do you believe in daytime sobriety checkpoints?

Question

in our town they have started this, during the busiest time of day 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. to get so called happy hour drinkers, they haven't had one arrest, this is during schools letting out, they do it at the local high school. my opinion, this is entrapment for one and such a waste of our tax dollars, then these same cops are out that night drinking and driving. this is justice huh?

to betty , i am a mother of teenagers and i don't like my children being put through this on their way home!!!! and i don't know what world you live in but 90% of all our police forces drink, you need to get a grip on the reality world

who is going to arrest a drunk cop, their buddy and co-workers?

Answer 1

I don't even believe in NIGHTTIME checkpoints. Regardless of what the courts say, random stops by the police are unConstitutional and unAmerican.

Answer 2

Yes I do, you can be drunk at 3Pm in the afternoon. Being drunk has nothing to do with the time. However, young children are walking home from school, to their friends, etc during the day, therefore, if the police could only run sobriety checks during certain hours, I would prefer that they run them while young children would be out and about. I was an insurance adjuster and I have cousins in law enforcement and you would be surprised how many people are drunk between 3-6pm. I, also, believe that cops are less likely to drive drunk, because they see the horror that is wrecked by drunk drivers. Also, a police officer can and often does lose his job, if he get drunk and drives. Although, to me it is very sad, a lot of teenagers try to prove they are "grown up" by drinking and sometimes the liquor is brought to schools. Sounds to me like maybe you are 1 of those teenagers

Answer 3

I think its a great idea!

If they have just started it, they are doing it to see if it is effective. If, as you say no arrests have been made after the period is passed, they will not do it again.

The department only has public safety in mind, they are not here to waste money or ruin your quiet drive home. You might not feel the same if you have ever been/loved one on the headlight side of a drunk driver.

You and your children are precious. These stops will be a learning tool for them. Respect Police, and dont drink and drive. How can this be wrong??

Oh - maybe you support breaking the law? nevermind.

Answer 4

sure the courts have ruled that the police can habit drivers license and DWI checkpoints. The courts judgements are based on the could desire to sell protection on the roads. The courts have self assurance that the protection factors outweigh the minor inconvenience to the widespread public. examine: Delaware v. Prouse Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz State v. Tarlton (NC) and different lawsuits. This one has been ruled on time and time lower back. Checkpoints have certainly no longer something to do with "ordinary site visitors stops." Like I pronounced examine Delaware v. Prouse. The courtroom quite says that the police can no longer randomly pull you over to learn your license, regardless of if, under particular handbook strains a checkpoint could be performed. you're arguing a non-challenge.

Answer 5

The police are only trying do their jobs to keep you and your children safe from drunk drivers. If, the town is doing stop checks at that time of day it is probably because they have found many DUI drivers at that time and they are trying to stop it from continuing. If you have complaints about the schedule for these checks have a meeting between school officials, parents and police department to find out the reasoning for this procedure.

Answer 6

I believe in any time/hour sobriety checks! Why limit looking for drunks to night time hours especially with the amount of alcholics in society today. I don't think it's necessary to have checkpoints set up every day. If it becomes routine for the cops to set up check points at a certain location and time of day, the people whom they are looking to catch will find different routes to where they want to go. If the cops are doing this in front of the schools, that's wrong and can lead to distrust between kids and cops.

Answer 7

I hope you never lose someone to a drunk driver, you'd be the first one complaining that there isn't enough being done to prevent such accidents.

The small inconvenience you and the rest of us have hardly matters if it saves one life. You should be thankful that no one has been killed by a drunk driver in your town rather than complaining about the police trying to prevent it.

My husband is a retired police officer, are you trying to tell me that anyone who is a professional (doctor, lawyer, fireman, police officer) isn't entitled to have an occassional drink?

Wake up and deal with reality.............. It's so easy to criticize when you aren't the one out there dealing with the drunk drivers, drug addicts and the scum of the earth! Do you want their job?

Answer 8

Your kids being put though what ??? a police check point?

And no it is not entrapment, since I am sorry look up the meaning of the word. The police are not telling your children to do anything illegal, to "entrap" them they would have to suggest to the person to do the illegal activity.

Most likely they are looking for unlicensed drivers, no insurance and other illegal activities. ( perhaps students high on drugs).

But this is very legal thing to do and I am sorry you don't support the police in doing thier job.

As a parent you should WANT the roads to be safe

But sadly your position is that of far too many liberals in our nation today, instead of being happy someone is keeping our children in line and helping to watch them, you attack the people who are working for thier safety.

Answer 9

You people only have yourselves to blame. There was a time that sobriety checkpoints were almost always at night, when they made more sense. But you had to complain that somehow your rights were violated and now, in most places, they have to be completely random. Believe me we don't like wasting three hours of our afternoon either.

Answer 10

Daytime sobriety check points are obsolete. With the proliferation of cell phones most drunk drivers are being reported by other drivers by cell phone. More arrests are being made today than ever. If you see someone driving erratically call 911 and report it.

Daytime check points obstruct traffic and are a waste of tax payer money.

Answer 11

i am not so sure that checkpoints are not entrapment. but drunk driving is a very political issue these days. but if they yield no arrests i think the police would spend time doing other things