TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 5, 2024

xAfter a friend was pulled over and arrested for DUI despite being sober, state Rep. Lowell Russell, R-Vonore, asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to calculate the number of sober DUI arrests over the last few years in Tennessee. According to TBI data, since 2107, 609 people were charged with DUI, whose alcohol and drug test results ultimately came back negative. News Channel 9 reports that Russell, a former highway patrol officer, also officially asked the agency to post lab test results for all DUI arrests in the Tennessee Incident-Based Reporting System (TIBRS) database. He also says he wants to work with the Administrative Office of the Courts on its new $75 million database to make sure dismissed DUI cases are clearly posted, or that the information can be easily given to the public if requested.