Vicki Boyd

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  AP Wire | 02/04/2006 | Video: COMBAT Director Charged... - [Cached Version]
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  Vicki Boyd, 51, the COMBAT Commission director, was stopped after an officer noticed she was weaving and going 10 mph under the posted speed limit.She also stopped at a green light and then made a turn after the signal had turned red.
  
  Boyd was interim director for two years before she was named permanent director in June of the commission that administers the county's anti-drug tax.
  
  According to the police report, Boyd's eyes were bloodshot and glassy and her speech was slurred.She told the officer she had drunk wine and eaten tacos at a tavern in Sugar Creek until about 10 p.m. Thursday.
  
  The police report didn't indicate where she had been between 10 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday when she was stopped.
  
  As part of a field sobriety test, the officer asked her to walk heel to toe and then turn around.But after just three steps, the police report said, Boyd stopped the test and said she couldn't continue.
  
  At the police station, Boyd called Jackson County Prosecutor Mike Sanders.
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  After the conversation, Boyd agreed to take a Breathalyzer test.Court documents show her blood-alcohol content measured 0.175 percent, which is more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
  
  Boyd was released on $600 bond.

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  COMBAT - Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax - [Cached Version]
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  Vicki Boyd Executive Director COMBAT Commission 200 S. Main Street Independence, MO 64050 Work Phone: 881-1411 Fax: 881-1416

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  Authorities allege that COMBAT Commission director Vicki Boyd was stopped yesterday after an officer noticed her driving erratically.Police say a breath test showed her blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
  
  The COMBAT Commission administers the county's anti-drug tax.Boyd had served as interim director since April 2003 until she was hired as permanent director last June.
  
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  Jackson County drug court model for Scotland program - [Cached Version]
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  Vicki Boyd, who helped Jackson County start one of the nation's first drug courts, has exported the program to Scotland.
  
  With her help, a drug court started in Glasgow last month and one is to open next year in Fife.
  
  Boyd is the deputy administrator of COMBAT, the Jackson County anti-drug tax that funds drug court.In the court, drug charges are dropped if the defendant completes a year or more of intense drug treatment, job counseling or other requirements.
  
  Authorities say drug courts save society money because it's cheaper to treat users than to imprison them.What's more it helps users get off drugs.Jackson County offenders report to a day care center and are routinely tested for drug or alcohol use.
  
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  But in 1999, when Boyd was called to Scotland to teach drug court workshops, she met with opposition.
  
  "They said we seemed puritanical," she said.The Scots could not accept that people in drug treatment weren't allowed to drink alcohol.
  
  She said one expert even asked, "Isn't that a constitutional right?"
  
  She found the Scots were mainly concerned about heroin addiction and treated it by putting addicts on methadone.Alcoholics are treated by urging less drinking rather than abstinence.
  
  Few people are arrested for marijuana in Scotland and it was not a concern, Boyd said.
  
  But a new kind of drug problem changed attitudes.In May, Boyd was again called there to teach about drug courts and met with the Scottish Minister for Justice and his deputy.
  
  "They were concerned because they were seeing an increase in cocaine use," she said.They wanted to know how to treat it and wanted drug courts, she said.
  
  On Nov. 12, Scottish Deputy Justice Minister Iain Gray announced the opening of the Glasgow Drug Court and promised another in Fife.
  
  He said the courts would help addicts break their habits and the cycle of crimes they commit to feed them.
  
  "The overall aim is to reduce the level of drug-related crime in communities," Gray said at the time.
  
  By now there are hundreds of drug courts in the United States, but Boyd said the concept has so far been slow to spread overseas.Canada uses them and there is one in Ireland, she said.
  
  Lately, Boyd said, European nations and Australia seem more interested.

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  Kansas City Star | 02/04/2006 | COMBAT director... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/4/2006    Last Visited: 2/4/2006  

  Authorities allege that COMBAT Commission director Vicki Boyd was stopped after an officer noticed her driving erratically and that a breath test showed her blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
  
  Boyd was picked up in south Kansas City.Police said she was weaving, stopped at a green light and then made a turn after the signal had turned red.
  
  Boyd could not be reached for comment Friday night.
  
  According to a police report, Boyd had glassy, blood-shot eyes and slurred speech when she was pulled over.She told the officer she was drinking wine and eating tacos at a tavern in Sugar Creek until about 10 p.m. Thursday, the report says.She was stopped at about 1 a.m. Friday when she turned onto a northbound U.S. 71 entrance ramp off Longview Road.
  
  The officer asked her to do the heel-to-toe walk-and-turn sobriety test, but, according to the report, Boyd stopped after taking three steps and said she couldn't continue.
  
  Back at the South Patrol station, Boyd asked to talk to Jackson County Prosecutor Mike Sanders, according to the police report.
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  Boyd had served as interim director since April 2003 until she was hired as permanent director last June.

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  Kansas City Star | 02/17/2006 | COMBAT director to... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/17/2006    Last Visited: 2/17/2006  

  Vickie Boyd will use vacation days to cover her 30-day leave of absence as COMBAT's executive director, said attorney John Michael Quinn.
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  The COMBAT Commission agreed Wednesday to let Boyd decide whether to use vacation or take time off without pay.
  
  Boyd acknowledges she had drunk too much when she was pulled over just after 1 a.m. Feb. 3 for driving erratically, Quinn said.In a breath test given almost two hours later, Boyd's blood-alcohol level tested at .175, more than double the legal limit.
  
  Quinn said Boyd told him she had no prior drunken-driving arrests.Boyd will get no special treatment, Quinn said.

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  Kansas City Star | 02/22/2006 | Metropolitan Digest - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/22/2006    Last Visited: 2/22/2006  

  Jim Nunnelly has been named interim director of the COMBAT anti-drug program while Vicki Boyd, executive director, takes a 30-day leave of absence, Jackson County officials said Tuesday.

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  Kansas City Star | 04/19/2006 | Anti-drug official... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/19/2006    Last Visited: 4/20/2006  

  COMBAT Commission director Vicki Boyd was pulled over Feb. 3 after Kansas City police officers noticed her driving erratically.After a breath test showed that her blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, she was cited for driving while intoxicated and failure to signal.
  
  Boyd appeared before Kansas City Municipal Judge Elena Franco on Tuesday afternoon.
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  Franco sentenced Boyd to probation for a year and ordered her to pay court costs and a $300 fine for failure to signal.
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  Boyd paid the fines after her hearing.
  
  Boyd, who returned to work last month after a 30-day leave of absence, has already completed court-approved substance-abuse treatment.
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  In addition, Boyd will take a two-hour victim-impact class.She will have limited driving privileges until early June, Quinn said.
  
  Boyd, who has attended county legislative meetings since her return, has declined to comment.

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