You're recording me? >> Yes, ma'am. All right, what I want you to do next is I want you to take your right foot, right foot in front of your left, just like that. Hands down at your side. Good. You're going to maintain that position as I explain the rest of the test, okay? Go ahead and get back in. >> 4 1,000 5 1,000 6 1,000 >> Okay, you can put your foot down. Last thing, can you do me a favor and turn around? Face your vehicle and put your hands on top of your head. Your right hand back towards me. Put your right hand back towards me. Perfect. Listen, you're being placed under arrest, okay? Cuz I think that you're impaired and you shouldn't be driving, okay? All right, as soon as your ex gets here, I will get you out of here, okay? >> Is there any way that I can >> It's a Tuesday night in August on the Jersey [music] Shore, 9:30. Warm, and a woman in a gray Honda tells the officer standing at her window exactly where she's going. She is about 20 minutes from [music] the bridge. She's been pulled over for doing 52 in a 35. She will not make it to that date. 4 hours from now, she'll be released from a police station [music] to her ex-husband. Barnegat Township sits on Route 9 in Ocean County, on the mainland side of the bay. Cross the bridge [music] and you're on Long Beach Island, the 18-mile strip of beach towns that the whole shore comes to in summer. LBI, if [music] you're local at around half past nine, Patrolman Christopher Burke of the Barnegat Township Police Department clocks a gray 2019 Honda HR-V [music] doing 52 miles an hour in a 35 zone near Route 9 and Hillside Avenue. He puts his lights on. She pulls over on Route 9 near Lower Shore Drive. He walks up to the window and the driver is identified as Karen Doyle. And within a few seconds of standing at that window, the stop stops being about speeding. He reports the odor of alcohol and cannabis coming from the car. He asks her where she's going. She tells him she's driving out to LB to meet her date that evening. She also tells him she'd had a drink earlier in the evening. >> Hello, how you doing money and police recording? License, registration, insurance, please. Thank you. Where are you coming from tonight? >> My house. >> Your house? >> Yeah. >> Where you heading? >> LB. >> What you doing over there? >> Visiting a friend. >> I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. >> Visiting a friend. >> Visiting a friend? Okay. Give me your registration and insurance. >> Yes. >> Can I have it? >> Yeah. >> Thanks. What was that? No. All right, I need you to hang tight for one second, okay? Ma'am, would you mind coming to the back of the car for me? >> Patrolman Michael Labosco arrives to assist and Patrolman Burke asks her to step [music] out of the car. On the shoulder of Route 9 with traffic going past, she's asked to perform standardized field sobriety [music] exercises. These aren't designed to be easy and they aren't a pass or fail quiz. The officer is watching for specific things, balance, whether you can follow instructions and move at the same time, whether you start before you're told to, [music] whether you need your arms to stay upright. Her performance confirmed his suspicion. The report is direct about it. She could not perform them satisfactorily. >> So, >> Okay. leave your keys in it. Yeah. Just go right back there. Thank you very much. I'm just going to run through a few tests to make sure you're okay to drive, okay? Do you have any um problems with your eyes? >> No. >> No? Can you see the tip of my pen? >> Yes. >> All right. I'm going to go back and forth with it a bunch of times, okay? What I want you to do is I want you to follow the top of my pen, that tip right there. I want you to follow it with your eyes and your eyes only, and don't move your head. >> Okay. >> Okay. Do you have any questions? >> No. >> Okay. Here we go. Oh, you moved your head. Try not to, okay? Just use your eyes. Keep following up right here, okay? No, don't move your head. >> Sorry. >> No problem. You're not following my pen. Right here. No, you got to look at the pen, okay? >> Okay. Am I turning my head? >> Nope, you're good. Just keep following with your eyes. Let's stretch those eyes out a little bit, okay? There you go. >> 432, I'm sorry. I got to get him tied up. You can move back. >> No, don't move your head. >> All right, very good. Thank you. >> All right, don't move your head. >> I'm sorry. I'm conscious. >> Keep looking at me. >> Are you recording me? >> Yes, ma'am. All right, what I want you to do next is I want you to take your right foot and put it put it in front of your left heel to toe with your hands down at your side. >> Okay. Same Same as I did before. >> No, stand over here. >> Okay. >> Stand over here so you don't get hit by a car. Yep. Right foot in front of your left just like that. Hands down at your side. Heel to toe. Get your Get your right foot all the way in front of your left. Good. You're going to maintain that position as I explain the rest of the test, okay? >> Okay. >> Go ahead and get back in. >> Wait. Okay. >> Okay? Go ahead and get back in. >> Okay. >> No, stay over here. I don't want you to get hit by a car. Thank you. Right there. Right foot in front of the left. Yep. When I say go, not until I say go, I want you to take nine heel to toe steps forward. Go ahead. Counting out loud for each step, okay? After nine steps, I want you to pivot on your front foot, take a small series of steps to turn around, take an additional nine heel to toe steps counting out loud for each step. It's going to look like this. One, two, three. I took three steps, you're going to take nine. Pivot on your front foot, take a small series of steps to turn around, one, two, three. Again, I took three steps, so you're going to take nine, okay? For this test, I want you to look down at your feet as you're walking, >> Yes. >> count out loud for each step, keep your hands down at your sides, and if you step off the line, just get right back Go and keep going, okay? Okay, so get back in that starting position for me. Do you have any questions? >> No, I just feel like I'm on camera. >> You're on camera. You are on camera. Put your right foot in front of your left. Yep, just like that. Wait, I didn't tell you to begin yet. Hold on. Right foot in front of your left. Nope. Right foot in front of your left foot. Heel to toe. Yep, stay right there. Do you have any questions? >> No. >> Okay, you can begin. >> How many? >> Nine. >> Did I get it? >> Well, you do your best. >> All right, let's do it. >> Yeah, do the return steps just like I told you. >> You don't think so? >> Okay, one more test, okay? Do you have any problems with your legs that will affect your balance? >> No. >> Okay, put your feet together like this, hands down at your side. And you maintain that position until I explain the test, okay? When I say go, not until I say go, I want you to raise one foot of your choice 6 in off the ground. Okay? I want you to stare at your elevated foot, keep both legs straight, and begin to count 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000, and so on until I tell you to stop, okay? It's going to look like this. 1 1,000, 2 1,000, [music] 3 1,000. You'll continue in that manner until I tell you to stop, and then you'll put your foot down. Okay? Face me. Do you have any questions? So, for this test, you're going to stare at your elevated foot, count out loud just like I told you. Hands down at your side the whole time. If your foot touches [music] the ground, pick it right back up and continue on. Okay? Now face me. I'll tell you when to begin. You can begin. >> 1 1,000, 2 1,000, >> Whoop. Don't go in the traffic. Okay, keep going. >> 4 1,000, >> Okay. Try it again. >> 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000, 4 1,000, 5 1,000, 6 1,000, >> Okay, you can put your foot down. >> Based on the driving, the odor of alcohol, her own admission that she'd been drinking, and the roadside tests, Karen Doyle was placed under arrest [music] for driving under the influence. Her car was impounded on a mandatory 12-hour hold. In New Jersey, that's called John's Law after a young man killed by a drunk driver who'd been released, got straight back behind the wheel, and did it again. >> Last thing, do me a favor and turn around. Face your vehicle and put your hands on top of your head. Put your right hand back towards me. Put your right hand back towards me. Perfect. Listen, you're being placed under arrest, okay? Cuz I think that you're um impaired, and you shouldn't be driving, okay? Okay. We're going to bring you up to headquarters, and you're going to be put on a breathalyzer and on the test machine, okay? To see to judge your level of impairment, okay? I do have to, unfortunately. What's that, ma'am? >> No, I didn't. Oh, I know. I slept really good. That's part of the game. Right over here, man. Multiple units stepping on each other. 458, I copy you. Confirming the name. 432, go ahead. Hold on right there. Stay right there for me. Do you have anything in your pockets? That looks like you have pockets right there. Do you have anything on you? I'm just going to pat down with the back of my hand, okay? 48459. Indicate 416 female 41. And you can start at 17 this way. Why don't you sit down first and then put your feet in? There you go. All right. Hang tight for one second. Probable cause search. 4 >> 49501 and we can't come up with one. >> Comparing intoxicating substances. >> 30 miles to 49501 at 21:45. >> 48432. >> Yes, sergeant. >> Uh fire knocked out by the homeowner. We're just going to go and wait. >> So the law now keeps the car and it keeps the driver for 12 hours. She was transported [music] to the Barnegat Township Police Department for processing. >> So what happens now? >> Now we go up to headquarters and I read you some forms and then if you want to submit to a breath sample, I'll give you the opportunity to do that. We got a bunch of paperwork and then we got to call somebody to pick you up. Really? >> Yeah. >> All the nurses? >> Yeah. 15 Uh 1500 I think. >> Wow. >> Yeah. >> For what? Because like paying stuff in contracts and >> well it's it's about staffing. Like you just feel like a failure as a human being because they don't give us enough people to [music] take care of the people. >> Which is sad for you guys and very sad for the patients. >> Exactly. So I'm sorry that I um >> My uh So Do you like it? >> I love it. Cuz I love little humans because they don't play games. >> That's true. >> They're just like you suck. Like they're just like ew. Like you smell you smell like a shop. They say that like like you're going to like >> They're very honest. >> Yeah. And [music] they've been very generous with like the pediatric population with us. Like so I I voted no to strike after the second time around. Of course you want more money or whatever. >> So what do they do? Hire a bunch of temp nurses if you guys go on strike? >> Yeah. It just makes you feel like a piece of [ __ ] Like oh, you're just replace us? >> Right. Yeah, now I get it. Which honestly, you know they can't, but they try to make do so they don't shut down. >> they're they're bring like they're hiring these little >> At the station, >> [music] >> an officer read her the standard statement for motor vehicle operators. That's the formal script New Jersey requires. It tells you in plain terms that you are required to give breath samples and exactly what happens if you don't. And this is the part people get wrong. So it's worth being clear about it. Refusing the breath test in New Jersey does not make the DUI go away. Refusal is its own separate offense with its own separate penalties and you can be convicted of both. She was after processing. [music] She couldn't drive. >> Come on out. Just watch your step. Got you. Good. Can we go right up here? You said you're coming from your house? That's nice. Well, maybe he can uh run right in. Is there somebody that's going to be available to pick you up? >> That's not going to work. >> Unfortunately, it has to be somebody epic, yeah. Go ahead and write in there. You're going to take a left in the hallway. >> Yeah. >> Left right there. >> We're coming out of the cell block. Can I go to the interview room? >> Yeah, ma'am, I'm sorry. I gave you wrong directions. Just hang out in here for 1 second, honey. We have another subject in the cell block that I just have to get out. You can sit [music] up if you like. I'm taking them off in 2 seconds. As soon as this guy As soon as they clear this corner, we're going. >> Okay. >> All right, we're good to go. Let's get those cuffs off you. Back down here. And you're going to take your first left. >> Are you kidding me? >> No, unfortunately, I'm not, but we'll have you out of here uh pretty soon. Just take a step forward. >> Okay. >> You won't be in here too long. All right, everything's good. It's good. Let me get these cuffs off of you. >> Can I Can I call somebody? >> Yeah, absolutely. Let me just get you settled for a second, okay? Can I have the um your uh your phone here? You just run right here first. Yep, I'll give you your cell phone in a second. Hold on one second. I can't have you reaching in your cell phone, ma'am. Yep, just put that in there. Give me 1 second. I'll get you your cell phone in a second. Just do me a favor, have a seat in here. Do you have any um >> You can grab it. >> No, do you have any uh jewelry on or anything? >> No. >> No jewelry, no necklaces, nothing, earrings? >> Do you see it? >> Uh your hair's in the way. I can't [music] really see. Okay, great. >> Her car was impounded, and under John's law, she couldn't simply be let out of the door alone. Somebody responsible had to come and collect her [music] and sign a form accepting that responsibility. >> All right, and you're going to stand right here, and you're just going to sign this. That's saying that uh you're getting all your property back. Sign right here. Have a seat right there for me. And as soon as I'm done with this, I'll get you to the bathroom. All right, ready to go to the bathroom? Ready to hit the bathroom? Okay, turn right here. Take a right. Then another right. And go straight through that intersection. Straight? Yep. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, you got it right. Open that door. Yes, ma'am. And it's the second door to the left. Straight. To the left. Another left. Yeah, unfortunately. All right, as soon as your uh ex gets here, I will uh get you out of here, okay? >> Is there any way I can >> The person who came was her ex-husband. He signed the potential liability warning form on her behalf, and he took her home. >> All right, sir. Can I see your license? You're going to sign this right here. So, pretty much what you're saying here is that you're going to take responsibility for the next 12 hours of her. You're going to make sure she doesn't get behind the wheel. Thank you very No problem. Sorry about that. Here's your copy and your license. Give me a 2 minutes. I'll have her out to you. Thank you. Ready? >> Yeah, just hang a turn. >> You just got it. First Just make sure you're not missing Your summonses are in the front pocket. >> Okay. >> All right, you're all set. Go out there. >> [music] >> You're going to hang a right. Step out there, take a right. >> Another right? >> Yes, ma'am. And one more right after that. Straight out that glass door. >> This is the worst punishment ever. >> Well, having him pick you up, yeah, I can imagine. >> [music] >> Yeah. >> All right, guys, have a good night. >> Thank you. >> On the 9th of November, 2023, Karen Doyle was found guilty [music] of driving under the influence and of refusing to submit breath samples. The reckless driving [music] and speeding charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. 9 months with an ignition interlock on her [music] car, 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center, and $1,080 [music] in fines. She was 20 minutes from the bridge. That's all that was left of the drive, 20 minutes. A cab would have cost her $40, and she'd have made the date. Instead, it cost her a thousand and 89 months of blowing into a car before it would start and a phone call to the one person she probably least wanted to make it to. Thanks for watching.