Harris County DWI Blood Draws - Look to Austin for Help

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Dane Johnson

According to the Austin American Statesman, the Travis County (Texas' capital county), Commissioner's Court approved a plan that would allow the city of Austin and Travis County to share the cost of employing a phlebotomist at the county jail to draw blood from those suspected of DWI.  The reasoning, save the taxpayers money.  Not a bad reason to try something new. 

Hiring a non-cop (someone with blood drawing experience) to draw blood sure does seem like a better idea than having cops draw blood.  Harris County, however, is in the process of training police officers to draw DWI suspects blood.  Let the cops do what they do and let the medical people do what they do.

COPS SHOULD NOT BE TAKING BLOOD FROM ANY CITIZEN - DWI SUSPECTS ARE NO EXCEPTION

Harris County should take a page out of Austin's book and have a medical person draw blood.  Keep the cops away from needles.

Tags: ,
Trackbacks (0) Links to blogs that reference this article Trackback URL
http://www.houstondwilawblog.com/admin/trackback/202457
Comments (0) Read through and enter the discussion with the form at the end
Post A Comment / Question Use this form to add a comment to this entry.







Remember personal info?
Send To A Friend Use this form to send this entry to a friend via email.