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Ex-Seattle police detective Deana Jarrett, 55, briefly held the Washington State breath alcohol test record with a 0.47.  This record was subsequently broken by a Pierce County woman who blew a 0.50.  Blood alcohol levels of this magnitude are considered lethal doses of alcohol. Ms. Jarrett recieved a year in jail followed by three months of home detention for a series of DWIs, two of which involved car crashes.  Ms. Jarrett cried in court, apologizing to the judge and the community while indicating that she was not a menace to society.  Ms. Jarrett was a Seattle police detective for almost 20 years before leaving the Department.  She subsequently worked for the Transportation Security Administration. Ms. Jarrett plead guilty earlier to two DWI charges and a reckless endangerment charge arising from a February 2007 car crash.  She was also found to be in violation of a deferred prosecution for a 2001 DWI charge.

 .Jarrett has already served more than 300 days in home detention and about 60 days in jail. She spent the past two weeks in jail after she apparently relapsed, breaking a court order to stay away from alcohol.

The Judge stated, “I think she struggles with a disease that has been winning,”

Hmmm…At least three DUIs involving two car crashes, two probation violations and a record 0.47% blood-alcohol level.  What do you think your sentences would have been?  Home detentions and work release programs?  Or very long stretches of hard time?

Funny how prosecutors and judges suddenly see it as a “disease” when the drunk driver is a cop.  Of course it’s a disease but where is that compassion when the defendant isn’t a cop or a politician?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pitogo/368741_dui28.html

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Late Saturday morning, June 28, 2008, four people were injured when Lyudmyla Chesnova attempted to drive through an intersection against the traffic light.  As a result her Nissan Altima crashed into a Ford Explorer.  The Explorer contained four persons: two adult females, one adult male and one young girl.  The crash occurred at the intersection of Gay and High Street.

http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/22478044.html

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CMI which makes the Intoxilyzer series (the 5000 64, 66, 68 and 68EN & the 8000) has hidden behind a copyright claim for years.  Kansas uses the 8000.  Kansas Attorney Jay Norton has finally gotten behind that claim and found the smoking gun.

Following the lead of a Minnesota DWI case, Attorney Norton requested a copy of the purchase contract between

Under the terms of that contract

CMI also agrees that all documents, information and manuals are subject to the Kansas Open Records Act,

We have been working in Virginia to obtain the internal records that will expose the truth about Virginia’s “dated, unstable & unreliable” Intoxilyzer 5000s.  If you have a question about Virginia DUI/DWI see out websites:  http://www.bobkeeferlaw.com; http://www.duidriver.net; http://www.keefercard.com; http://www.recklessdriving.net.  Bob Keefer has been an attorney in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley for over 25 years.  Our firm covers the Valley especially Harrisonburg VA; Rockingham County VA; Staunton VA; Augusta County VA; Woodstock VA; Shenandoah County VA.  See the Ebooks on our sites.

People seem to forget that police officers are subject to the same weaknesses and mistakes that the rest of us are.  This fellow appears to have his share of human weaknesses.  We should all remember that police are subject to the same lapses in judgment and memory that the rest of us experience.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/police_13809___article.html/hernandez_mission.html

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We need more help, not less for our citizens who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction.  Not just for them and their families, but for the rest of us who share our streets, cities and towns with these people.

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/arise_closing_worries_those_who_work_with_substance_abusers/6185/

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