Their State Attorney’s Office is investigating whether
he should face criminal charges. Officer Brock, recognized
for his stellar if not bizarre & excessive record of
DUI arrests by MADD and his Department, made false DUI /
DWI / Drunk Driving arrests.
58 people were arrested for DUI / DWI / Drunk Driving when
their blood alcohol concentrations were below the .08% legal
limit.
That officer thought a person could be impaired below .08
. He mistakenly believed suspects were impaired when they
really were not impaired.
Internal Affairs found 43 of the DUI arrests were of driver’s
demonstrating no impairment while driving. In 41 DUI arrests,
the chemical test did not support the opinions of Officer
Brock.
Video evidence proved that a number of claims of failed
DUI field tests were not documented by the camera, including
one instance where a driver allegedly lost his balance while
making a turn in the walk and turn test - which did not
happen in the "no-lie" video evidence - then the
driver blew a .01% but was still arrested for DUI by Officer
Brock.
Overstatements, improper conclusions and exaggerations were
a norm.
In over 300 arrests between October 2005 and October 2006,
the Officer did not use his video camera approximately 40%
of the time. The officer wrote his reports late, forgot
relevant facts, and made numerous mistakes in his haste
to process one DUI arrest and get another DUI arrest asap.
He often double-dipped - he made one DUI arrest while he
had another DUI suspect in his car, a violation of policy.
The simple fact is that when MADD provides incentives for
Officer’s to make DUI arrests, the general public
loses. The questionable incentive, bias and recognition
dumped on this officer by an overzealous MADD apparently
led him to violate the public trust and make unfair, incorrect
& alarming statements in DUI / drunk Driving/ DWI police
reports.
This DUI cop did use the video camera in many of his DUI
arrests. The no-lie video eventually led to fascinating
evidence of his true tactics.
The bottom line: Critically, for San Diego California citizen
protection from renegade law enforcement personnel, San
Diego DUI/ drunk driving / DWI law enforcement vehicles
should be equipped with San Diego DUI / Drunk Driving /
DWI video cameras. No lie.
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