scott delaney
Sharpshooter
- Nov 25, 2009
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If you come through a checkpoint in Marion County and you aren't impaired, you'll be on your way in literally 30 seconds or less.
Respectfully, that's not the point. I see it as way to close off a gateway to casual random home inspections for public safety
On second thought I think I might ditch the ham sandwich. It might get indicted.On that note you could always throw a donut out the window. That might distract them enough to get a running start.
IANAL, so......I won't tell you how to make sure you go to jail or how to make sure you don't. And I won't post Chris Rock's video again.
This is the problem. This whole do what they say or else, even when you're doing nothing wrong. I'm also not convinced they are at all effective. Massive amount of work, massive delays in traffic, nuisance for both police and citizens. I understand many checkpoints are funded by grants and get y'all some overtime pay, but still doesn't make them right. There is no stat that proves them more effective than patrols and just using the grant to have more presence on the streets rather than wasting 99.9 percent of people's time.
Welcome to Northwest Indiana. You will find many more stories just like those. I hope you can see now why some have some dismay about them.^^^^^
That is not the purpose of a sobriety checkpoint, and shenanigans like that is what will ultimately get them tossed.
People's positions about these do change quick when someone they love gets slaughtered by a drunk driver.
The longer you live, the more you lose.
Checkpoints are about deterrence, not enforcement. Independent patrols will net far more arrests than any checkpoint. Checkpoints are highly publicized, held in popularly traveled areas, and are lit up like the 4th of July. Deterrence.