Georgia officers to learn to draw blood for DUI cases

[Nevilledog]

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Tweet text:Georgia will teach cops to do DUI blood draws on the road.

Who's concerned about another state having cops with needles to stick in random people's arms or else?

Georgia officers to learn to draw blood for DUI cases
State officials say a new grant will be used to provide training for Georgia law enforcement officers to draw blood from drivers suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
wtoc.com
7:42 AM · Aug 30, 2021

https://www.wtoc.com/2021/08/22/georgia-officers-learn-draw-blood-dui-cases/


ATLANTA (AP) - State officials say a new grant will be used to provide training for Georgia law enforcement officers to draw blood from drivers suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says it has received an impaired driving grant of about $44,000 that it plans to use to establish a phlebotomy program.

The agency says it will be used to train state and local officers and to buy equipment for the certified officers to use to draw blood.

The agency says that training officers to draw blood will help in the prosecution of DUI cases because it will provide critical toxicology evidence.

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[jimfields33]

1. I'm sure it's to save time

I’d imagine some get dismissed due to the blood being drawn too late. I think everyone agrees that drinking while driving is not good.

[exboyfil]

3. You might want to rethink that

Given how many cops approach DUI and drug possession (ie fabrication of evidence). There is a good series of reports about the Drug Whisperer in Youtube. Also we have the cop planting drugs in Florida.

Having an independent nurse doing this seems like a good check in the system. Not perfect but a start. 0.08 is already historically low.

[brush]

8. Seriously. You'd trust a cop on the road to draw blood?

[dsc]

2. I have been sober for 21 years

if I ever get picked up for DUI I will insist on a blood test. I could see balance issues for me with some sobriety tests.

[exboyfil]

4. In Georgia you might meet a Drug Whisperer

who can just tell by looking at you that are under the influence. In fact the DW's supervisors have made statements trusting their DW instead of the blood test.

[thucythucy]

5. Just wondering: do the state officials who support this

also oppose mandates on wearing masks and being innoculated?

[grumpyduck]

6. Another fine example of

the fox guarding the henhouse.

[brush]

7. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing bad ever happens...

during roadside stops.

[Progressive Jones]

9. It's idiotic to put police officers in charge of medical pricedures.

This kind if crap would get sued out of existence here in IL.