Drunk Driving DUI Law

The Arkansas City Police Department is accepting applications for a new program to train civilians to assist police officers in non-enforcement duties.
Volunteers will attend a 12-week academy that meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Thursday beginning March 11.
The training will include accident investigations, patrol functions, communications, search and seizure, DUI enforcement, traffic enforcement, major [...]

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Arkansas linebacker Khiry Battle has been dismissed from the team after a weekend arrest on a charge of driving under the influence.
Coach Bobby Petrino announced Battle’s dismissal Monday, saying only that he’d violated team rules.
The 20-year-old Battle was arrested early Sunday on a charge of misdemeanor DUI. Police say Battle failed a field sobriety test [...]

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A Van Buren mailman was charged with DWI in Van,Buren, AK last weekend. The Arkansas DUI suspect was driving a government postal van when he was stopped on suspicion of AR DWI. The suspect, 56, was booked for Arkansas DWI-2 because of a 2005 conviction for drunk driving.
The Van Buren police said the mail vehicle [...]

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When Arkansas jails become overcrowded, lesser offenders are typically released before the end of their jail sentence to make room for those who have committed more serious crimes. A state legislator wants to enact a law that would prohibit the early release of those convicted of felony driving while intoxicated in Arkansas.
Representative Dan Greenberg, from [...]

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The Sherwood Police Department has procured a $47,000 grant from the Arkansas Highway Safety Office for Selective Traffic Enforcement, according to Lt. Cheryl Williams, public information officer.
“The funding from the grant award provides overtime compensation for Sherwood police officers to enforce certain traffic violations including driving while intoxicated, driving under the influence (for minors), speeding, [...]

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Arkansas DUI and DWI arrests trigger two separate cases. First, there is the criminal court case, where the DUI arrestee faces jail, fines, mandatory educational courses, suspension of their driving privileges, and possibly a mandatory ignition interlock device installed in their car.
Next, there is the Arkansas DUI driver’s license case. The Arkansas Department of Finance [...]

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