Colorado DUI Policing Incentives Caused An Unimpaired Bad Driver To Be Arrested Twice

A culture of competitive DUI arrests by officers and police departments is leading to the breakdown of civil liberties in Colorado, according to a lawyer hired by Harris Elias. The city of Loveland has agreed to pay Mr. Elias $400,000 over a 2020 arrest in which both a breathalyzer test and a blood test proved he was not drunk or under the influence of any drugs. The following year nearby Fort Collins police put Elias in jail for three days in the pursuit of a DUI conviction, but again his blood test showed no chemical impairments. A second lawsuit is in process for that arrest as well.

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Schielke believes Colorado cops have begun pursuing DUI arrests with reckless disregard for innocence, setting up competition between officers and departments for “more bragging rights, more funding, more equipment, more officers, and more literal trophies.” These officers, she argues, are solely concerned with their stats. Officers with the most DUI arrests are given higher honors and better shifts.

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