Petaluma police plan two DUI/license checkpoints on Friday night.
As is usual, police won’t say where the checkpoints will be.
Typically, such checkpoints stop 1,000 or so drivers and yield a couple of arrests for DUI. More drivers generally get arrested for driving without a license or on a suspended license. Police and anti-drunken driving advocates say the value of DUI checkpoints is more the scare value — getting people not to drink and drive — than the actual arrests.
Funding for the checkpoints comes via a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Capttan Kona
And the drain on our money just keeps sucking up dollars on such useless ideas. You get more value from your dollar by patrolling areas where drunk drivers frequent then you do from the Police State tactics of a ID check point, which is all these DUI check points have become.
Sie kann nicht sprechen Deustch? Papers please!
July 27th, 2012 11:26 am
Proud American
Little by little, the right-wingers are establishing the police state they claim to fear, all in the pursuit of nabbing illegals. I find these “show me your papers!” checkpoints frightening, insulting and they are clearly un-Constitutional (at least it would be under a Supreme Court not stacked with radical right-wing activist ideologues).
July 27th, 2012 12:17 pm
Civil Rights Upholder
Police State, check, civil rights discarded and thrown out the door, check. Since the Petaluma police dept. and other surrounding area depts. have not got the public message and outcry in regards to such “DUI” checkpoints, maybe they will hear this one, provide safe ride homes for people under the influence of the very substance they sell on every street corner in America. Provide more taxis or taxi services, instead of unconstitutionally entrapping the public. This will better society. Unfortunately, you have not and will not see this occur under today’s police standards.
example: notice how many people under the influence after a night of drinking in the downtown area try to find a safe, sober ride home such as a taxi. It take 2-3hrs with still no luck. And the bars shovel them out the door 2am. Hearing about the old days of law enforcement providing a ride home is completely non-existent. This would better help society. Thanks for keeping us safe with your “DUI” checkpoint.
July 27th, 2012 1:13 pm
American Patriot
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
The supreme courted stated that DUI/Random checkpoint violate the fourth amendment but will be aloud for the greater good.
Thanks supreme court! Now, as well as DUI checkpoints we have random immigration checkpoints, next it will be random terrorist stops, after that… who knows?
July 27th, 2012 1:25 pm
Joe
ThePetaluma Gestapo is at it again. A model town for theNew World Order. Petaluma=a pathetic place to live.
July 28th, 2012 7:18 am