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you smell like vodka and that's exactly what's in here [Music] healthwatch is five six we take you to a case in rio rancho new mexico where a mailman crashed into a parked vehicle while on his route rio rancho police were called to the neighborhood and found the postal truck and the postman standing outside the vehicle officers began to smell an odor of alcohol on the mailman bounce out of the way of the rock so i wouldn't bounce from the truck i lost control of the truck and it took off that way okay you want to go with these guys now they can check you out all right i have my supervisor on the phone right now so can i finish the conversation with you sure you want to walk over there with them so that way they can start cleaning you up why not though you can talk to him how's it going that's your bush [Applause] huh [Applause] sarge what's that what'd your boss take brother i called him he said he's going to be on his way he's going to be on his way there's the post office so right right right okay which way where are you heading dude i'm them this way okay if there was a rock in the road yeah there's a rock in the road i don't want to go swerve out of the way from it all right swerve i went that way around the rock so it was like a camera here i went that way okay and then came back and when i came back over corrected and overcorrected on your phone or anything around like the pump pilot or anything like that no okay you have an id on you dude gonna be that post office driver one nine four one twenty one you ten eight three four good you wanna head this way all right man just type we'll wait for your supervisor and whatnot okay i'm gonna give this to the officer yes that's right i don't know your information how's it going tonight or today [Applause] okay what's what happened what happened there's a rock in the middle of the road let's go square by the way of it because these are really shifty okay so i went to go swerve avoid the rock where's the rocket it was over there by the police car down there okay so i went there and it came up and overcorrected okay um anything to drink tonight not a drop okay anything any you take any kind of medications or anything like that do you have any type of physical injuries okay no anything in your legs or your back do you have anything in your mouth right now nothing okay um you have contacts in your ass how long have you been driving for yeah today yeah 7am okay how long have you worked for them maybe two years in the april two years okay well here you go come on come on right over here [Applause] let's go and stand right there for me put your feet together heal the heel toe toe like that perfect you see my finger i want you to do is just follow my finger with just your eyes your eyes only keep your head really still for me what follow my finger with just your eyes and keep your head still can you lift up your sunglasses so i can see your eyes no that's why because i said so i'm doing the testing you know i got the sun right in my face that's why i put you this way so you wouldn't be squinting so can i put my glasses down no because i have to go to see your eyes okay you understand okay you see my finger just follow my finger with just your eyes keep your head really still for me good [Applause] i'm looking at you right now because your eye keeps coming across your face okay i want you to follow this don't look at me just look at this what do you say look what follow my finger with just your eyes [Applause] good now you're doing it right [Applause] [Applause] okay i'm gonna go up [Applause] follow my finger up with your eyes okay so nothing physically wrong with your legs like any type of surgeries you've had recently or anything like that okay i do have a torn meniscus okay all right what i'm going to do is i'm going to ask you to do some field sobriety test what that's going to consist of is you walking heel to toe in a straight line like this and then also standing on one foot like this for 30 seconds can you do that i can't do that why because i have a torment okay did you graduate high school yes okay what i want you to do for me then i want you to count backwards from the number 72 and stop at the number 51. start at 72 backwards 71 [Applause] it's not math it's just counting backwards from 72 to 51. why those numbers those are the numbers that i use i've been using them for 17 years [Applause] 72 71 70 69 68 67 666 656 463 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 or 63 51 50 49 [Applause] 48 47 46 or 5.3.2 okay what number did i tell you to stop that remember let's keep going okay now i want to see the alphabet in the correct order but i want you to start the letter i and i want you to stop at the letter q so i to q [Applause] j is there anything wrong with that hand right there okay what about that one let me see that one okay we use that here okay i'm gonna demonstrate test you then i want you right handed okay okay whatever let me demonstrate the test to you then you can decide on which hand you want to use okay okay okay watch as i demonstrate and then you do it you're going to start with your pinky and with your pinky just wait until i demonstrate it it's going to go like this you're going to count out loud for me one two three four four three two one one two three four four three two one i did that test twice i want you to do it three times one two three four four three two one one two three four four three two one one two three four four three two one how many times was that three three times okay just watch them just for a second [Applause] [Applause] still nothing in your mouth right okay okay take a really deep breath and then blow for me until i tell you to stop what's that why because you smell like alcohol and i need to make sure that you're under the influence or not under the influence actually but it's because i passed all your tests and well the tests aren't designed to pass or fail okay the tests are designed to show impairment you can't do the physical field sobriety test because you have an injury okay the test that i've given you you showed impairment okay you've crashed your vehicle into a parked vehicle here you smell like alcohol okay so i'm doing my investigation to make sure that you're not impaired and you're telling me you haven't had anything to drink today so blow into this you blow zeroes and you walk [Applause] and if you refuse we do another test what's that test it's going to be a finger nose test so are you going to do this [Applause] yes or no no okay okay put your feet together like this heal the heel toe toe okay put your hands down on your sides side of your pants we're gonna demonstrate test you and i want you to do it when i tell you to you're going to put both of your arms out to your sides like this when i tell you to with your index finger out and you're going to tilt your head back and close your eyes i'm going to say either left or right if i say left bring up that index finger touch the very tip of your nose like i'm doing right now and then just bring it back very simple what if you're dyslexic dyslexia has nothing to do with doing this test i guarantee you that yes it is no it doesn't matter right i don't know you don't know which one it is okay what i'll do then is i'm going to say left and then i'll touch your left hand okay put your arms out to your sides index fingers out so your head back and close your eyes tilt your head back and close your eyes okay i want you to put your left finger on your nose right here okay bring it back right bring it back left this one right here in the back right right right this one's your right bring it back right and your left this is your left head you know what's kind of scary you're driving a vehicle around and you don't know left from right and that's kind of scary do you find that kind of weird that's why i drive two hands on the wheel why because you've been placed under arrest for dwi relax your hands relax your hands does anybody have his id yeah i just gave it back to you [Applause] okay [Applause] let me see that [Applause] you smell like vodka and that's exactly what's in here [Music] [Applause] because it's wonderful if you have the id for tracks where do you live at where do you live [Applause] where do you live at it's not my idea why are you being so incorporated with me i know you're drunk but i don't know i've been pretty cool with you i'm just doing my job right let's throw it back in there you have anything in there that we need to be concerned about drugs or guns or knives no i'll look through a little bit better than i did earlier earlier i was just making sure you didn't have any weapons now i gotta make sure you don't have anything on you at all when you um when you crashed were you wearing your seat belt or no no okay i had my lap though did you well you had your left belt what did you hit with your hands but you said you had your left belt on check the lap no i'm saying you said it check the lab out it has a rubber band on it but how can you have the lap belt on and then fall out of the vehicle is what i'm asking you see what i'm saying [Applause] no what are they what are they [Applause] what's that something from work what no what are these right there on the label what are you taking those for for my knee for your knee um that's not a pain pill [Applause] that's not a pain pill what's his name it's not his he said some guy at work gave it to him someone so was a female then [Applause] listen dude you can be super uncooperative and the that's just gonna play a bad part with me okay it's a felony isn't it yeah it is a feeling and that's the thing i'm telling you see i can charge you the felony right now okay okay but i don't want to do that okay so you made a mistake today okay i don't want to know her name okay okay the only thing i want you to do is just be respectful to me and i'll be respectful to you answer my questions and do what i say that's it if you have questions i'll answer anything you got okay just don't be a smart ass all right you screwed up it's not a big deal your hoodie have any pockets or it has a pocket underneath i think he's got it no if you lift up the jacket here or on the jacket there's a pocket there's a pouch okay come on over here man [Applause] i wanna have a [Applause] hey do we hey do we have the 28 on that do we have a 28 on it i'll i'll get that i'll find out from him how that works because i i think i don't even know if they have vins i don't know before they tow before they take it i'll find out do we know what i mean what year it is what could one make i'm just gonna put postal truck his manager okay so what kind of fuels are those do you know um i think there's some kind of psych bills he's caught he's calling his the post master general right now okay all right so it's full of vodka yeah oh man um can you have so in order for him to go to jail he's gonna have to be cleared uh through her uh yeah i'm gonna go 26 have 126 come down i'll have him blow real quick have him take him there i'll do the paperwork and go grab take him so and i was telling him as he's sitting here arguing with you i'm like just so you know he doesn't know his left and his right he's got a knee injury he's like that's funny he's goes he's like he's one of our good workers he's not i'm sure he is i'm sure he is but he just he's got drunk today [Applause] yes i can [Applause] on your left so this one right here oh it's because of your your watch [Applause] okay hey did you hit the red truck yeah okay all right all right we're going to take uh go towards that gray door right over there come in here and go to your right right and then make another right right there yep we're going through that door it's over on the left yep come on come on okay i'm gonna have a seat in that brown chair right there please let's see kevin go ahead and stand up for me real quick over here walk over there come here okay kevin what i'm about to tell you is very important okay so i need you to listen to me first of all you're under arrest for dwi need the universal implied consent act requires that you submit to a breath test to determine the alcohol content of your blood after you take our test you have the right to choose an additional independent test if you choose to take this additional independent test you have the right to reasonable opportunity to arrange for a physician a licensed nurse lab tech or technologist who is employed by a hospital or a physician of your own choice to perform an additional chemical test the cost of this additional test will be paid for by the law enforcement agency do you agree take our test our test is going to be the breath test okay so you want me to slow it down please okay you're under arrest for dwi the new mexico imply consent act requires you to submit to a breath test to determine the alcohol content of your blood after you take our test you have the right to choose an additional independent test if you choose to take this additional independent test you have the right to a reasonable opportunity to arrange for a physician a licensed nurse lab tech or technologist who is employed by a hospital or a physician of your own choice to perform an additional chemical test the cost of this additional test will be paid for by the law enforcement agency do you agree to take our test our test is going to be the breath test yeah okay i cannot force you to take our test or test but if you refuse you will lose your new mexico driver's license or non-resident operating privilege for one year if you are convicted in court of driving under the influence you may also receive a greater sentence because you refuse to be tested do you understand that do you understand that okay okay i'm gonna give you a couple minutes to think about if you understand that or not the second part i cannot force you to take our test or test but if you refuse to take the test you will lose your new mexico driver's license or non-resident operating approach for one year if you are convicted in court addre influence you may also receive a greater sentence because you refuse to be tested do you understand that so they're telling me that i refuse and i found guilty and i lose my residency of new mexico no no what it means is if you refuse the test you'll lose your driver's license for a year and you could receive a stiffer penalty in court if you don't take the breath test right right now then we'll see where you're at what would that help um this is an implied consent state meaning you are obligated to do the test that's why there's penalties if you don't do the test so if i i can't tell you what to do but i could tell you that if i was in your shoes i would take the test no that's all i can tell you if i was you i would take the test i'm just saying it morally i understand no more more i'm just trying to i'm trying to get a dialogue more morally i would take the test is that based off of that's based off of of my opinion because you were asking for my opinion so i'm giving you my opinion [Applause] okay um in my opinion it is give somebody that can bind you out what do you live with at home you and your girlfriend so your girlfriend could probably bond you out okay i don't know it's up to the jail we don't we don't do that anymore do you have a cell phone in the uh in his back okay okay do me a favor and take the cell phone out of your pocket the only [Applause] [Music] okay kevin if you're going to do the breath test now's the time to come over here and do it no you're out of the way yeah just just get up okay take a really deep breath put your lips just around the straw not the whole thing and blow into until i tell you stop blow hard keep going keep going keep going keep you're hey you're not going to beat this machine okay yes you are okay just take a deep breath and blow into it until i tell you to stop lower deep breath and then blower you're not blowing keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going don't stop keep going keep going keep going keep going good good have a seat have a seat [Applause] so what's going to happen is [Music] we're going to you have to do this one more time and then this officer is going to take you down to the hospital real quick and get you seen by a doctor should be pretty fast and then we'll take you down to the county jail and you can get out of there okay can't get out of here this is just a holding area do you know what kind of vehicle that is that you're driving like the make a what what's love long live [Music] the um [Applause] windshield same exact thing everybody does it twice how old are you 28 28 come on dude big strong kids football okay deep breath and then blow until i taste up blow keep going keep going keep going keep going don't stop keep going keep going almost done keep going keep going keep going keep going good okay okay okay we won't have you sit down again yeah okay this officer is going to take you right now my knees are kind of like okay you might want to take that watch off on his on that hand because take him to uh loveless on golf course they're yeah they're fast over there i was down there around 5 50. i never go down there i'm like oh let me go down there and then i heard the crash and i'm like like just wait of course kevin do you know what the legal limit is to drive the per se limit it's a 0.08 you're double that oh that playstation watering but how long is your shift what was it supposed to be today yesterday i worked the club today i'm supposed to be off at 12 but they don't care they don't care about us they just want the packages out they want to make the people happy they don't care about us employees they really don't be honest you want to be honest with you i'm being honest with you the post office doesn't care about their employees they care about who calls and complains well they run it like a business just like any other business you know but if i have a concern right you are you i'm sorry you are superior to him based off rank no we're just saying you guys are the same same so you have a superior officer right yeah okay so if you went to your superior officer look this is my issue this is my concern this is what i have a problem with what are you taking into consideration absolutely it doesn't happen there okay it doesn't i can hey do i work a 13-hour shift yesterday to wake up at 6 30 to come in today and you want me to give up my family life and you're gonna tell me i gotta go pick up my kid at school but that's not supposed to that's not post office business no i know so yeah we're not going to see you know what i mean so it's you ask me i'm telling you okay i appreciate that the mailman was booked on aggravated drunk driving and the postmaster retrieved the truck to deliver the mail to the neighborhood

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