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DUI Checkpoints Pinellas

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According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office:DUI

Pinellas Deputies, State And Local Police Agencies To Conduct County Wide DUI Wolf Pack Saturday March 14

DUI Wolf Pack Saturday March 14

Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
-Patrol Operations Bureau
– DUI Unit

Tarpon Springs Police Department
Clearwater Police Department
Largo Police Department
St. Petersburg Police Department
Florida Highway Patrol
G4S Prisoner Transportation

What:
In an effort to reduce DUI related injuries, deputies will conduct a Wolf Pack operation in Pinellas County.

Where:
Deputies will monitor traffic throughout Pinellas County.

When:
Saturday March 14, 2015 through early morning Sunday March 15, 2015.

How/Why:
Pinellas County Deputies in conjunction with Tarpon Springs Police Department, Clearwater Police Department, Largo Police Department, St. Petersburg Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol and G4S Prisoner Transportation will conduct a DUI Wolf Pack operation. The operation will begin Saturday night and continue into early Sunday morning.

This operation is part of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s on-going commitment to reduce deaths, injuries, and property damage associated with traffic crashes related to impaired driving.  The goal of the Wolf Pack is to educate people and create public awareness about the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and any chemical or controlled substances.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting Wolf Packs and DUI checkpoints continuously throughout the year.

Don’t drink and drive. However, if you do, and you get caught in a DUI checkpoint, call Alexander Truluck.

Alexander Truluck focuses his practice as a criminal defense attorney in Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Largo, Dunedin and the Tampa Bay area.

For more information, visit our website at http://www.criminallawyerclearwaterflorida.com
or call (727) 799-3550.

Can You Get a Traffic Ticket Dismissed?

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refer Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press

Can an attorney really get your traffic ticket dismissed? If there are errors on the ticket, it court hearinggets dismissed. If there are no mistakes, then it’s not going to be dismissed, but they still might get out of the points and the school and get a reduced fine, like a reward for a good record.”

But do traffic lawyers deliver the goods?

“Can they get the tickets dismissed? Yes, because they know the technicalities,” says Brenda Di Ioia, chief traffic magistrate for Broward County Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

“They also know which ones they can’t get dismissed,” she adds. “When the ticket is perfect, nobody is going to be able to do anything for you, so they plea (bargain) those. The attorneys are great if you don’t have time to go to court or if your driving record isn’t great.”

So how do they do it? How can they afford to do it?

We’ll ask a couple of them. But first, the realities of traffic court.

You probably aren’t aware of it, but when you receive a moving violation, you enter the complex machinery of your local municipal or county traffic court, where negotiation is more the rule than the exception.

They don’t tell you that, of course. That’s why 9 in 10 traffic offenders simply pay the ticket rather than fight it in court.

Paying that ticket has one serious drawback, however: It counts as a conviction on your record. And in recent years, the ripple costs of a conviction have eclipsed the immediate financial ding to your wallet. Today, the wrong ticket at the wrong time can send your insurance through the roof, result in a suspended license and steep state surcharges, and even cost you your job.

If you wonder if you need a traffic lawyer, you probably do.

Alexander Truluck focuses his practice as a criminal defense attorney in Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Largo, Dunedin and the Tampa Bay area.

For more information, visit our website at http://www.criminallawyerclearwaterflorida.com
or call (727) 799-3550.