| pr 27, 2010 – The case of People v. S.D. in New | | | | is in making DWI arrests. No one is safe from this |
| York County should simply not have been brought. | | | | kind of fraudulent police action." He said. |
| The client was stopped at a checkpoint and asked if | | | | Mr. Discioarro went on further to say that the political |
| she had been drinking. She had not been. | | | | pressure on the police to make Drunk Driving arrests |
| Nevertheless, the police officer in question asked her | | | | that they will simply make up facts and simply lie just |
| to step out of the car and take a breathelyzer. She | | | | to get an arrest. The numbers certainly bear that out. |
| complied. She was then placed under arrest. The | | | | DWI arrests are up in the whole country and more |
| officer than transported her to a police station where | | | | and more people are being charged. Mr. Discioarro |
| she was given another breathelyzer. The results of | | | | believes the trend will only get worse as politicians |
| this test came back 0.0. This did not satisfy the | | | | demand stiffer and stiffer penalties. The police really |
| police officer. He asked the client to take a urine test. | | | | suffer no consequences as a result of a case being |
| Feeling uneasy, the client declined, and she was | | | | dismissed because they only report to the police |
| charged with DUI DWI. | | | | supervisors and have no one from the DAs office |
| "This is one of the most outlandish cases I have | | | | asking them why they made such a bad arrest. A |
| seen in my 10 years of practice." Mr. Discioarro said. " | | | | first time DWI arrest in New York can now cost |
| The client complied with all of the officers | | | | upwards of $10,000.00 when all of the expenses are |
| instructions, she was clearly sober and that did not | | | | added in. That does not include the real possibility of |
| satisfy this officer. This is how desperate the NYPD | | | | jail time and loss of employment. Mr. |