Don't call the cops if you're growing weed...

[Whitebread]

I used to do it all the time before i was made supervisor. Same process as alcohol with the exception of the breath test. Its still given to rule out alcohol, but a **** or blood test is usually requested. DRE Certification also helps immensely with getting conviction and ive never lost a case yet out of hundreds of DWI's.

What's a DRE?

 

[JeeperCreeper]

and youve probably never heard of it because the same statute/charge is used for alcohol and drugs.

Are they listed on the advocate in dwi section? I assumed those were all alcohol related.

 

[AustinBR]

What's a DRE?

It's either Drug Recognition Expert or digital rectal exam. Or both. :P

 

[alpinehyperlite]

What's a DRE?

Drug Recognition Expert. Its another certification. Im not currently DRE (hit submit before i finished typing) but with every narcotic DWI i have written i have had a DRE come either to my scene or to whichever office i go to to use the Intoxylizer machine to perform more tests on the subject.

Are they listed on the advocate in dwi section? I assumed those were all alcohol related.

Yea. they are listed as well. Being the same statute they dont separate them. They only list the charges not the actual probable cause sheet.

 

[charlie12]

There's a guy down the road from be that got busted for growing dope in his house by LSP.
A couple years later he told me those LSP guys were really nice that they came by his place every so often to just check on him. He's burnt out.
I talked to LSP friend that was there that night he said the guy had a good set up to grow indoors and they used the video in training.

Him living across the road from the Lt. that was running DWI for BRPD at the time worked against him

 

[JeeperCreeper]

There's a guy down the road from be that got busted for growing dope in his house by LSP.
A couple years later he told me those LSP guys were really nice that they came by his place every so often to just check on him. He's burnt out.
I talked to LSP friend that was there that night he said the guy had a good set up to grow indoors and they used the video in training.

Him living across the road from the Lt. that was running DWI for BRPD at the time worked against him

Kinda like the house with no door on Lovett rd.... I'm surprised that place doesn't get raided more.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

Yea. they are listed as well. Being the same statute they dont separate them. They only list the charges not the actual probable cause sheet.

I'll read those a little differently when I look at them. I've still never heard of a first hand story of this, so I find it very interesting... Thanks for the lesson.

 

[Whitebread]

Drug Recognition Expert. Its another certification. Im not currently DRE (hit submit before i finished typing) but with every narcotic DWI i have written i have had a DRE come either to my scene or to whichever office i go to to use the Intoxylizer machine to perform more tests on the subject.

So this is an individual who analyzes a subject to determine if he is currently intoxicated. I am making the presumption that there is a science and methodology to it. As it stands right now is there a method of nonhuman testing that would present a "yes he's high"/"no he's sober"? I ask because legalized recreational pot will be across the board in our lifetime and as someone who spends many hours dealing with Workers Comp insurance and one who smoked it many years ago have wondered how we will adjust our policies as it relates to testing for pot, since it lingers in your blood and hair long after the affects have warn off.

 

[Whitebread]

It's either Drug Recognition Expert or digital rectal exam. Or both. :P

High 1!