DUI

DRE Checklist, Step 10: Subject’s Statements and other Observations

By San Diego Attorney on May 29, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 10: Subject’s Statements and other Observations

By this time the DRE will have already spend about 30 minutes with the subject and finished completing a physical exam. An interview will then follow, where the expert will ask the subject a variety of specific questions, which can include:

DRE Checklist, Step 9: Examination for Injection Sites

By San Diego Attorney on May 23, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 9: Examination for injection Sites

DRE Checklist, Step 8: Examination of Muscle Tone

By San Diego Attorney on May 15, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 8: Examination of Muscle Tone

The DRE will examine the subject’s muscles by “working” them. The reason for this is because some drugs will cause the muscles to be very flaccid and rubbery such as depressants. CNS stimulants and hallucinogens cause a rigid, stiff, or tense feeling in the muscle.

DRE Checklist, Step 7: Dark Room Examinations

By San Diego Attorney on May 14, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 7: Dark Room Examinations

Using a pupillometer, which is a plastic card on which a number of circles and semi- circles appear, the DRE will take the subject in to a dark room to estimate the pupil size in room light and do the following:

DRE Checklist, Step 6: Examination of Vital Signs

By San Diego Attorney on May 9, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 6: Examination of Vital Signs

The DRE is required to make precise measurements of the subjects:

DRE Checklist, Step 5: Divided Attention Psychophysical Tests

By San Diego Attorney on May 8, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 5: Divided Attention Psychophysical Tests

The DRE will administer four-divided attention psychophysical tests to the subject:

DRE Checklist, Step 4: Examination of the Eyes

By San Diego Attorney on May 1, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 4: Examination of the Eyes

The DRE will administer three different tests to check the subject’s eyes:

DRE Checklist, Step 3: Preliminary Examination

By San Diego Attorney on April 30, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 3: Preliminary Examination

This step begins with an extensive physical contact with the subject. The purpose of this contact is to look for any evidence of a medical compliance that would warrant terminating the evaluation and summoning medical assistance. The DRE will:

DRE Checklist, Step 2: Interview the Arresting Officer

By San Diego Attorney on April 26, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail

Step 2: Interview of the Arresting Officer

If the DRE did not personally arrest you, then they will need to speak to the arresting officer before they begin their evaluation. Some of the questions the DRE will ask the officer are:

DRE Checklist, Step 1: Breath Alcohol Test

By San Diego Attorney on April 25, 2012

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) must follow a checklist that breaks down into twelve components. The next few blogs will examine each step in detail.

Step 1: Breath Alcohol Test

When the DRE is first summoned, the first question they will ask is: