Originally Posted by
SgtScott31
I still disagree with JMR that DUIs nationwide are "routinely falsified." I will never believe that one.
As noted in another post, I backed away from
routinely as its popular definition suggests more often than not, and backed it down to
common, meaning frequent enough not to be unusual.
I used to spend a lot of time in court, and still routinely visit my sister to watch her in action as a PD. Allowing that most DUIs plea-out in advance of trial, leaving the marginal ones being contested, it is pure agony watching the performance of cops on the stand. DUI reports are often nothing more than a cut-and-paste from one to another. Testimony is by rote recitation - no doubt the product of "training" in mock courtrooms.
But this a thread for another day. Anyone who wants to see how
common this is can simply google "falsified dui."
Perhaps you can blame Google in your next post.