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Inventory and the Mortimer-Filkins test used by all
the ASAP programs throughout the country and
possesssing a base of more than three million cases.
The person's home environment is investigated, as
well as school, employment and military records.
And, the defendant is asked to write a personal
version of the events which led to his arrest. Finally a
personal interview is arranged, and investigators focus
on the criteria their program accepts for determining
and identifying problem drinkers:
Diagnosis as an alcoholic by a medical treatment
facility; self-admission of alcoholism or problem
drinking; a blood alcohol count of .15 per cent at the
time of his arrest; a record of one or more
alcohol-related arrests; marital problems related to
alcohol; employment or social problems related to
alcohol; or a record of previous alcohol-related
contacts with social and community agencies.
An individual with a liistory, of any three of these
criteria is classified as a problem drinker, according to
Giles.
Defendants who meet only one of the items of
problem-drinking criteria are classed as. social
drinkers, Giles said, and recommendations for their
probation generally include participation in a
safe-driving class or completion of an essay on
chemical dependency. Giles said only eight per cent
of DWI arrestees qualify for this group. Another 12
per cent generally show indications of two problems
areas, and 80 per cent, the problem drinkers, qualify
with three or more;
Probation recommendations for problem drinkers
stretch over a range of 33 options, including group
therapy, attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings, use of anti-alcohol drug (antabuse) and
adult education courses on alcohol abuse.
"No one gets off easy," said program director
Robert Keller of the Municipal Court's Probation
Office. "In probation, there's always a program to be
followed to some degree."
For the social drinker who turned socially
irresponsible once and was caught, Keller explained,
"we use a DWI High Risk course, which is an eight
week program, two-hours a week, on the aspects of
driving while intoxicated."
Keller said the Lincoln program deals with 1100
persons currently on probation for DWI.
"In order for any community to make inroads on
its drinking-and-driving problem," Keller said,
"Statistically, it is necessary to arrest two and a half
per cent of the driving population.
WBM
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saying that .10 is what we can always call drunk, but
the body is impaired,"
Commenting on allegations of police harassment,
Merritt said, "It seems to me there's persuasive
evidence to the contrary, particularly since the
average BAC of an apprehended DWI suspect is .18
per cent."
'Criticism unfounded'
Furthermore, Merritt said Lincoln became
involved in ASAP because its police department was
efficient, honest and reasonably effective, and
because the city's courts were already engaged in
programs trying to curb the drinking driver.
"The police, the courts and the city's social
services have performed remarkably well when it
might have been easier not to," Merritt said.
Police Inspector Dean Leitner said last week the
ASAP program is one example that "law enforcement
has grown up."
Criticism of police procedures in DWI matters is
unfounded, he said, and the current policy "is only
fair and equal enforcement of the law."
Police officers are generally enthusiastic about the
DWI program, Leitner contended. "After a few
collision scenes, an officer doesn't have to work too
long before he builds up a natural inclination to get
DWIs off the street."
In describing the procedure for DWI arrests,
Leitner said his officers don't have to go out of their
way to spot a suspect. During the interview, he
repeated, "A 10-year old kid can spot a drunk
driver."
Leitner said officers have cause to suspect a DWI
driver after observing: the running of a stop sign or
stoplight; speeding; hesitation at a stop sign or light;
weaving or moving over the center line; or drivers
showing various signs of distress, such as driving with
their heads stuck out of the window.
Even after observing such signs, Leitner said
officers need additional cause to justify testing for
alcohol content in the blood.
Patrolemen are trained to look for evidences of
liquor, he said, as Well as detecting characteristics of
drunkeness in facial features and speech. And, Leitner
added, officers have to be careful to look for a
reasonable medical cause for any of the symptoms.
If a regular patrol unit has apprehended a DWI
suspect, they sent for a Countermeasures (CM) unit,
which then takes custody freeing the patrol unit to
return to its regular service, he reported.
The CM team administers a pretest for blood
alcohol content, Leitner said, and if the suspect
passes the test he is released immediately. If the
suspect fails the test, he is taken to the headquarters,
whereupon approval of the watch officer, he is
officially tested.
For this test, Leitner said, the DWI suspect is given
a choice of three tests, one of blood, breath, or urine.
If this test shows the suspect has .10 per cent BAC or
more, he is taken to the booking area, permitted to
make a telephone call, and then placed in a cell until
the alcohol level in his blood returns to a level
corresponding to sobriety.
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