One in five alleged impaired driving cases referred to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office by Portland police last year fell apart because of a failure by officers to “perform any of the routine investigation expected” in such cases, according to an internal memo prepared by the DA’s office.
In a memo obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive, Senior Deputy District Attorney Adam Gibbs told District Attorney Mike Schmidt that the office has “seen an alarming number” of driving under the influence of intoxicants cases “that cannot be prosecuted” because police did not perform a breath test or blood draw.
