foxworth's affair well before he became chief, and that Foxworth was able to convince them to keep it quiet.

From the complaint: "Foxworth told the claimant that he had been called into Chief [Mark] Kroeker's office and was told that Mayor [Vera] Katz and the Willamette Week had information about his 'blonde girlfriend' and that he was ordered to break off the relationship.

...Yet, for two days Willamette Week stayed quiet about the fact they were implicated in a cover up, and posted only a brief, barebones news update on their website about what has become the most explosive story in recent memory.

...In a brief statement attached to the end of their already online article, former Willamette Week police writer Nick Budnick (now at the Tribune) said he heard years ago that Foxworth had a blonde girlfriend, but didn't know her identity.

...Additionally, former Willamette Week News Editor John Schrag (now at the Forest Grove News Times), who helmed the news section during the time when the affair is alleged to have happened, told the Mercury that it was "possible" that someone on his staff knew about the affair, or at the very least heard rumors about it.

...An even more specific instance, dealing with current Sheriff Bernie Giusto's involvement in the Goldschmidt case: In December 2004, Willamette Week reported that for more than 15 years, the publication had "danced around the conduct of Sheriff Bernie Giusto, who was an Oregon state trooper and Goldschmidt's bodyguard and driver from 1987 to 1989, the first two years he was governor."

This blog entry was originally posted at: Oregon DUI News.

DUI enforcement efforts honored

It looks like Lynnwood is having a party for the Snohomish County DUI Task Force for their efforts in DUI enforcement, according to a little article found over at HeraldNet.

Two Lynnwood police officers were recently recognized by the Snohomish County DUI Task Force for their efforts in DUI enforcement.

Officer Mark Brinkman received the Norma Thompson Award, presented to the officer with the most DUI arrests. In 2005, Brinkman processed 243 impaired drivers.

Officer Paul Bryan received an award for removing 175 impaired drivers in 2005.

The Lynnwood Police Department received the Gayle Whitsell Award for its leadership in DUI enforcement.

In 2005, Lynnwood officers arrested 710 impaired drivers, fourth in the state only to the Washington State Patrol, Seattle Police Department and the King County Sheriff's Department.

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