Monthly Archives: December 2011

New DUI law to relax interlock device requirement

Posted: Dec 26, 2011 8:48 AM PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona residents convicted of drunken driving for the first time will get a slightly gentler sentence beginning Sunday.  A new state law will require first-time offenders to keep an ignition-interlock device … Continue reading

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Driving on drugs skyrockets, drunken driving drops

by Jim Walsh – Dec. 21, 2011 01:21 PM The  Republic | azcentral.com East Valley DUI Task Force officers almost need to be chemists to keep up with the concoctions used by impaired drivers.  Drug arrests are soaring while alohol … Continue reading

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Arizona DUI busts during holiday down

Arizona DUI busts during holiday crackdown fall 25% past  3 years Dec. 22, 2011 06:22 AM Associated Press PHOENIX — Officials with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety say drunken  driving arrests during holidays have fallen more than 25 percent … Continue reading

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Does One Day Mean 24 hours?

No, not necessarily. If we learned anything from the Clinton presidency, it is that there can be a fine distinction in what we once thought had obvious meaning: “It’s depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If … Continue reading

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2011 Holiday Task Force

Arizona agencies gear up for holiday DUI task force by William Hermann – Nov. 30,  2011 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Arizona law officers are serious about arresting drivers who get a little too  happy during the holidays. More than … Continue reading

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A.R.S. § 28-3319(J)

January 1, 2012, will be bringing new changes to the DUI laws currently in effect.  One change which we had hoped to be positive is contained in A.R.S. § 28-3319(J), which discusses the ignition interlock device requirements. A.R.S. § 28-3319(J) … Continue reading

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New Laws Affecting SIIRDL’s

SIIRDL = Special Ignition Interlock Restricted Driver’s License. As a result of changes in the law going into effect on January 1, 2012, more people will be able to take advantage of the Special Ignition Interlock Restricted Driver’s License (SIIRDL) … Continue reading

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The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Our great country is governed by the United States Constitution, a document which not only lets people know the limits of the government’s powers, but the system of checks and balances that it created to ensure that these limits will be obeyed. … Continue reading

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