DL Dean Tsopanides Arrested for OWI
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HawkU
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"Police say Tsopanides smelled of alcohol when they made contact with him."
Hmmm. I guess my physical science teacher in grade school was wrong. I thought alcohol was colorless and odorless.
H8IAST8
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Hmm, he passed the walking and 1 leg test but failed the eye test. No mention of BAC.
Almost everyone "fails" the HGN test. The problems with the HGN test are numerous, but the main issues are 1) it's validity and accuracy depend tremendously on the officer performing it correctly (most don't), 2) the results are very subjective (see No. 1), 3) it is nearly impossible to verify independently. We could all watch a walk-and-turn or one-legged stand test on the police video and generally tell if someone passed or not, but only the performing officer can see the subject's eyes. Too often, the officer moves the focus object too quickly, doesn't keep it in place long enough at the max deviation and is either too close or too far. Also, the test is far too often performed with the subject having the police strobes in view, leading to optokinetic nystagmus, caused by the eyes trying to focus on the flashing lights. Passing traffic can cause this also.
In theory, UIPD is supposed to stick to campus property and the public roadways immediately abutting that property. Not sure what UI property is at the corner of Linn and Prentiss.
In theory, UIPD is supposed to stick to campus property and the public roadways immediately abutting that property. Not sure what UI property is at the corner of Linn and Prentiss.
A useful point in front of a jury. Experienced cops refer to the "odor of an alcoholic beverage."
judzeehawk
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Must be the time of year for football players to get into trouble.nebbie has 2 in trouble. One stole a bike sand the other stole a bike and stood in the middle of the road smoking pot.
HawkU
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To play this further the next question for the witness would have to be - "what type of alcoholic beverage?" If it was beer then what brand since there are non-alcohol varieties.
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YWinston
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Since the guy's name is Tsopanides, I'll guess is was Ouzo.
Billso
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They asked him to spell his last name. Which I couldn't do sober.
I always figured kids with names like that always had such a leg up on the others in spelling contests it wasn't fair... (not that myself with a 4 letter first and last name is bitter or anything)
