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A Washington State DUI arrest almost always involves alcohol. Although the legal consequences of a DUI in Seattle and elsewhere in Washington State are fully discussed elsewhere on our blog and within our firm website, recent research has revealed a medical risk that may occur when “time release” medicine is taken and alcohol is present …

In 2006 the legislature directed the Department of Health (DOH) to adopt rules about mandatory reporting of health care practitioners who commit unprofessional conduct, or unable to practice safely. Part of this new regulatory scheme is the requirement to self-report even if there has been no criminal conviction as the new rules require …

Having a DUI charge pending, or a DUI reduction, or conviction on your record will get you banned from visiting Canada, where drunken driving is treated as the most serious type of offense (Indictable Offence ).  This is the equivalent to a felony, and you’ll have to wait at least five years from the date probation terminated, and then [...]

The alcohol montoring ankle bracelet commonly known as SCRAM, which is being ordered by courts all over Washington, can give positive results for alcohol even if a defendant has not had a single drink.

As discussed in a previous blog, in 2009 the Washington State Patrol instituted a pilot “Ignition Interlock Compliance Program.” As part of that program, Washington State Patrol troopers are knocking on the doors of drivers who, after a Washington State DUI arrest or conviction, are required to have an ignition interlock device installed …

Under Washington law DUI is defined by RCW 46.61.502, which states: (1) A person is guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug if the person drives a vehicle within this state: (a) And the person has, within two hours after driving, an alcohol concentration of 0.08 …

A SCRAM device is an electronic ankle bracelet that is designed to detect whether a person has been drinking alcohol by measuring alcohol through the person’s skin. This is called a measurement of transdermal alcohol concentration. SCRAM is short for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring.  In Washington State, some judges require a person accused of [...]

In an unusual case arising from a Washington State DUI arrest, the Washington Supreme Court today held that a Lummi Nation tribal police officer who witnessed a DUI motorist on the reservation driving at night with high beams and drifting across the center divider could pursue the vehicle off the reservation and then detain the [...]

If you are driving in Medina, WA, then you should know that cameras are watching you. Cameras have recently been installed at intersections to monitor every vehicle coming into the Medina, WA. Under the “automatic license plate recognition” project, once a car enters Medina, a camera captures its license-plate number. Within seconds, the number …

There is a nationwide push to train police officers as phlebotomists, i.e. blood drawers. This is because the United States Supreme Court has previously ruled that an officer with probable cause can forcibly take a suspects blood. As I write this there are pilot programs in Texas and Idaho to train officers …