Showing posts with label roadblocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roadblocks. Show all posts

Woman Stops At DUI Checkpoint, Gets Raped At Gunpoint

Department announces cop to be fired.      The Officer, Stephen Maiorino, was arrested on Oct. 20, 2014, and charged with allegedly raping the woman five days earlier. Maiorino, an eight-year veteran with the Boynton Beach Police Department, earned an “Officer of the Month” award in 2010, and was featured both on an episode of the   ... 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

Loophole Lets Cops Can Search You Without Good Cause

by Simon Davis-Cohen.         A legally murky tactic to scrutinize citizens. Checkpoints occupy a unique position in the American justice system. At these roadside stations, where police question drivers in search of the inebriated or “illegal,” anyone can be stopped and questioned, regardless of probable cause, violating the Fourth    ... MORE

Jerry Davich: Do Sobriety Checks Trample On Our Rights?

 “Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.” Ben Franklin.  Are police-conducted sobriety checkpoints a necessary law enforcement tool to remove drunken drivers from our roads? Or are they an unreasonable search of our property and an unconstitutional invasion of our rights and privacy? Hammond Police Department Lt.     ... MORE

VIDEO: How To Refuse Un-Constitutional Checkpoint

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

The Ugly Reality of the Chris Christie Bridge Scandal

by Rachel Alexander.      It came to light last week that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration plotted with transportation officials to create traffic gridlock in Fort Lee, N.J., after its Democratic Mayor Mark Sokolich refused to back Christie’s reelection bid. Lanes were closed for several days in September on the George Washington  ... MORE

Voluntary Federal Government Checkpoints Spark Backlash

by Larry Copeland.         A tactic used by the federal government to gather information for anti-drunken and drugged driving programs is coming under criticism in cities around the country, and some local police agencies say they will no longer take part.   The tactic involves a subcontractor for the National Highway Traffic Safety      ... MORE

Portable Drug Tests Deployed At Government Checkpoints

Warrantless searches are kicked up another notch.       The upcoming New Year’s crackdown on drunken driving will include a new test for many people who are pulled over — an oral swab that checks for marijuana, cocaine and other drugs. The voluntary swabbing has been used just 50 times this year. But Los Angeles City Atty. Mike      ... MORE

TSA's Mission Creep Making America A Police State

From patdowns to checkpoints and roadblocks.     Ever since 2010, when the Transportation Security Administration started requiring that travelers in American airports submit to sexually intrusive gropings based on the apparent anti-terrorism principle that "If we can't feel your nipples, they must be a bomb", the agency's craven apologists    ... MORE

Louisiana Cops Can Force Drivers To Give Blood

The police state ushers in "no refusal."     If you live in Louisiana, be aware that police seem to have a fairly new power. If they suspect you to be driving drunk they can demand your blood for an alcohol test and if you don’t want to give it they have the power to throw you in jail until they get a court order demanding you give them blood.      ... MORE

Dirty Little Secret About Holiday Traffic Ticketing

by Gary Biller.     One of the most cherished traditions of the American family is the summer vacation. Packing up the car and heading cross-country for a weeklong camping trip, a visit with those distant cousins or an extended stay near a popular theme park is generally the recipe for a refreshing break from the dog days of summer. Little do most   ... MORE

Sobriety Checkpoints Still Controversial: The Whole Story

America's most popular warrantless search.      This being St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a popular drinking holiday, there is one thing you can count on: A police crackdown on drunken driving. And the Ohio State Highway Patrol did not disappoint. There were at least 15 sobriety checkpoints as well as saturation patrols across the state this     ... MORE

DWI Checkpoints Work, But Are They Constitutional?

by Erin Schultz.   Last week, we asked a few local bar owners how DWI task force checkpoints affected their business over the summer, and reader reaction to the piece ranged from vehement support of the checkpoints to questioning if they are Constitutional or not. Here are a few comments generated from the issue. Feel free to chime   ... MORE

Police Roadblocks Will Celebrate Mexican Holiday

Cinco de Mayo is prime time for DUI checkpoints.    For the first time in five years, Cinco de Mayo falls on a weekend. That's why many law enforcement agencies are setting up DUI checkpoints beginning Friday night, or even earlier. But stationary checkpoints aren't the only tool police will be using to make sure drivers are sober this weekend. But stationary ... MORE