I wanted to inform y’all about how we do Sobriety checkpoints.
It must be advertised on social media and in the newspaper where and when it’ll be. This avoids entrapment according to the District Attorneys office.
Most if not nearly all departments are given grants to put these together so they are a promoted thru each states Government Safety Office.
The public has no concept of just how many people are driving drunk at all hours of the day. I personally have arrested someone for DUI picking up their children from school. I’ve also pulled dead(fatalities) out of wrecked vehicles after being hit and killed by a drunk driver.
Yes there are other charges that can result from a checkpoint. Yet it you have a registered sex offender that has violated his parole, wouldn’t you want him off the street as well? We can only make a dent with these, yet we’re still trying to protect the innocent folks from becoming victims. For us, there’s no revenue in checkpoints, the money all goes to the states and court systems. I do get overtime for being out there, but it doesn’t make our town or county wealthy.
There’s thousands of felons driving around with weapons which is a huge violation committing homicides, rapes, armed robberies, etc. Wouldn’t you also want them off the street knowing your family might be a little safer?
I personally have no sympathy for habitual drunk drivers, personally or professionally. My fathers best friend from high school was killed by a drunk driver, my best friend from childhood was also killed by a drunk driver, so my life has been touched by it.
I arrested a guy for DUI that had eight (8) previous convictions for DUI, yet he still continued to drive, driving drunk is completely selfish with no regard for anyone else or their families.
When you have to cover a child who’s deceased by a drunk driver with that black plastic sheet and see their family totally crumble in front of you and there’s nothing you can do, you will understand why there are checkpoints out there. We do our job, yet the court system and high powered attorneys release these people back into the general public for us to arrest all over again in the future. Just giving you some food for thought.
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