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Georgia DUI Attorney: Law Enforcement Training

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Georgia DUI Attorney John Breakfield has taken the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) classes on Standard Field Sobriety Tests Practitioner and the Advanced Road Side Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE). Most officers have taken the same practitioner course. Many officers have not taken the time to take the ARIDE course.

Law enforcement officers are trained to arrest drivers under the standards set out in the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration Standard Field Sobriety Tests. Police should be trained on how to properly evaluate a driver by using Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), the Walk & Turn, and the One Leg Stand.

Like any test or training, not everyone paid attention in class and not everyone learned to do it right. Also, in real life, officers can forget proper training, not take appropriate care and, overtime, get into bad habits that can create improper arrests.

At Breakfield & Associates, Attorneys, Georgia DUI Lawyer, John Breakfield welcomes anyone with any DUI or Criminal Defense questions to Call or Email him. Please remember that all criminal defense initial consultations are free of charge.

About the author: John Breakfield is a Criminal Defense Lawyer with Breakfield & Associates, Attorneys in Gainesville, Georgia and handles matters regarding a Georgia DUI conviction and criminal defense.  Our lawyers have some of the same Georgia DUI training that law enforcement has received.  Mr. Breakfield has completed and passed the NHTSA course for Standard Field Sobriety Testing.  We believe it is important that a Georgia DUI attorney know the tests that the officer performed and whether they were done correctly.

Breakfield & Associates, Attorneys Georgia DUI attorneys can assist clients throughout Georgia including: Hall County State Court (Gainesville Municipal, Oakwood Municipal, Flowery Branch Municipal), White County (Cleveland), Lumpkin County (Dahlonega), Gwinnett County (Buford, Sugar Hill, Lawrenceville), Dawson County (Dawsonville), Habersham County (Demorest, Cornelia), and all of Northeast Georgia.

This article should not be considered nor relied upon as legal advice since it is only intended for general overview and informational purposes. Please consult with a Georgia DUI attorney on your specific situation in order to determine an appropriate legal course of action.

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