Kane County “No Refusal” Weekend Is Back
Our Chicago DUI Lawyers previously wrote about Kane County’s “No Refusal” weekend coming back for Halloween. Today, Kane County is reporting that the weekend was a huge success (in violating people’s Constitutional Rights).
DUI crackdown: Kane County’s ‘no refusal’ enforcement is its biggest ever
A woman dressed as a geisha for Halloween was one of 14 drunken-driving suspects arrested last weekend in the biggest “no-refusal” enforcement ever conducted in Kane County.
Thirteen police agencies — 11 municipal departments, the Kane County sheriff’s office and Illinois State Police — participated in the DUI crackdown on Friday and Saturday nights, the most since the program started in 2008.
How many people were shot over that same period? Do 13 different police departments really need to put all their manpower into this? For 14 arrests?
Of those drivers arrested, only two initially refused to provide a breath sample, a decision that takes the driver to either the St. Charles or Elgin police stations. Kane County assistant state’s attorneys were on hand at both stations to draft a search warrant to be signed by a judge, aimed at compelling the DUI suspect to provide a breath or blood sample.
How nice. Were any Defense Lawyers set up ambush style at the Police station like the State’s Attorney was?