1. When can I get the police report?
In most cases, police reports in Sonoma County are not released until the arraignment (the first court date) in Santa Rosa. Typically the police report isn't even completed until at least a few weeks after the DUI arrest incident. First it is usually routed to the officer's supervisor, then to the Sonoma County District Attorney's office for evaluation by a deputy District Attorney, and sometimes returned to the police agency for more information or investigation. If charges are never filed by the District Attorney then the officer's report might never be released! Click on ANATOMY OF A DUI on this site for a typical view of the entire Sonoma County DUI process.
Most people are anxious to know their DUI field and alcohol test results. Understand that Sonoma County officers almost always score arrestees very low on field sobriety tests regardless of how you were encouraged in the field. Most people want to know their blood or breath results. Blood samples are routed to the Santa Rosa lab of the Department of Justice (across the street from Jake's office) where test results can take several weeks or more to be produced and returned to the District Attorney. Sometimes blood results after a DUI arrest may remain unknown beyond the first court appearance (although often the DMV obtains blood and breath test results sooner).
Sonoma County DUI lawyers usually counsel recent arrestees to be patient. Normally, all "discovery" information and documentation (arrest reports, lab reports, supplemental records and information) is supplied, considered and resolved in due course with ample time and opportunity to mount defenses and resolve a matter in your best interests. In the meantime, there is plenty of constructive work for you to do. Click on TEN TIPS FOR THE FIRST 48 HOURS AFTER ARREST. Consult with a Sonoma county DUI lawyer about your specific case.