DUI Lawsuit

December 2009: We filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Village of North Palm Beach, alleging that it had engaged in a custom, policy, and/or practice of falsely arresting/detaining and maliciously prosecuting individuals for the offense of driving under the influence. Police officers would regularly arrest suspects for DUI without probable cause, even with breath alcohol readings of 0.00. The Village settled with all plaintiffs, and agreed to train its officers in proper DUI investigative techniques.