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by pliftkl 996 days ago
Depends a lot on the jurisdiction. In Austin, the police will declare "no-refusal" weekends (typically holidays) in which they declare in advance that they'll get a warrant for a blood draw in the case of refusals. If you look at the DUI arrest stats for those weekends, about half of them involve warrant based blood draws after breathalyzer refusals.
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Does this imply on the other days one can refuse and not get their blood drawn? Otherwise, what's the point of a "no refusal weekend?"
It's up to the judgement of the officer whether to get a draw at other times.