We recently wrote about the large number of college graduates who still engage in binge drinking. We now follow that post with more news that is cause for concern. According to an analysis of drug addiction on a state-by-state basis plus the District of Columbia,...
Why does college have such a heavy drinking culture?
Your son or daughter heads to college, and you cannot help but think about your own time there, decades before. You also consider the stories coming out of local college towns every year: Stories about partying, drinking and getting chased by the police. It feels like...
Don’t overshare with police during a DUI stop
For young drivers especially, knowing how to interact with an officer during a DUI stop is very important. From the moment that a police officer flips on the blue lights and follows a car, that officer is already gathering information about the driver, attempting to...
3 ways to fight against peer pressure in college
If you are a recent high-school graduate, you may be enjoying your last summer at home before you go off to college in Bloomington. In just a few months, you will be living in a dorm, making new friends and living a life out from under the watchful eyes of your...
Did you receive drug charges after a house party?
If you host a house party in a college town like Bloomington, there is a decent chance that an annoyed neighbor may call the police. At that point, you may face the real possibility that the police charge you with crimes that you may or may not have committed. This is...
When A Police Officer Exhibits Insensitivity In The Courtroom
Every citizen has constitutional rights, pure and simple. Everyone has a right to a trial and a right to stand up and defend themselves. No one should ever make a mockery of that right, no matter what position they are in. Unfortunately, some police officers do just...
Their Overconfidence Is Their Weakness
Confidence can be a good thing. It can help motivate you to achieve whatever goal you are trying to reach. A positive attitude is the only way that you should look at things. However, being overconfident can actually be someone's undoing. This is especially true if...
Be Careful On What Gets Thrown Away
You take notes to remember things. So that one day, if you need to, you can look back on those notes and recall what events took place at the time. Everyone knows this, but that does not mean everyone takes care of their notes. One of the most important types of notes...
Is This Thing On?
This is the 21st century. Video is everywhere. It's on your television. It's on your computer. It's on your tablets. Literally anything can be caught on tape these days. That is why it is not only important, but also simply logical, for an officer to record the events...
Can’t Be Wrong
Some officers know how to administer tests correctly. They do everything by the book, and their results are perfectly valid. The results are clean. That doesn't compute with the officer. He was sure that you were under the influence. He just knew it. It was intuition....