ARIDE – WSP’s New DUI Super Troopers
Look out potential Washington DUI clients – the Washington State Patrol has a new class of Super DUI Troopers – graduates of the ARIDE program.
But here’s the real question: what about the troopers who do NOT have ARIDE training? Are they less effective? Or are the ARIDE troopers just that much MORE effective?
Or is this just a WSP media blitz? I mean – if we can’t get breath tests admissible because we keep messing the science up, we better start creating supercops, right?
This from Bothell/KOMO News:
A trooper who had recently been trained in better recognizing impaired drivers got to use his training Wednesday morning on I-405.
The Washington State Patrol put out a media release on Wednesday night talking about four DUIs that were caught Wednesday morning by King County-based troopers trained in Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) techniques. ARIDE classes help officers become more proficient in detecting, testing and apprehending impaired drivers.
One of those four King County stops was on southbound I-405 inside Bothell. A trooper stopped a car that was making unsafe lane changes. The driver, a 23-year-old from Everett, was arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana. The arrest was made at 11:20 a.m.
WSP says there are 50 troopers in King County who have ARIDE training.
Here’s the problem with ARIDE, folks. Either they’re conceding that the NON ARIDE officers don’t know what they’re doing, or they’re really trying to work around the breath test problem by creating subjective officer opinions by supercops. Either way it’s a smokescreen. Officers are human – just like everyone.
If you have a Washington DUI, call Lynnwood DUI Attorney Jonathan Dichter at 425-424-9401 – Jonathan is a trained DUI advocate who is ready to help you out of your DUI case and protect you.
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