Showing posts with label DUI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DUI. Show all posts

'Tis The Season For Government Roadblocks In California

Warrantless searches to help spend $93 million grant.  What to do if stopped by a cop. 'Tis the season for DUI checkpoints and the California Highway Patrol is reminding you to think twice while you're out late with your friends this holiday season. Between December and January, more than 200 law enforcement agencies are armed    ... MORE

Another Federal Grant To Fund Warrantless Searches

Cops get seed money to troll for violators.  Taxpayers fund their own harassment. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has received a federal “Reducing Impaired Driving” grant, which will fund 150 sobriety checkpoints, 75 DUI task force operations, proactive DUI enforcement patrols through September 30, 2015, and at least 100 safety      ... MORE

Mississippi Can Demand Bloodletting At DUI Checkpoints

by Steve Wilson.  Your public servants at work. Vampire movies, books and TV series are all of the rage these days. Guess the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol wanted to get in on the act. Over the long Labor Day weekend, the patrol ran a no-refusal DUI checkpoint in Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. In a no-refusal checkpoint, a      ... MORE

Laura College: How To Find DUI Checkpoints

Or, how to avoid warrantless searches.   The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that DUI checkpoints, also called "sobriety roadblocks," are legal and minimally invasive. Of course, for a motorist who is late for a meeting or eager to get home, the inconvenience is subjective. Fortunately, there are ways to find out if there are DUI         ... MORE

Steve Watson: Police State USA 2014 - Oregon Celebrates Independence Day… With ‘No Refusal’ Blood Checkpoints

And you thought police protect individual liberty?      During Independence Day weekend, a time to celebrate US freedom and unalienable rights, Americans in Oregon will be subjected to a “blitz” of ‘no-refusal’ blood-draw checkpoints, as part of a disturbing trend that now extends nationwide. Local news station KVAL reports that    ... MORE

Jason Snead: Civil Forfeiture Backfires On Former Sheriff

Former legalized theft advocate changes tune.     Sometimes, justice prevails. In January, 21-year-old Sylvia Solano slammed her 2003 BMW into a brick wall. By the time cops arrived, she and her passenger—both uninjured—were sitting atop the obstinate barrier, clearly intoxicated. A breathalyzer confirmed she had a blood alcohol    ... MORE