It's that time again to remind everyone that you are not paranoid - the police are out to get you.
Police are looking more steadily and diligently for drunk drivers than
usual. And, it's not against the law for them to do so. In Florida, with our huge tourist population swelling in the Winter, police significantly step up their surveillance for drunk
drivers during the holidays --- with a determination that borders on militarism.
Watch out for roadblocks, checkpoints, driver license checks, roving patrols and police using any lame excuse to justify a stop. Police will saturate areas where people tend to congregate to party. Places like Coconut Grove, South Beach and Brickell Avenue in Miami-Dade and Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale are like shooting fish in a barrel for police.
So, when a client is arrested for DUI and calls me,
I remind them that --- yes, the police were in fact looking for them to
drink and drive (though not by name or personal knowledge) --- and, yes, I (the defense attorney) will do my job and make sure their 4th,
5th and 6th Amendment rights are protected during this traumatic
judicial process.
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