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Safety checkpoints scheduled for Tuesday
Staff reports
Issue date: 5/4/09 Section: News
The University Police Department plans a driver safety checkpoint and sobriety checkpoint Tuesday at an undisclosed place and time.
UGA Police hold checkpoints at various times of the year, making sure drivers are updated with licenses, registrations, insurance as well as not driving impaired. UGA last held a checkpoint on St. Patrick's Day as part of a countywide check, which yielded dozens of arrests.
UGA Police hold checkpoints at various times of the year, making sure drivers are updated with licenses, registrations, insurance as well as not driving impaired. UGA last held a checkpoint on St. Patrick's Day as part of a countywide check, which yielded dozens of arrests.
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Ron
posted 5/04/09 @ 11:16 AM EST
Maybe George Zinkham will come rolling through the checkpoint!
me
posted 5/04/09 @ 12:38 PM EST
No, he's dead and is being eaten by buzzards near the radio tower across the train tracks behind his neighborhood.
Winslo
posted 5/04/09 @ 1:15 PM EST
And why did the "police" (since they act that way it forces me to put it in brackets) even announce this? Is there some rule that says you show "offenders" your hand ahead of time?
Bill
posted 5/04/09 @ 2:43 PM EST
So, basically they're searching people's cars without probable cause?
Bill
posted 5/04/09 @ 2:46 PM EST
Oh wait, they aren't constitutional, but the SCOTUS said they're permissible anyway in one of crack-addict Renquist's bungles: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw. (Continued…)
Bill
posted 5/04/09 @ 2:49 PM EST
Good news for anyone who isn't intoxicated, but does get a reigstration/license related violation as a result of this checkpoint: the opinion appears limited to intoxicated driving. (Continued…)
James
posted 5/04/09 @ 3:04 PM EST
Bill,
Do your legal research. Checkpoints are allowed as long as they don't focus on anyone based on race, sex, or some other discriminatory action. (Continued…)
Bill
posted 5/04/09 @ 4:09 PM EST
Having a driver's license certainly isn't a right, but being stopped and having your licensed examined is a "search" and a "seizure." If you read that case, it didn't speak to discrimination based on race, sex, or some other discriminatory action. (Continued…)
Joe
posted 5/04/09 @ 4:51 PM EST
Bill, I'm inclined to agree with you completely, but the constitution doesn't mean shit; it's how the SCOTUS "interprets" it. Fuck the checkpoints, but I'm not gonna raise hell if I'm stopped. (Continued…)
James
posted 5/04/09 @ 5:13 PM EST
Bill:
Maybe this will help ..........
Passive vs. active DUI stop .........
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_checkpoints_legal_if_police_need_probable_cause_to_make_a_traffic_stop
I would hate to see the day when the right of police to do "checkpoints" is stopped. (Continued…)
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