Field Sobriety Test

00:00:06.871 --> 00:00:09.271 Hello, I'm Andrew Mishlove from Mishlove and Stuckert. 00:00:09.272 --> 00:00:14.486 We are Wisconsin's only true specialists in defense of impaired driving cases. 00:00:14.757 --> 00:00:20.314 When somebody is stopped by the police and the officers suspect drugs or alcohol, 00:00:20.486 --> 00:00:22.870 there are different kinds of investigations they can do 00:00:22.871 --> 00:00:26.186 based on the level of training that the officer has had. 00:00:26.786 --> 00:00:27.957 The first level of training 00:00:27.958 --> 00:00:31.514 that all police officers all over the United States get now 00:00:31.543 --> 00:00:34.757 is called standardized field sobriety testing training. 00:00:35.371 --> 00:00:38.056 I've had this training. My partners had the training. 00:00:38.057 --> 00:00:40.414 Many lawyers have had this training, 00:00:40.814 --> 00:00:46.157 and it is a three-day course promoted by the federal government 00:00:46.657 --> 00:00:48.699 that teaches police officers 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:52.271 how to investigate suspected alcohol impairment. 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:53.728 If a police officer has taken 00:00:53.729 --> 00:00:56.400 that standardized field sobriety testing course, 00:00:56.586 --> 00:00:59.499 they are then qualified to take the next level, of course, 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:01.199 which is called ARIDE, 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:04.514 or Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement. 00:01:04.643 --> 00:01:06.285 I've also taken that course. 00:01:06.286 --> 00:01:08.286 Some attorneys have taken that course. 00:01:08.943 --> 00:01:10.642 This is a course that teaches officers 00:01:10.643 --> 00:01:14.886 about different medications or recreational drugs that are out there 00:01:14.957 --> 00:01:17.170 and what to look for 00:01:17.171 --> 00:01:21.257 if they suspect that those things are involved in the impaired driving. 00:01:21.529 --> 00:01:24.086 That is also a three-day course. 00:01:24.257 --> 00:01:26.813 Once officers have taken that course, 00:01:26.814 --> 00:01:30.942 there's a whole another level of training that can take a month or more called DRE, 00:01:30.943 --> 00:01:35.314 Drug Recognition Evaluation or Drug Recognition Expert course, 00:01:35.429 --> 00:01:36.886 in which they learn about 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:40.913 how to determine if a person is under the influence of drugs 00:01:40.914 --> 00:01:43.300 and what kind of drugs might be on board. 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.300 Now, all three of these levels of training have very specific protocols, 00:01:49.514 --> 00:01:53.485 have very specific manuals and written materials 00:01:53.486 --> 00:01:57.286 that are given to the officers who have taken these courses. 00:01:57.943 --> 00:02:03.118 These procedures must be followed in any drunken driving investigation, 00:02:03.318 --> 00:02:05.728 out in the field, on the roadside with you, 00:02:05.729 --> 00:02:08.343 when they're making you walk the line or stand on one leg, 00:02:08.386 --> 00:02:10.729 or they're looking in your eyes or whatever. 00:02:10.971 --> 00:02:14.113 At Mishlove and Stuckert, we are experts in that. 00:02:14.114 --> 00:02:15.485 We've taken those courses. 00:02:15.486 --> 00:02:18.371 We teach that material to other attorneys, 00:02:18.643 --> 00:02:22.785 and we know how to not only evaluate what the police officers have done 00:02:22.786 --> 00:02:27.414 as we watch the videotapes of arrests, which we do a lot, 00:02:28.114 --> 00:02:33.343 but we also know how to question officers on what they've done in the courtroom. 00:02:34.057 --> 00:02:36.656 Now, I don't know whether that would be a part of your case or not, 00:02:36.657 --> 00:02:39.929 but it's something we investigate in every single case. 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:42.185 If you have a case where the stakes are high, 00:02:42.186 --> 00:02:45.056 where your career is at stake, 00:02:45.057 --> 00:02:46.870 where your hopes, your dreams, your family, 00:02:46.871 --> 00:02:50.157 everything you've worked for might be at risk, 00:02:50.158 --> 00:02:52.586 and you want the attorneys who are experts, 00:02:53.086 --> 00:02:55.043 come to us, Mishlove and Stuckert, 00:02:55.044 --> 00:02:59.114 because we are the only true specialists in Wisconsin.