It’s that time of year again. Cue that The Heat Is On Song from yesteryear and – if you’re a Colorado motorist – start scanning the roadway around you for a decidedly heightened police presence. You won’t have any problem noting that something is, well, just a bit different. In
A police officer in a small town near Denver had a conversation with a woman outside her home on a May evening last year. That exchange took a turn when the Erie resident ended the interaction and sought to enter her house via its adjoining garage. The officer grabbed her
The following story was bound to get a lot of attention. And it already has, with pundits stressing contrary views regarding what qualifies as an appropriate response in a case involving a Denver Police Department officer with a demonstrated history of problematic drinking. That individual was the subject of intense
You know the drill, of course. We suspect that virtually every Colorado motorist has grown closely attuned to the ramped-up police efforts to spot, arrest and criminally convict drunk drivers that regularly feature across the state. We occasionally spotlight those initiatives at the Denver DUI defense law firm of Shazam
It’s one thing to talk a tough game, and another thing to follow through on the rhetoric. Regarding the subject of drunk driving, Colorado law enforcers unquestionably do both. State motorists are regularly reminded by officials and criminal authorities of the outsized penalties and dire repercussion linked with DUI convictions
A blood alcohol content (BAC) reading below .08 percent does not guarantee you will avoid a drunk driving charge in Colorado. Many drivers assume the .08 threshold is a clear line between legal and illegal, but the reality is more complex. Colorado law allows officers to charge you with driving
It is not immediately clear whether the Colorado State Patrol was serious or not, but it’s certainly no joke that the CSP recently sought public input regarding the shaming of motorists convicted of drunk driving in the state. Specifically, a survey authored by the CSP asked Colorado residents whether they
You’ve likely heard something about Tiger Woods and his recent drunk driving incident, right? Wait a minute. Hopefully, many of our readers across Colorado balked instantly after reading the opening sentence of this blog post, noting quickly that there was just something not quite right about it. And, indeed, it
Two months ago, Utah became the first state in the nation to lower the legal blood-alcohol-content (BAC) level for driving from .08 percent to .05 percent — a controversial move to many. While this law still hasn’t actually gone into effect in Utah, it has nevertheless raise the idea that
Let’s face it, Colorado’s drunk driving laws can be extremely confusing, especially when you consider all of the possible offenses, including driving while ability impaired (DWAI), driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID), just to name a few. And, now that the
