Hurry Up And Violate This Person’s Rights – Or You’re Under Arrest!
Warning, your Rights are under attack…………
DUI law pits police vs. hospital procedure
Illinois State law says police officers can require suspected drunken drivers to submit to a blood test if they’re involved in a serious or fatal accident.
But what, if any, obligation do hospitals have to carry out an officer’s request to draw a DUI suspect’s blood?
That’s one of the questions raised by the arrest of an emergency room nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center during a dispute with a police officer over drawing blood from a suspected DUI driver.
If the police officer didn’t have probable cause to arrest the accused for drunk driving, why is the officer allowed to drag the accused all around town to obtain that probable cause? 4th Amendment, anyone?
And if you dare question the police?
[The nurse] said the officer handcuffed her and made her sit in a squad car for 45 minutes after she told him the hospital could not draw blood until the driver was admitted as a patient.
Where’s all this headed anyways? Surely we are going to work to avoid this kind of ridiculous situation in the future, right?
In an effort to expedite blood draws for DUI suspects, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is trying to work with paramedics and firefighters to draft legislation requiring paramedics to draw blood at the direction of police officers investigating alcohol-related crashes resulting in death or great bodily harm, said Limey Nargelenas, a lobbyist for the group.
Draft legislation to expedite this?
The group said it recognizes that there may be resistance from paramedics who worry they would have to go to court to regularly testify in DUI cases.
Uh, yeah. Paramedics, DUI defense attorneys, wrongfully accused motorists, and those pesky people that believe in our Constitution.
The new rendition policy, right here at home. Welcome to the war.
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