I think they're a little drunk, man.
Could be a good guess.
Morning. My name is Officer Dor at the
Athens Police Department. The reason I'm
stopping you is because you don't have
any headlights or tail lights on. Do you
have your driver's license,
registration, and insurance with you? My
driver's license. Okay. Are there any
guns in the car? No, absolutely. Okay.
Where are you coming from tonight? I'm
just coming from I'm just picking them
up from the bar. Okay. Where are you
headed? I'm just headed to I
live part.
Okay.
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Sorry. Whose car is it? It's mine. It's
yours. Okay.
How much you had to drink tonight,
Kalista? I've only had one drink. One
drink. What kind of drink was that? It
was a one. Okay.
I see the insurance.
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Do you have a current insurance card?
This one says it expired in 2022.
Would my phone work? Yeah, if you have
it on your phone.
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My grandma honestly takes care of the
insurance. So, okay. Yeah, cuz this
isn't even
It's I know it's up to date, but I don't
have it.
Okay. Where's that back? Let's do this.
Set that back in your level. I'm going
to have you hop out to make sure you're
okay to be driving. Okay. Okay.
You care to run this? Hm. You care to
run this since I got to try to get out
of here. No, you're okay. All right. I'm
going to have you step over here
actually off the street. Um, we're going
to go right back over. There she goes.
Right over there. Okay. All
right. Do you have any uh any problems
with your eyes or anything like that? I
have contacts. Okay. You have contacts?
Mhm. Okay. Do you have any um any sort
of uh were you under the care of a
doctor or anything like that? I have
polycystic kidney disease, but that's
about it. You what? Polycystic kidneys
disease. Polycystic kidney disease. Mhm.
Okay.
And then do you take like medications on
a daily basis for that? No. Okay.
Sure. While I was on blood pressure
medication. Blood pressure medication.
Okay. You are you off that now? Yeah.
Okay. All right. Do you um do you wear
glasses or anything like that? Yeah. I
take my contacts out. Okay. All right.
Do you have any problems with your eyes
other than like have you had any
concussions or anything like that? I
don't think so. Other than soccer. Other
than soccer. Okay.
But you don't know if you've ever had
any concussions or you No, I've never
been checked out for concussions. You've
never been checked out for concussions.
Okay. Right. All right. So, what I want
you to do is I want you to look at my
finger. Okay. Can you see my finger?
Yes. What I want you to do is I want you
to look tip my finger right there. Okay.
Can you see my finger? Yes. Okay. What I
want you to do is follow my tip of my
finger through your eyes only. Keep your
head still. Do not move your head. Keep
following my finger with your eyes only
until I completed the test. Okay.
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Okay. Can you see it? Okay. Okay. So,
what I want you to do is I want you to
do the same thing.
Okay. All
[Applause]
right. Now, we're just going to go up.
Okay.
Okay. All right. So, for this next one,
what I want you to do is do you have any
problems with your back, legs, inner
ear, ankles, anything like that? No. Not
that you know of. Okay. Right.
Not that you know of or not. I mean, I
know you play soccer, but not that if
you would if you would know if you have
any. Okay. I mean, so what we're going
to do is we're just going to use this
crack right here. Okay. Okay.
We're huh? That'll work out a little
more. Even the middle one. The middle
one. Yeah. Once she's on. Okay. We're
just going to use this middle one right
there. Okay. So, what I want you to do
is I want you to put your left foot on
that line. Put the put your right foot
with the heel of your right foot
touching the toe of your left foot. Arms
down at your side. Stay in that
position. Do not start the test until I
tell you to do so. Do you understand?
Right. All right. So, what I'm going to
have you do is I'm going to have you
take nine heel to toe steps down the
line. Turn by taking a series of small
steps and then take nine heel to toe
steps back. So, yeah, nine. So, I'll go
ahead and demonstrate it. One, two,
three, and so on until you get to nine.
On your ninth step, you're going to
leave your front foot on the line. Turn
by taking a series of small steps just
like this. Okay? Okay. And then back,
right? One, two, three, and so on until
you get to nine. Now, it's important
that while you do this, you count you
watch feet at all times, you count your
steps out loud, keeps your arms down at
your sides, and that you keep walking
till you completed the test. Do you
understand? Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. You
can go ahead and begin whenever you
want.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
Okay. All right. Very good. like, "Oh,
you can go and relax." Okay. So, for
what's that? No. I was like, "I'm sorry.
I'm freaking out. I'm No. What? What are
you afraid about?" I've just never been
pulled over and done this before. A
little bit nervous. All right. Well,
being honest with you. No, that's all
right. That's all right. All right. So,
for this next one, I want you What I
want you to do is arm your feet
together. Arms down at your sides. Okay.
Stay in that position. Do not start the
test until they tell you to do so. Okay.
Do you understand? Yes, sir. Okay. So
for this next one, what I want you to do
is I want you to raise either leg.
Doesn't matter which leg. It's going to
be six inches. And your foot is going to
be parallel to the ground just like
this. Okay? Now when you're doing this,
I want you what I want you to do is I
want you to count out loud in the
following manner. 1,001 1,002 1,003 and
so on until you tell it until I tell you
to stop. Okay? Yes, sir. Do you
understand? So like I said, while you're
doing this, you want to watch your race
foot at all times. Count out loud the
following manner that I described and
that you keep both legs straight and
arms down at your sides. Okay. Do you
understand? Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. Ready?
All right. Whenever you're ready. One,
two. Foot. It needs to be parallel. One,
two, three. Arms down at your sides.
Five. You got to watch your foot. 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 Okay. 20. All right. You can go ahead
and stop. All right. So, what's your
name, ma'am? Kalist. Kalist. All right.
Kalista. Yes, sir. So, listen. This is
what's going to happen tonight. We're
going to go back to the office. We're
going to do some paperwork. Okay? I feel
like you are too impaired to drive.
Okay? I can smell an odor, alcoholic
beverage minute off your breath. Okay?
And based off my field sobriety testing,
I feel like you you were too impaired.
Okay? So, if you want to go ahead and
turn around, put your hands behind your
back. You're under arrest for OVI. Okay?
Are those too tight?
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Is this your car? Yes. Okay. All right.
We're going to go back to the second
car. Okay.
23 Athens one female 219.
Do you have anything on you that's going
to poke me, stick me, hurt me? Yes.
Okay. So, what I'm going to do is I'm
just going to just check you with the
back of my hand. Okay. You're okay.
You don't have anything on.
Do you have any property in your car
that you need? My phone.
Yeah, I'll get your phone. Is your purse
in there?
I just need my phone. your phone and let
them know that everything's okay.
Is she okay with parking? Uh, let me I
pretty sure she'd be okay with
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it. Would it be okay for us to move your
car so that way then we don't have to
tow it to? Where? We're going to move it
into like a parking parking spot. Okay.
Yes, that's okay. Okay. All right. Thank
you. Yep.
Yeah, she's fine with it. Okay. What
this means, so what we're going to do is
we're going to go up to the office and
we're going to do some paperwork. I got
to go over some stuff with you and then
um the other officer is going to bring
your phone up. We're going to try to get
you we're going to have you call
somebody, have them come pick you up so
you can go home. Okay. Sorry. What was
that?
the other officer when he brings your
phone up. Yeah. We're going to have you
after we go over the paperwork and stuff
like that, we'll just we'll have you get
call somebody to get a ride.
Okay. All right. You hop on
out. Careful. It's a little slippery.
Go right over here to the front.
I understand you're just doing your job.
I
just decision.
What's that? Said it's just a hard
decision. Maybe I just didn't wait too
long.
I'm not going to say anything wrong in
here. This is just
I'm going to go right back here to this
glass wall. Okay,
just go ahead and stand right here real
quick. Hold on. Just stand right here. I
got to I'm going to take these handcuffs
off and turn
around. Go ahead and spread your feet
for me. There we go.
There you
go. Go ahead and have a seat right
there. So, what I'm going to do is I'm
going to go over this with you. Okay.
We're going to start up right here,
right up at the top, and work our way
down. Okay. Yes, sir. So, this is the
B&B 255. Okay.
This is the consequences of test and
refusal revised code
451192. You are now under arrest for OVI
operating vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol or drug or
accommodation of them. If you refuse to
take chemical test required by law, your
higher driving privileges be suspended
immediately. You don't have to pay a fee
to have the privileges reinstated. Okay.
So, what I'm going to ask today is that
um for you to provide a breath sample.
Okay. Okay. Would you be willing to
provide a breath sample
if that's what I'm supposed to do? Well,
it's it's up to you. You you can either
say yes or no. If you don't if you don't
want to take a breath sample, that's
fine. If you do want to take a breath
sample, that's fine. It all ends up the
same way. What What do you mean? Well,
one, you go home at the end of the day
and you'll get a traffic ticket and
you'll get a court date. And so, it's up
to you. I don't want I don't want you to
feel like you have to provide the
sample. It's up to you.
It's just that I I've never been in this
situation before. I'm not going to I'm
not going to lie. Okay. Um I've
never drank and drive under the
influence. So So the the penalties would
be I don't know if you got to that part.
If you were to take a test tonight and
you were to be over the legal limit of
08, the state's going to place you under
a 90-day suspension starting today. If
you were to refuse the test tonight, the
state's going to place you under a
one-year suspension starting today.
Okay? It's the only difference whether
you take a test tonight or not makes.
All right? Even if you don't want to
take a test, like I said, you're still
going to your friends are getting a ride
for you. You're still going to go home
tonight. Okay? Um you're still going to
have a court date, but that's the only
difference whether you take a test or
not that it's going to make. Okay.
Okay.
Um, I mean, I do I didn't drink a lot
tonight. I really didn't think that I
was drinking enough to drive under the
legal limit. Um,
I mean, I'm not going to refuse whatever
you guys suggest. I mean, Okay. Well,
he's going to ask for a breath test. Are
you willing to give a breath test today?
Yeah.
I mean, if that's I don't I've never
been in this situation before, quite
honestly. And I'm really trying not to
cry. I really I really don't want to
make you guys feel any type of way cuz I
I understand. I'm No, that's all right.
You just want Come on out here. I'll
have you have seat in the black chair in
the corner over there for us. Okay. Yes,
sir.
If I mean if this is going to make I
mean I don't I don't understand really.
I've never been in this situation
before. It's just kind of making me
really
So if this is going to make it worse
then I really hope that you kind What's
that? I'm just I I really didn't drink
much tonight. So I really hope that I
don't know. I don't really know. I've
never been in this situation before.
Sorry. Sorry. Here. I'll take that paper
back from me for now.
Like like I said, I think I was okay to
try. But like I said, it's
it's not it's well like I said, but I
mean the thing is this
will this will
show you know more or less
what Okay. I mean, if you are if you're
over a .008, you know, or if you're
under a 008, this will shut it. Okay.
So,
I understand.
I'm sorry. I've just never been in this
type of situation before, so I'm very
anxious about it all. No, that's all
right.
So, like I said, I'm going to ask you um
if you're going to provide a sample,
right? Well, when we're done with that,
it'll come out with a readout of what
your what your breath sample is, right?
Um and then you'll go home with your
friends with, like I said, paperwork,
their traffic ticket, the BMV form that
I read you. Correct. And um and then
you'll have court date and then you'll
go to court and at that court date
you'll be able to plead guilty not
guilty no contest. Okay. Which the judge
will go over all that with you. Okay.
Um and then after that then it'll just
kind of work through the legal process.
Okay. So, and then I don't
know these types of these types of cases
are a little bit
more the court handles them a little bit
more like delicately than like a like an
underage alcohol consumption, but I mean
they I I've seen it to where you know
things that it'll get I've seen things
get worked out in court. Okay. So, I
guess it's my first kind of thing that
I've ever been through. So, I'm kind of
nervous. Yeah. Seeing the only thing
that you've ever had was a speeding
ticket. Correct. Back in what? Well, I
was 2024, but
Okay. So, this is going to go through a
series of pops, clicks, and beeps and
stuff like that.
Um, the big thing
is when it gets to the time to provide a
sample, what you got to do is you got to
wrap your lips around this. Just imagine
like you're wrapping your lips around
the straw.
like a straw for like a a cup, right?
But instead of sucking, you're blowing
and you're trying to pull up a balloon.
That's what you got to imagine. Okay?
Cuz I've seen people in the past where
they try to they not they don't wrap
their lips around so it doesn't get a
good seal. So when they blow, they're
just blowing air out around it. And
if the machine detects like people are
trying to mess with it, like they're not
providing a big enough sample or they're
trying to blow
inconsistently, it will mark it as a
refusal. Okay. Which I don't think you
want to do that. I think you just want
to basically be get this over with and
get home. Okay. So, yeah. Sorry. I'm
really trying not to cry.
like I don't want to make you feel like
any type of way about it cuz I
understand where you're coming from. I
don't, you know, I don't blame you for,
you know, anything, but
I understand. I'm here to work with you.
I I wish I, you know, if I was later on
in my years and I was part of the
system,
obviously,
but I'm not see.
So, I understand where you're going
from. I'm not going to do anything. But,
um, so if you want to take this, I'll
continue after. If you want to take that
out of the bag, that mouthpiece
and just Yeah. Put it right on there.
Like I just I don't know. I don't want
to make it like worse in the sense like
obviously we're here
No, I'm not going to. Okay. Well, so but
what, like I said, what you got to do is
just make sure you get just blow. Yeah.
Got a good seal around it and then just
blow like you're trying to blow up a
balloon, but you're blowing through a
straw. Okay. So, whenever you're ready,
take a big deep breath. And there you
go. There you go. Keep going. Keep
going. Keep going.
[Laughter]
Okay, that should be
good. You want to take that off right
there? Yes, sir.
If I can.
There you go.
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All right. You can throw that in the
trash can. So, it'll it's going to do
another series of tests and you'll
provide another sample. Okay. And what
it'll do, take the lowest of the two.
Okay. So, if you blow
like a 0.08 on the first one, but you
below a point
um 077 on the second one, it'll take the
lowest one. Okay, that gives this gives
the the person the benefit of the doubt.
Okay.
Awesome. So, the same thing like last
time.
Okay. Big deep breath.
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You want to take that off? Yes, sir.
[Music]
So this is what your BAC
was 223. Okay. Legal limit is 08. All
right.
So I'll just read you that little
section right there.
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Okay. So this is independent any penalty
sanction imposed upon you pursuing any
other section right code ordinance your
driver's license commercial driver's
license permit or non non-resident
operating privileges are not suspended.
The suspension takes effect immediately.
The dispension will last at least until
your initial appearance on the charge
which will be held within 5 days after
the date of arrest for issuance of a
citation to you. You may appeal the
suspension at your initial appearance
before the court that hears charges
against you that resulted from the
arrest or during a period of time and
ending 30 days after initial appearance.
Okay? So since you provided a sample
that was over prohibited 008 and you
don't have any prior you're going to be
suspended for at least 90 days. Like I
said, when you go to court, you can get
bribing privileges and stuff like that.
Does that affect what I'm going to
school for? I don't know if that I don't
It shouldn't affect what you're going to
school for.
Um, so I don't know. I don't I don't
know for sure, but it shouldn't affect
it. Okay.
That's that's what I'm mostly worried
about. It's just like making sure it
doesn't affect my future, though. Well,
it shouldn't affect it, but I don't know
that for sure. Okay. Right. You have any
questions?
It's just those, I suppose. Okay. I
mean, it all just kind of depends on
what happens next. Well, like I said,
I'm going to try and get this paperwork
all finished up. We're what I'm going to
have you do is I'm just going to have
you go back over here real quick. Let me
have a seat in there. I'm going to
finish up this paperwork real quick and
then we're going to get you out of here.
Okay? I just only have a couple more
things to finish up.
though if you just want to have a seat
right there. Okay.
A few moments
later. All
right. So, I'm going to go over this
paperwork with you and then we're going
to get you out of here. Okay. So, this
is the form that I read you. This is the
B&B 2255. Okay. Oh, here's your
information. All right. Yes, sir. This
is um your We parked your vehicle there
for you. So, it's just parked along the
street. Okay. Um where where was Yeah.
Yeah. Just about Huh. Family Dollar.
Yeah. Well, not by Family Dollar, by um
the tattoo shop down there. Correct. So,
Okay. So, what
um so I checked this because you
submitted to a test and you're 223.
Okay. And then uh I advised you that you
were placed under suspension. I am going
to seize your license. Okay. Um and that
you'll be provided a copy of this. Okay.
All right. So, it is a mandatory
appearance. You do have to appear. Okay.
Um, this down here is all your personal
information. Okay. Um, and then this is
today today's date and time. Okay. That
you were stopped. You're driving this
vehicle is on Simpson Avenue near Palmer
Place. All right. Correct. Um, you're
being charged with two counts of or
there's two charges for OBI. One was
because of the high test, one was just
OBI. Okay. Two charges. Two charges. A
lot of times if they what happens they
just either dismiss the one that that's
the court okay it's because you 223 okay
because that's considered a high
test 17 is considered
like like a medium test. All right. Like
I said, a lot of times this one just
gets dismissed. Unless you're like a
um like a habitual
alcoholic, that's why.
Okay. But like I said, a lot of times
these things get dismissed or reduced.
Okay. But that's up to the court to
decide. All right. I just have to issue
the citation. Okay. And then it's just
um headlights required. Okay.
And then this is just conditions at the
time of the stop. And then this is my
information down here. Okay. You have
any questions?
No. No. Okay. You just want to sign
right there by the X. Sign by the X is
not admission to guilt. The state
received a copy of the citation date and
that you will contact the court and
appear to court. Okay. If you cannot
Thank you. If you cannot appear on at
the 27th um because like school or you
said you work for job and family
services, correct? Um contact the court.
Okay. Cuz you got you got a little extra
time. Um
what would that mean? Like just give
them a phone call. Just you give them a
phone call. Be like, "Hey, I got work."
Or, "Hey, I got this." And see if maybe
you could do like some sort of
Zoom. Okay. instead of, you know, having
to I was gonna say like I've never I've
never been through this type of Okay.
Well, no, like I said, that's why I'm
taking them taking a lot more time than
I would normally
um explaining it explaining stuff to
people. Okay. Like I said, I'm I'm very
cooperative. Yeah. No, absolutely. Get
over this. No, absolutely. Like I said,
you'll like I said, this is definitely
like a speed bump in life. Okay. Um but
All right. Do you have any other
questions? No, I understand where you're
coming from and everything. Well, no,
like I said, if you have any questions,
you can feel free to feel free to ask
me. Okay. But if you don't have any
questions, we're going to get you out of
here, get you your friends so you can go
home. Okay. Absolutely. Okay. You just
want to come on
out. These are your keys. Okay. Thank
you. All right. We're just going to go
right out the door here. We're going to
go straight
ahead and then once we get to the carpet
here, we're going to make a left. Okay.
Correct. Then right out this door. Big
heavy
door. Okay. Thanks. Uhhuh.
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