mz k
New Member
i was stopped and breathalised on saturday morning after been out the night before i felt absolutly fine and did not know i would still be ova the limit, when i was stopped the police officer was very rude with me, i was asked to provide a breathtest which the police officer told me how to do, he then kept tellin me i was doing it wrong and was shouting at me, he eventually recorded a reading of 86, and arrested me, i did not no anything about the breathtest or ov the legal amount so did not question this at the time, i was arrested in warrington but was told the police station there was full so was been taken to runcorn, this took approx 15 min to get there, upon arriving there i was giving another breathtest on a machine in the police station, they took 1 reading of 55 and another of 48, upon giving my breathtest i blew into the machine as i had been previously told to do so by the arresting officer, but was told this was incorrect, the arresting police officer was then asking if there was training they could do to use the roadside equipment correctly, surley they should be trained before using the equipment anyway!!!
after giving my breathtest at runcorn police station i was told that they to was full and would have to be transferred to yet another police station, i was told to wait in the reception area till a van arrived to take me there, this was approx 1 hour, i was then taken to middlewich police staion which was a further 30 mins away, i was put into a cell there, then finnaly realised with bail to appear in court in january, i had no money on me, no fone so could not ring any 1 to pick me up as i could not remember any phone numbers of the top of my head, they finally agreed to get a police officer to take me back to warrington where i finally arrived at around 4:30 pm after a long wait 4 an available officer and the 40 mins it took to get back there, upon arriving in warrington the police officer took me to the street where i had been arrested as we was told my car was parked there, we searched the street and could find no sign of my car, i also said to the officer this is not where i was arrested, as i am not from warrington i did not kno the names of any streets so did not question this either when i was given the chargin sheet and asked to sign it, after about another hour we located my car which was 10 mins away from the place we was told it was at, i do not disagree with the fact i was still over the limit but am just appauled that the arrested officer seems not to have given correct information, along with been in a cell all day not knowing how i was goin to get back then not been able to locate my car was very distressing, i have never been in trouble before so all this was new for me, the police officer who drove back was also very shocked at this and told me that i could make a complaint but did not give me any details on how to do this, also i have not been driving for 2 years and wondered what would happen with my licence, as a work as a community care worker my job entails u have transport, also should i see a solicitor to come to court with me and what penalties would i be given. thanks
after giving my breathtest at runcorn police station i was told that they to was full and would have to be transferred to yet another police station, i was told to wait in the reception area till a van arrived to take me there, this was approx 1 hour, i was then taken to middlewich police staion which was a further 30 mins away, i was put into a cell there, then finnaly realised with bail to appear in court in january, i had no money on me, no fone so could not ring any 1 to pick me up as i could not remember any phone numbers of the top of my head, they finally agreed to get a police officer to take me back to warrington where i finally arrived at around 4:30 pm after a long wait 4 an available officer and the 40 mins it took to get back there, upon arriving in warrington the police officer took me to the street where i had been arrested as we was told my car was parked there, we searched the street and could find no sign of my car, i also said to the officer this is not where i was arrested, as i am not from warrington i did not kno the names of any streets so did not question this either when i was given the chargin sheet and asked to sign it, after about another hour we located my car which was 10 mins away from the place we was told it was at, i do not disagree with the fact i was still over the limit but am just appauled that the arrested officer seems not to have given correct information, along with been in a cell all day not knowing how i was goin to get back then not been able to locate my car was very distressing, i have never been in trouble before so all this was new for me, the police officer who drove back was also very shocked at this and told me that i could make a complaint but did not give me any details on how to do this, also i have not been driving for 2 years and wondered what would happen with my licence, as a work as a community care worker my job entails u have transport, also should i see a solicitor to come to court with me and what penalties would i be given. thanks