Drinking and Driving Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras‚ breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased‚ so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the Transportation
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Dylan Spurlock Gassel English 1101.22 14‚ September 2010 Close Call My day began like any other day. I had a friend stay with me the night with me‚ so we woke up‚ walked outside and smoked a cig. We were just standing talking about how wild the night before got. I asked Slim‚ “You ready to do it again tonight?” He said‚ Hell yea! You already know!”(Laughing and smiling while saying it). After we got done smoking we walked inside and ate us some breakfast .For a while we just sat around
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The focus of Samuel Walker ’s "Sense and Nonsense About Crime and Drugs" is crime reduction strategies. Some that work‚ and others that‚ as the title implies‚ are nonsense. The fifth edition of the "Criminology" textbook discusses a wide variety of criminal justice aspects‚ including; who commits crime and why; the history of studying crime and various attempts at reducing and dealing with crime. Criminology is‚ in essence‚ the study of why people omit crimes. In some instances‚ the two books
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CIS 500 Week 2 Assignment 1 Compstat was designed to help fight and predict crimes. CompStat short for Computer Statistics was introduced to the New York City police department in 1994. Compstat was invented by a group of researchers‚ Mathematicians George Mohler and Martin Short‚ Criminologist George Tita‚ and an anthropologist Jeff Brantingham . (Goode‚ E. (2011‚ August 15). The researcher’s envision was that CompStat would predict crimes as meteorologist
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to deal with on a daily basis. Witch in Therefore; society awareness of the consequences of driving under the influence is extremely vital but underestimated by many individuals. The legal limit of alcohol by law is .08‚ which is examined by a Breathalyzer test or blood test. A recent study done by the Organization DUI Driving Laws‚ attorney Richard Stim states “ People often ask‚ How many drinks does it take to become legally drunk? That’s the wrong question to ask because it presupposes that
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Police Ride Along On Friday March 10th‚ I participated in a Police ride along at the University of Maryland. I was placed with Officer M. Adornetto during the hours of 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Officer Adornetto took me around College Park and showed me what his typical night on the job is like in the beat that he is assigned to. Although the night was slow because of spring break‚ we still had a lot of interesting calls that we encountered that evening. As I observed officer Adornetto throughout
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person’s blood alcohol concentration is determined in milligrams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood. BAC is usually shown as a decimal‚ like .08 or .15. One can discover another person’s Blood Alcohol Concentration by assessing a Breathalyzer test. There are many laws that exist which limit a person to a certain Blood Alcohol Concentration while driving. If a person’s BAC is 0.05-0.10‚ that person most likely had two or three drinks. Their driving skills would decreased due to their
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Scenario: Right vs. Right Ethical Dilemma It was another typical Friday night in the City of Franklin. Officer Platt was following his normal patrol routes stopping occasional vehicles for traffic and vehicle infractions. On this same night Richard Hansen‚ a local business owner‚ was making his way home from work at around 1 am. Richard Hansen is also a very well known individual in this community. He supports multiple programs including Pee Wee Football and Little League baseball teams. Many people
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invention of the automobile. The first known drunk driving conviction dates back to 1897 in England (Drunk Driving Prevention). Driving while under the influence of alcohol is not new to the public eye‚ however‚ with today’s modern technology‚ such as breathalyzers‚ it has become significantly easier to apprehend the careless individuals that drive intoxicated. A person’s level of intoxication is measured commonly with a
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The rest flows on to your heart.” Your heart contracts less when alcohol is in your system‚ lowering your blood pressure. Alcohol then flows through your hearts bloodstream to your lungs. Alcohol can be smelled on your breath now‚ taking a breathalyzer test determines your BAL. For example‚ speech and the ability to walk are impaired the more you drink. Your vision may become blurred as well. Alcohol abused for a lengthy period of time can be fatal to the body. According to WebMD.com excessive
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