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http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/01/police-use-catheters-force-collect-urine-samples/86577942/Police in South Dakota are collecting urine samples from uncooperative suspects through the use of force and catheters, a procedure the state's top prosecutor says is legal but is criticized by others as unnecessarily invasive and a potential constitutional violation.
The practice isn't new, according to attorneys, but it's been brought to light in a recent case in Pierre. An attorney for a man charged with felony drug ingestion is asking a judge to throw out evidence from an involuntary urine sample, saying it violated his client's constitutional rights.
Dirk Landon Sparks was arrested March 14 after a report of a domestic disturbance. While in custody, officers with the Pierre Police Department observed Sparks fidgeting and his mood changing rapidly. A judge signed off on a search warrant for police to obtain blood or urine.
After Sparks refused to cooperate, police transported him to Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, where he was strapped to a bed while a catheter was forced into his penis so that officers could obtain a urine sample.
The practice isn't new, according to attorneys, but it's been brought to light in a recent case in Pierre. An attorney for a man charged with felony drug ingestion is asking a judge to throw out evidence from an involuntary urine sample, saying it violated his client's constitutional rights.
Dirk Landon Sparks was arrested March 14 after a report of a domestic disturbance. While in custody, officers with the Pierre Police Department observed Sparks fidgeting and his mood changing rapidly. A judge signed off on a search warrant for police to obtain blood or urine.
After Sparks refused to cooperate, police transported him to Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, where he was strapped to a bed while a catheter was forced into his penis so that officers could obtain a urine sample.
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Police use catheters, force to collect urine samples (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2016
OP
If they came at me with a catheter, the urine sample would have already begun
pinboy3niner
Jul 2016
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Purveyor
(29,876 posts)1. And why wouldn't a blood test been sufficient? eom
pediatricmedic
(397 posts)5. I would suspect the available lab equipment
Urine analyzer is cheaper, faster, and more available to small hospitals or clinics. Blood tox screen is often a send out test for all but the larger hospitals.
REP
(21,691 posts)2. Female catheterization is even worse than a Foley, believe it or not
Topical anesthesia is given for a Foley but not for a woman under the belief the ureter is too short. Still hurts like fucking hell.
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)3. I think everyone driving through South Dakota
Should go by Marty Jackley's (Atty Gen) office and leave a urine sample. That would stop all this catheter crap. Let's all make life easier for Mr. Jackley, shall we?
progree
(10,871 posts)4. “They don’t anesthetize them ...There’s a lot of screaming and hollering.”
The practice isn't new, according to attorneys, but it's been brought to light in a recent case in Pierre. An attorney for a man charged with felony drug ingestion
Health care workers at the Wagner and Platte hospitals conduct the procedure on a regular basis, he said.
They dont anesthetize them, Whalen said. Theres a lot of screaming and hollering.
Health care workers at the Wagner and Platte hospitals conduct the procedure on a regular basis, he said.
They dont anesthetize them, Whalen said. Theres a lot of screaming and hollering.
The attorney general said law enforcement would prefer not to collect urine samples by force, but that ultimately it's up to suspects if they don't want to cooperate.
Look up paruresis (bashful bladder) you fuckhead.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. If they came at me with a catheter, the urine sample would have already begun