Legal Question in DUI Law in Ohio

is it considerd profiling if a state troop comes on to a bar parking lot and starts a feild sobrity test on the patrons coming out of the bar


Asked on 12/20/11, 10:09 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

In Ohio, profiling is not illegal. Profiling because someone is a member of a certain protected group (race, religion, sex, etc.) might be actionable however.

As for coming out of a bar, if the person is free to walk away and not participate in the FSTs, then there is nothing improper about asking someone in public to submit to voluntary testing. If the police are getting to you before you get in your car, then they are actually doing you a service if they convince you not to drive if you might be over the limit. Far better to test when you are not behind the wheel than if you have already driven and been pulled over.

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Answered on 12/20/11, 10:45 am


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