According to the L.A. Times, police around Los Angeles County arrested 2,268 people over the holiday period for driving under the influence in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that the crackdown stretched from December 13 through New Year’s Day and involved diverse law enforcement agencies. The…
As someone who’s recently been arrested for DUI in Los Angeles, you probably have a negative opinion towards the police right now. As you reflect on the night (or day) of your arrest, you may ruminate about the punishments on deck for you, possibly including: • Suspension of your California…
Whether you got stopped at a Los Angeles DUI checkpoint on Wilshire, or pulled over in the Valley after partying too hard at a TV animation company’s soirée, your recent arrest was embarrassing. Many possible problems now confront you: • Jail time; • License suspension; • Mandatory IID installation; •…
If you Google your name right now, does the search engine return results like the following? “Jane Doe was arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles, Thursday night, when her Honda Civic hit a police cruiser at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevard.” If so, you…
Taken out of context, your Beverly Hills DUI arrest – whether you got pulled over on the 405 after partying with friends or stopped at a checkpoint on Sepulveda – is a “100% negative.” In other words, there is no silver lining to what happened, other than the fact that…
The statistics paint a scary picture. If you’re arrested just one time for driving under the influence in Pasadena, your odds of getting arrested again for the same crime spike — a lot. A week ago, prior to your arrest, you might have had a 1% chance of ever being…
Perhaps police pulled you over on the 134, after noticing a missing taillight, and arrested you for Glendale DUI. Or maybe you got snagged at a checkpoint near the Galleria. In either case, you face a slate of challenges. You’re worried about the jail time, fees and fines, and the…
One of the most stinging, annoying punishments for a DUI in Los Angeles is the license suspension. Even if this is your first ever DUI – indeed, your first time doing anything illegal – prosecutors can ask the Court to suspend your license for six months or a year or…
Picture in your mind someone who’s been charged with driving under the influence in Glendale. Odds are, you’ll conjure up a stereotype, like: • A recidivist alcoholic; • A college student at UCLA or USC who got busted after a night of partying; • A debouched celebrity who’s been in…
As regular readers know, the Los Angeles DUI limit, as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 23152(b), is 0.08% BAC, as it is for most of the country. However, that might all be about to change, thanks to a new initiative spearheaded by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). According…