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Subject: Mary Kardell

  • Beating a DWI case may soon get a lot tougher

    April 2, 2009
  • There Will Be Blood: Come September, the DPD's No-Refusal Weekend Goes Full Time

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that only certain judges could issue an evidentiary search warrant relating to suspected DWI offenses. Now, the law has been broadened to allow any magistrate who is a state-licensed attorney to issue a bloo

    June 3, 2009
  • This Weekend, Dallas Police to Make Drunk Drivers an Offer They Can't Refuse

    Kimberly ThorpeMADD director Mary Kardell and Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle at this morning's press conferenceA word of caution before you head out for the long Memorial Day weekend: It's also No-Refusal Weekend. Which means? Well, if Dallas police pull suspect you're drinking and driving, you'll be stuck with a butterfly needle attached to a vacuum-packed container, and two vials' worth of your blood will taken and tested. And, no, you can't refuse the test; hence the name, as discussed in o

    May 21, 2009