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Posted on May 17, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 5/17/13 - 5/19/13 This weekend's going to be a hot one, and that means the police will be out in force. Here's what we know so far: 1. Mission Police ...
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Posted on May 13, 2013
Results of Overland Park's DUI Checkpoint on May 10th, 2013. The Overland Park Police Department had a DUI Checkpoint on Friday May 10th, 2013. Here are the results: 433 - Vehicles entered the ...
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Posted on May 9, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 5/10/13 - 5/12/13 Here's what we know so far for this weekend, as always we will update as we learn more: 1. The Overland Park Police Department has ...
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Posted on May 9, 2013
Court Finds Breath Mints Are Evidence of DUI ?! According to a Texas Court of Appeals Ruling in April of 2013, the use of breath mints is evidence that a driver is intoxicated. No, you didn't read ...
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Posted on May 3, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 5/3/13 - 5/5/13 Well people it looks like the police planned some DUI enforcement before they realized there would be snow on the ground during this Cinco De ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2013
DUI Defendant Shows Up To Court Drunk Here's todays lesson of things not to do. A Bloomington, IL man showed up to court on his scheduled court date and time at the McLean County Illinois Law and ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 4/26/13 - 4/28/13 Here's what's going on in the Kansas City Metro area this weekend: 1. The Kansas City Missouri Police Dept. have announced they will ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 4/19/13 - 4/21/13 Should be another nice weekend, which means more police out looking for $ for the cities and states. Here's what we know so far: 1. The ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 4/12/13 - 4/14/13 Here what we have heard so far for this upcoming weekend in the Kansas City area: 1. The Kansas City Missouri Police Dept. plans to have a DUI ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2013
Kansas City Area DUI Checkpoint Update: 4/5/13 - 4/7/13 More of the same this weekend, lots of action: 1. The Overland Park Police Department has announced via their facebook page, that they will be ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2013
When an attorney is admitted to the bar, that does not mean they know everything about their particular field of practice and have no more learning to do. In fact, continuing legal education (CLE) is ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2013
Kansas City DUI Checkpoint Update: 3/29/13 - 3/31/13 With the warm weather comes more and more DUI checkpoints from the local police departments. They already had an active weekend with St. ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2013
Kansas City Metro Weekend DUI Checkpoint Update: 3/15/13 - 3/17/13 (Big XII Tourney & St. Patrick's Day Edition) It's going to be a busy weekend around the Kansas City Metro area with ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2013
High Ranking Police caught lying about DUI arrests... In news out of Des Plaines, Illinois a couple of weeks ago, the police commander was charged with lying about DUI arrests. According to the US ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013
Gigstad Law Office LLC receives certification from Search DUI Lawyers Gigstad Law Office LLC is proud to announce we have received certification from www.SearchDUILawyers.com, firms that are certified ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2013
New Study Shows Diet Soda May Increase Blood Alcohol Content. Is this yet another reason not to drink diet soda? This new study by Professor Cecile Marczinski suggests that artificial sweeteners such ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013
Kansas Supreme Court rules that passing Field Sobriety Tests doesn't matter! On February 1st, 2013, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in the case of State v. Edgar. The court ruled that passing Field ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2013
Kansas CIty DUI Checkpoint Update: 2/8/13 - 2/10/13 Here's what we have heard so far: 1. Overland Park Police have announced that they will be conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday Feb. ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2013
Weekend DUI Checkpoint Update: 2/1/13 - 2/3/13 There haven't been many DUI checkpoints or DUI Saturation Patrols lately to tell you about in Kansas, but with the big football game this weekend we ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2013
If I'm pulled over for DUI in Kansas should I just refuse everything? This is easily the question I am asked most often, and the truth is there is no exact answer. The answer is that it depends. I ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2013
Wisconsin Man Dies One Day After Police Stun him during DUI Arrest. I came across this story today, it's sad the lengths to which the police, prosecutors, and MADD are taking their war on Drunk ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2013
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Posted on Jan 4, 2013
Kansas CIty Weekend DUI Checkpoint Update: 1/4/13 - 1/6/13 I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year and Holiday Season. Here is what we know so far: 1. Overland Park Police Dept. has announced ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012
New Year's 2013 DUI Checkpoint Update for the Kansas City Metro Area. We expect there to be lots of activity both the weekend before New Year's and on NYE itself. Here is what we have heard so ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012
Weekend DUI Checkpoint Update: 12/21/12 - 12/23/12 (Xmas / End of The World Edition) Tis the season for Holiday parties and even some End Of the World Parties, since 12/21/12 has come, and we are all ...
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