It’s sometimes hard to believe that in a free and democratic society with a Charter of Rights that the police can detain you and interrogate you just because. The courts in Canada allow the police to pull you over without even a hint of having committed an offence. People are stopped on the street, detained […]
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When clients call us to ask what the punishments are in BC for domestic violence, it’s difficult to give an exact answer. The term “domestic violence” encompasses numerous offences a person could be charged with. Being convicted of a domestic violence offence in British Columbia carries a wide range of punishments. These punishments will all
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If you watch police drama shows like “The Wire” you have a pretty good idea of the concept of “good cop, bad cop” in police interrogations. It’s a psychological tactic used in negotiations and interrogations in which one police officer plays the role of the “good cop,” attempting to be sympathetic and understanding, while the
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In the last two years, we’ve noticed that the police in many jurisdictions seem to pull over Dodge Ram trucks more often than others for focused scrutiny concerning impaired driving. Dodge Ram drivers are asked to blow into Approved Screening Devices more often. Dodge Ram drivers seem to end up with 90-day driving prohibitions disproportionately.
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You can dispute it if you’ve received a notice of intent to prohibit. The first thing you need to know about that is that you only have 21 days from the date on the letter to make your submissions. This doesn’t mean that you can’t make submissions outside of the 21 days, but you run
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Receiving a notice of intent to prohibit doesn’t mean you will automatically be suspended, but it does mean you will have to take some action to ensure that you do not get suspended. When you receive a notice of intent to prohibit, it is just that, a notification that ICBC intends to prohibit you from
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A notice of intent to prohibit is a letter generated by ICBC or RoadSafety BC to inform you that it is their intention to suspend your license. Receiving a Notice of Intent to Prohibit does not guarantee that your license is going to be suspended, but it most likely will be. A notice of intent
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If you blew Fail on a police roadside breathalyzer and it made no sense on the basis of what you had to drink, it’s possible that you blew into a defective breathalyzer. It happens. Sometimes the breathalyzer, what we call an Approved Screening Device or simply “ASD,” has some catastrophic problem that causes it to
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It’s one of the most common questions people ask – is there a way of beating a roadside breathalyzer. It’s always asked hesitantly, as though simply asking the question is revealing something tawdry. The question itself reveals something. That people ask whether they can beat a roadside breathalyzer tells you people have questions about the
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The holiday season is a lot of fun with events, get-togethers and good food and drink. It also comes with stress and expenses, obligations and sometimes serious mistakes. Police in BC put in a lot of effort to catch suspected drinking drivers at this time of year which is why we see so many people
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One of the most frequent questions is “How many points before I get a driving prohibition in British Columbia? A lot of people expect the answer to be simple. Most people are also under the impression that the answer is if you have a Class 7 license, 4 points. And if you have a Class
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Many people hear rumours about a friend or a family member who was able to get a restricted license for work when they were issued a driving prohibition. While generally speaking, there are no circumstances in which you can get a restricted license for work, there are some exceptions to that rule.
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