The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety recently presented the Georgia Department of Public Safety a $2.37 million (yes, MILLION) grant so it could continue to fund the GSP Nighthawks DUI Task Force. The Nighthawks are a group of highly trained DUI officers with Georgia State Patrol that specifically enforce Georgia DUI laws. I have worked…

Conyers Man Gets DUI on Motorized Wheelchair at Grocery Store I never cease to be amazed by what I read on the Interweb. Police were called to a Conyers, GA Kroger after an SUV hit a Rascal scooter. The driver of the wheelchair, a 48-year-old Conyers, GA man was thereafter cited for DUI and public…

A man in Tyrone, GA did something quite unusual after his DUI arrest. After the unnamed man went to Court for his DUI charges, he wrote the arresting officer a “Thank You” letter. In the note, he expressed his gratitude toward Sgt. Jacob Collins with the Tyrone Police Dept. for arresting him earlier this year….

Halloween in Handcuffs Police in Atlanta, GA are looking for a suspected Hit and Run driver. Last Sunday at 2:30 a.m., surveillance video captured a vehicle running into a gold Mercedes parked on the street. And, wait for it… They were in costume! It never fails. Every. Single Year. Police believe the driver was dressed…

DUI deterrent? A Cumming, GA man has created a device that he claims will force people to think twice before drinking and driving. It is called “Not Tonight.” *giggle* The small device plugs into the cigarette lighter or charger port of a vehicle. When the driver turns on the ignition, the device flashes lights similar…

I Don’t Think So… The Cumberland County Jail in Portland made headlines this week because the jail staff told a female attorney to remove her underwire bra before coming into the jail to meet with her clients. Yes, you read that correctly. The deputies asked the lady lawyer to remove her brassiere!!!!! The reason, according…

A college student in Texas has stirred up controversy over her mode of transportation after a DUI arrest. Texas implied consent laws are similar to those in Georgia and her license was automatically suspended after she refused a breathalyzer test. Her father confiscated her car and gave her a bicycle, but she had other plans….