we're good
thanks good evening how are you Hice it
would be better if you didn't have such
bright lights on me I understand that do
you have your driver's license insurance
on you to find that and I was talking to
my husband who doesn't help me out with
anything
okay
about life oh I got you oh you you're on
the phone I was on the phone
okay get on my phone and find my and
find my insurance card perfect thank you
what uh company do you have uh
Progressive
where are we coming from
tonight I'm just local I just got to get
back to feed my horses oh I got
you okay go far
B
are these your kiddos in the back
yes I got two oh they're sleeping we
don't have throw all the window down I
was just
curious I actually have the things save
okay
do you know why I stopped you tonight no
uh well so first thing you turned left
on a red arrow there at 14 and 47 and
then you were all over the road you
crossed the yellow line you were almost
in the ditch with the whole truck and
you came back in and out you're riding
the grass yeah I'm sorry I was I
multitask on a regular basis okay sorry
okay but I can get those um let me go to
my an email
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okay for
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you smell the we from here is that it's
coming from here I smell walk enough I
think
it's okay
no okay
m d is that you pronounce your last name
I'm sorry Dirks dks yeah which one D
okay Miss dks uh let me ask let me ask
you oh
okay got the one there for the
truck there's that back let me ask you a
question have you had any alcohol any
drugs of any
kind okay what's got you what's got you
driving like that uh well I have two
kids that are just constantly uh on of
my
Cas always asking me for
things okay did you did you realize that
you were all the way over the shoulder
in the grass driving down Route 14 at
any point uh yeah you did yeah okay
how'd that
happen trying to
navigate my two toddlers
okay what were you doing that with your
two toddlers that got you off the road
multiple times uh taking
up trying to find um their tablets okay
okay um do you usually have motor skill
issues I noticed you dropped a couple of
things while you were talking to me I'm
just worried that we're okay to make it
home while we got two kids in the back
of the clock I promise you I will
be you're fine okay I'll be good okay um
did you know that you turn left on a red
arrow
I thought I made it just in time it was
pretty solid red when we went through
but um but you recognize that it was red
at some point I got you okay um all
right give me one second I'll be right
back with you okay thank
you yes smell right
here soon as I got that that's all I can
smell it's yeah on the way walking up to
your car yes but I don't smell anything
there here smell
that I don't smell that oh yeah a little
bit you think
went off the road over here
yeah yeah all her purse is in the way
but I could see it's like a glass bottle
with a green top and you can tell that
it's it's open
yeah dude that's what it
is smell a little more distinct back
there yeah but look how there's tons of
it
yeah
yeah cover yourself in it take your hand
go like that and smell your
hand oh yeah
yeah kind of like
minty did you uh pick up the double
yeah yeah well I thought it was for
I I was like oh I'll jump on that
too cuz I didn't see a call for it I
just saw it on the last te when I was
signing up for this one I was like
Right started dropping all his stuff
because
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hi Mr oh let's you get there I just I
put my ring on last night that was too
tight oh it's swollen okay um let me ask
you are you particularly tired or
anything right now I'm always okay uh
cuz like I said with with what I noticed
the the driving seems like you get some
motor skill issues okay your eyes are a
little glassy I'm worried that you're
okay to drive cuz what I saw was
dangerous I just want to make sure we're
good but so you're more tired than
particular today I am okay okay I if you
want to follow me to where I'm going I'd
be happy to that that sure sure first
thing first thing I want to do is just
make sure that we're able to get there
cuz from what I just saw I don't think
you are able to get there um so I want
to have you do real quick um it's called
a finger dexterity test I'm going to
demonstrate it for you and then I'll
have you complete it wait till I'm done
with the instruction but what you're
going to do is you're going to touch
your thumb to the tip of each finger and
you're going to count out loud one to
four and then you're going to go
backwards you're going to do the test
twice 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 so
when I tell you to start I want you to
touch your thumb to the tip of each
finger and then count the number out
loud each time forward and backwards
twice do you have any questions about
that test as I've explained it to you so
far nope okay you can begin one 2 3 4 4
3
2 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 okay um 1 2 3 4 4 3 2
1 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 all
right all right um so oh you on the
phone
right uh were you were you texting on
the phone or talking on the phone you
said you were something with your
husband
or I don't know I
always gotcha gotcha okay um what I want
you to do is if you can step out of the
vehicle for me and come talk to me back
here real quick okay
uh can you just keep a window back down
so they can check on the kiddos make
sure everybody's okay while we're
standing back there
Perfect all right then just right here
so we're out of traffic and we're safe
okay all right um so you haven't had any
alcohol any alcohol tonight no
medications nothing like that um right
now it seems that you are impaired okay
uh and I just I want to make sure we
make it home okay especially with the
kids the back they're your kids right
son and daughter okay um and then you
were get you were leaving the Madison
house going to check on the horses right
now yep okay okay um all right so I want
to run you through a couple of tests I
just want to make sure you make it home
I'm worried about you and the kids okay
once we get done with that we can be on
our way sound good all right um yeah
just stand right there for a second for
a second I'm going to back my car up a
little bit so we're in a safe spot
here 24
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be all right Miss Dirks the first thing
I want to test is your eyes okay I'm
going to give you some simple
instructions while I do that can I have
you stand with your feet together and
your hands at your side and just remain
in this position while I give you the
rest of the instructions you understand
that so
far yeah okay first of all do you have
any eye problems or abnormalities I wear
contact okay are you wearing contact
okay are you wearing contacts now yeah
perfect can you just keep your hands to
the sides
please uh how's your overall General
Health today good okay oh we said you're
wearing your contacts now
Perfect all right so what I want you to
do is with your eyes and your eyes only
I want you to follow the tip of this pen
here
okay oh with your eyes and your eyes
only okay keep your head still for me
keep your head still please
almost
done we're going to go
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up all right thank
you all right do you have any physical
problems or disabilities no nope okay um
let's stand up here in the pavement
where it's more solid and you take a
step and you can take a step back toward
your truck a little bit perfect um for
the instruction portion of this test
what I want you to do is picture an
imaginary straight line between you it
goes all the way to the front of my car
okay what I want you to do is I want you
to place your right foot on that
imaginary line and place your left foot
in front of your right foot with your
hands at your sides okay so you can get
in that position for me
please um and you have your left peel
touching your right toe perfect okay
stay in that position until I'm done
with the instructions do you understand
that so far done it okay when I say
begin what I want you to do is take a
series of
nine okay let take a series of nine heel
to he steps down he steps down that line
when you get to the end I want you to
take a series of small steps keeping
that lead foot planted and you're going
to take nine heel to okay it's going to
look like this one two three I took
three you're going to take nine keeping
that lead foot planted you're going to
take a series of small steps and take
nine to heel St steps back one 2 3 again
I took three I want you to take nine I
want you to count out loud at all times
keep your hands at your sides at all
times and look at your feet at all times
do you understand the instructions I've
given you so far you so far okay you may
begin
three 4
5 6
7 8
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98 okay all right you can stand right
back uh here for me and keep your hands
at your side like the first test and
your feet together while I give the
instructions you understand those
instructions so
far
yes okay hands at your sides please all
right all right when I tell you to start
and only when I tell you to start I want
you to raise one leg either leg with
your foot appro with your foot
approximately 6 in off the ground it'll
look like this
keeping both legs straight with your
arms at your sides while holding that
position I want you to count out loud in
the following manner th1 1,2
1,3,4 and so on so again it's going to
look like this 10001 1,2
2,3,4,5 and so on until I tell you to uh
during the test I want you keep your
arms at your sides at all times once you
keep your legs straight at all times
look at your foot at all times and count
out loud at all times do you understand
the instructions I've given you so far
okay
yes you need time for
me once I tell you to begin
okay you can
begin please don't lean on your
truck count not allowed for me one you
cannot lean on your truck
two
3
4 5 6 7
10 keep going till I tell you to stop
no
11 all right you can stop 12 all right
come back over here so we're out of
traffic for
me all right Mr
at this point it does appear that you're
impaired by something you're telling me
you haven't had any alcohol tonight no
okay well from what I've seen you are
you are too impaired to drive okay um
that being said you got two small
children in the car with you okay is
there somebody who can drive them home
safely cuz at this point I don't think
you're capable of doing
that you I can't do that no I don't have
car seats um your
husband is that a
possibility are you going to take me to
jail yes at this point you are driving
under the influence I've determined that
you were too impaired to drrive um and
you definitely can't be driving with the
kids uh not to jail to the police
department and back home but in the
meantime is there somebody who can watch
your children yeah okay
yeah yeah is for your phone in the car
hold on hold on just cuz of traffic that
okay is he flose by do you know yeah
okay this will just
um make my divorce go
quicker is anything illegal in the car
right
now no open alcohol or
anything no you can talk to him no okay
not uh
hello hi this is Officer G with the
Woodstock Police Department I'm here
with Miss
Dirks yes um so we are currently at
Route 14 between 47 and D
um are these your children that are with
her it's it's on Bluetooth
oh can can you hear me now sir it hooked
up to the Bluetooth hooked up to the
Bluetooth um uh so I'm asking uh so I'm
asking I'm at 14 between Dean and 47
with Miss Dirks are these your children
that are with
her um is there a chance that you could
come okay that that's fine
um but she can come take him in the car
home okay perfect
uh so we're on Route 14 between between
47 and
de
mhm okay um that being said uh about how
far do you think she's coming
from okay yeah not that it's a rush I
just I just want to know to to make sure
um I know when they're coming yeah no no
rush don't please don't
hurry
um
correct and then just for my information
so we don't turn them over to the wrong
people we'll be waiting here for her and
then uh I'll turn the children over to
her okay thank
you going2
52 I'm sorry not
yeah yeah uh it's not it's nothing that
we have to rush uh mother-in-law will be
here in 5 minutes gra it all right
here's your phone B I don't want my
mother-in I mean you asked me to call
him and that's that's who's coming so oh
oh no well you don't really have a
choice in that right now why can't no
you're you're mother yeah right you
don't you don't want that absolutely not
why is
that because they all [ __ ] judge me
for everything I do and I [ __ ] to
take care of everybody
okay I'm just looking for somebody
responsible who can grab your kids and
Wasing [ __ ] he said the [ __ ] dad and
he can't come get him I I don't know why
I mean does he have work has he been
drinking I I don't know I don't
know what you're sending my [ __ ] mom
over here
piece of [ __ ] [ __ ] hate my life take
me to jail you do whatever you
want relax relax relax relax stop stop
you don't want to see your
like you guys know what I have here
every day I [ __ ] I [ __ ]
Abus Noy I don't you don't have to do
that I am not don't you don't have to do
that yeah you're under arrest you don't
have to do that okay let's go back to
your children don't see this okay you
don't don't have to do that I do cuz
you're under arrest and you're being
belligerent and you've almost run into
traffic three times so let's Act Right
while your daughter is watching
please I don't want to do this to your
kids so please act right thank you don't
make me do this to them
can't
see got you do you have anything illegal
on you right now any weapons of any kind
you
can look at me I I I will I'm just
asking you for my safety precautionary
okay thank you no needles no
knives okay
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you have a wallet or something in the
car you
want
markk okay we're going to go in the rear
of this car okay can you undo this
before my mom comes no I can't undo it
till we get to the police department she
won't even see
you okay so let's go to the car please
um I need to get my wallet I'll get it
for you have a seat for me watch your
head no I want to take in my face you're
going see yeah you're not you're not
going to jail tonight okay we're going
to we're going to see him in a couple of
hours I I don't think right now in this
condition is the time okay I have to go
feed my horses and I have to feed my
kids well well we'll make sure that your
kids are are taken care of okay oh
no all right can you have a seat for me
please oh miss
dks no I want to S okay can you stand up
for me
first we're going to calmly explain to
them what's happening okay that doesn't
matter okay
right
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no a
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no
you
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you no
I'm 83 with that J5 76 cop
stting 9595
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hey I think you're speeding I'm actually
36 mph right now well it seems like a
little bit dangerous to go from 0 to 36
that's how you merge into a 55 mph Road
also incredibly fast for a turn Okay
know y right hear
this slow the [ __ ] down buddy
I think you're going faster than
35 again slow down mister you're
speeding I expect a full
stop okay I wasn't a full
stop no your tires have to roll
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back you literally just went through
some thing that said do not enter yeah
cuz it's the police
department have respect and slow
down
95325 95325
what are you
doing that door is
locked no kidding I mean you tried
it
for for
unbuckled yourself okay watch your head
on the way out please
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you step right there I'll get you out of
your hand okay that way for
me I'm going to release you right here
first when I do so place it on top of
your head for me you understand got it
I'm not an idiot I didn't say you were
standard practice treating me like an
idiot this is how I treat everyone who's
under arrest make sure the rules are
clear that way nobody makes any mistakes
we're going to do the same thing with
your left I'm going to release it and
place it on top of your head I got okay
I got it I'll put it on top of my head
stop moving I know I'm not some piece of
[ __ ] black who who wanding the streets
around
orx you can put your racist hands down
now and have a seat if you'd
like you can tell me what the stats are
I have no stabs for it actually you're
right they're probably white fresh what
are you talking about I just asked you
to put your hand on your head just like
I do everybody else type of
resue just the safety concern that's all
all right Mr xks I have to read you this
form it's called the warning of motorist
I have to read it in its entirety some
of it may not apply to you I understand
that it's just how I have to read it um
please don't interrupt if you have any
questions ask at the end
okay subsequence to an arrest for
driving under the influence of alcohol
or other drugs or intoxicating compounds
or any combination thereof DUI or
section 11401 leaving the scene of a
person cindery accident you're hereby
notified that as provided in section
11500 of the Illinois vehicle code
you're a first time offender unless
within the last 5 years of this arrest
for DUI or leaving the scene you've had
a a previous conviction or Court
assigned supervision for DUI or a
similar provision or local ordinance or
a conviction in any other state for DUI
or a similar offense where the cause of
action is the same or substantially
similar to the Illinois vehicle code or
a driver's license suspension or
revocation for violating election
section 115011 of the Illinois vehicle
code except in cases uh from the
unlawful consumption of cannabis except
for cases where you submitted to
chemical test or testing disclosed in
alcohol concentration of 08 or more or
more than any amount of any other drug
substance or in contemplating
intoxicating compound resulting in the
unlawful use of consumption of cannabis
is listed in the Cannabis Control
Act uh for a DUI prior to 729 of 2016 or
a Delta 9 tetrahydro cannibol
concentration of either 5 NS or more of
whole blood or 10 nanog or more of
bodily substance for DUI on an arrest
after 729 of 2016 a control substance is
listed in the Illinois control substance
act and intoxicating compound is listed
in the use of intoxicating compounds act
or Methamphetamine as listed in the
methamphetamine control and convening
protection act and were subsequently
found not guilty of the associate dii
chart considering the above you're
warned if you refuse or fail to complete
all chemical tests requested and if
you're a first-time offender your
driving privileges will be suspended
from a minimum of 12 months if you're
not a first- Time offender your driving
privileges will suspended for a minimum
of 3 years uh if you were involved in a
motor vehicle accident that caused the
personal injury of another your driving
privileges will be revoked for a minimum
of 12 months personal injury is a type A
injury that requires immediate
professional attention in a doctor's
office or medical facility including
severely bleeding wounds distorted
extremities and injuries that require
the injured party to be carried away
from the scene two if you submit to
chemical test or test disclosing of an
alcohol concentration of 08 or more a
Delta 9 tetrah hydr cannabol
concentration of either 5 nanog or more
of whole blood or 10 nanog or more of
other bodily substances or any amounts
of any other Controlled Substances as
listed in the Illinois controlled
substance act and intoxicating compound
as listed in the use of intoxicating
compounds act or Methamphetamine as
listed in the use of methampetamine
control and Community protection act uh
if you're a first-time offender your
driving privileges will be suspended for
a minimum of six months if you're not a
first time offender your driving
privileges will be suspended for a
minimum of a year you're further warn
that if you're a CDL commercial driver's
license holder your CDL privileges will
be disqualified for the following
periods of time if you refuse to or fail
to complete chemical test requests that
are submit to a chemical test or test
disclosing an alcohol concentration of
08 or more substances or initating comp
compounds resulting in the unlawful use
of consumption of cannabis as listed in
the Cannabis Control Act or use
Controlled Substances listed in the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act an
intoxic compound as listed in the use of
intoxic compounds act or Methamphetamine
is listed in the methamphetamine control
Community protection act uh if you have
not had a prior 12 month dis
qualification of your CDL your CDL
privileges will be disqualified for 12
months if you have had a prior 12 month
disqualification of your CDL privileges
your CDL privileges will be disqualified
for
life this your
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