Over the past 2 years we have been advising visitors to the website to exercise patience and their right to not incriminate themselves in a police traffic stop for reckless driving or DUI. This comment from a former police office that was posted to a DUI website earlier this week reinforces what we have been saying.

What We've Been Saying! Former policeman attacks procedures in DUI arrest!

"I have fallen victim to the system of abuse concerning the DUI laws in my state.

I used to be a police officer and do not drive while intoxicated period! Prior to the event I am about to describe I had had a late lunch and had consumed 1 glass of wine with my meal.

I was a victim of a road raged idiot that tried to run me down because he had to slow down to avoid running into me while I was driving home. The police were called by this idiot and were told that he was chasing a "drunk driver". I really thought this guy was going to hurt me as he continued to chase me in his vehicle. I finally made it within 1/2 block of my home where I had stopped in a public parking lot to confront this guy. He had stopped and I could hear him yellin "here he is, he is right here, he is drunk"!.

I made it to my driveway only to find four police cars pulling up to my residence. I was approched forcefully by the 4 officers and made an attempt to explain to them what had happened. One of the officers placed his hand on his taser gun and told me to shut the !!!! up!. One asked me if I had been drinking presuming I was drunk and I said no. Another began laughing and said he could smell alcolhol on me. I again tried to explain the situation and even adentified myself as a former police officer and was again told to shut up.

The next thing I had been handcuffed and taken to jail. This was a set up from the beginning and I knew it.
Based on this I flat refused the breath test and now am having to suffer through a flawed dui legal system.
Lucky for me I have an lawyer in the family."

AJS Comment: The writer should NOT HAVE REFUSED THE BREATH TEST AT THE STATION! In Virginia, refusal under these circumstances constitutes a separate offense that upon conviction, will result in the suspension of one's driver's license for a year.

Mr. Stelly regularly appears in the courts of the City of Richmond, Henrico County, Chesterfield County, Goochland County, and Hanover County.

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