Many people are frightened by the mere possibility that they could be pulled over for drunk driving. Even if they haven’t been drinking, that fear is still there because that know that officers in states across the nation, even here in Colorado, have falsified reports...
Month: May 2014
Football team owner charged with DUI
In some ways, he’s best known as the man who let the Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning go. In other ways, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is known as a figure given to sometimes controversial statements and occasional run-ins with law enforcement.He was arrested for...
Denver Broncos executive gets jail time in DUI crash
His arrest made headlines across the sporting world and his sentencing last week did, too. Denver Broncos director of player personnel Matt Russell was sentenced to seven months in jail after he pleaded guilty to DUI, careless driving resulting in bodily injury and...
Colorado medical marijuana users struggle with THC legal limit
Denver readers are familiar by now with the dilemma faced by regular users of medical marijuana: continue taking their medication and risk a criminal offense or avoid that risk by discontinuing the medication. With the legal limit for marijuana having been set at 5...
Denver radio station examines DUID confusion
Colorado Public Radio in Denver recently broadcast an interesting report that included the story of a medical marijuana user. As the man drove on Interstate 70, he talked about his worry that he will one day be charged with DUID, or driving under the influence on...
Colorado DUI enforcement kicking off on Memorial Day weekend
Denver’s KWGN reports that a special event is kicking off this Friday at 9 p.m. and wrapping up at 3 the next morning. What’s the big event? It’s the Aurora Police Department’s roadside sobriety checkpoint for this Memorial Day weekend.The officers will be on S....
FELONY DUI IN COLORADO?
Recently there has been an uproar in the community about the Driving Under the Influence (DUI) laws in Colorado. The legislature tried to create a law where if a person is guilty of DUI on a third offense in five years, or a fourth offense in 15 years, that person...
DUID risks significant among college freshmen
Denver parents know that peer pressure can be a powerful motivator in a young person’s life. When parents send their kids off to college, most know that some experimentation is likely to take place in that young adult’s life. According to a new study recently...
How many in Denver arrested for DUI don’ have a valid license?
Denver's NBC TV affiliate and PBS station recently reported on their investigation into drivers facing legal problems. The stations said they analyzed 45,637 cases of DUI in Colorado in the past two years and found that about one out of every four of those cases...
A look inside one night’s Colorado DUI and DUID numbers
With the big change to Colorado marijuana laws that took effect on the first day of the year, law enforcement agencies have been vocal about their efforts to arrest people who drive while high. You might well recall the Department of Transportation’s attempt to make...