Category: checkpoint

The Problem with USF DUI Checkpoints

DUI Checkpoints are highly ineffective. On February 27, 2016, the University of South Florida Police Department conducted a DUI checkpoint on 50th Street near the USF Catholic Student Center. According to Cpl. Scott Parker’s after-action report / critique, there were 441 vehicles stopped at the checkpoint. Out of all of those people delayed in the […]

Written by on July 12, 2016

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Says Don’t Drink and Drive this Holiday Season

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office wants you to remember not to drink and drive this holiday season. This video was published on their YouTube channel on December 11, 2013. It was sponsored by Bright House Networks. It’s ironic that Sheriff Grady Judd has such a video on this YouTube channel, considering the fact that he […]

Written by on December 11, 2013

DUI Arrests by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Increase Dramatically

The number of people arrested for DUI by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has increased dramatically because of its new DUI enforcement unit formed earlier this year. In fact, year over year, the number of DUI arrests are up more than 50%. The PCSO’s DUI enforcement unit reached full staff about four months ago. The […]

Written by on October 27, 2013

DUI Checkpoint Coming to Brandon, FL, in Hillsborough County on Thursday

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has announced that another DUI Checkpoint will be conducted in Brandon, FL, near JC Handley Park at 3104 S. Kings Avenue and Bloomingdale Avenue. The Brandon DUI Checkpoint will start on July 25th at 10:00 p.m. and is required to end at 4:00 a.m. on July 26th. The Breath Alcohol […]

Written by on July 19, 2013

The DUI Officer Can’t Hold You Down While They Jab a Needle Into Your Arm (at least not without a warrant)

Missouri v. McNeely has been decided. We can all breath a sigh of relief that the United States Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the Missouri Supreme Court. The case holds that in a DUI investigation, “the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute an exigency in every case sufficient to […]

Written by on April 17, 2013

The DUI Checkpoint “Fails to Meet Constitutional Muster”

Part III – The Prosecutor’s Internal Memo Explaining Why the DUI Checkpoint “Fails to Meet Constitutional Muster.” Through a public records request we obtained an internal memo from Assistant State Attorney, Vin Petty, to his supervisors, Bernie McCabe, Bruce Barlett, and Mike Halkitis, dated July 3, 2012, explaining why DUI charges should be dropped. An […]

Written by on March 8, 2013

Port Richey DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve Weekend

The approach of New Year’s Eve means law enforcement officers throughout Florida begin to ramp up plans for DUI checkpoints that begin this weekend and continue through New Year’s Eve. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office announced that its Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Unit will conduct a DUI Checkpoint tomorrow, Friday, December 28, 2012 at 8:30 […]

Written by on December 27, 2012

DUI Checkpoint Tonight in Plant City, FL

The laws surrounding DUI checkpoints and roadblocks are strange. For instance, law enforcement officers are required to announce certain details about the DUI checkpoint in advance to the public. In order to comply with this requirement, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it will conduct a “lowman checkpoint and saturation” in the eastern […]

Written by on December 13, 2012

DUI Checkpoint in Pinellas County on Tampa Road

A DUI checkpoint (often called a DUI roadblock) was scheduled last night in Pinellas County on Tampa Road. The law enforcement officers started stopping vehicles traveling on Tampa Road from 10 p.m. Friday, September 28 until 3 a.m. Saturday, September 29. Those vehicles that are selected for further detention were directed into a parking lot […]

Written by on September 29, 2012

Florida Highway Patrol on DUI Checkpoints

Part II – Florida Should Ban DUI Checkpoints or Roadblocks As this case demonstrates, the Florida Highway Patrol should not be trusted to help local law enforcement agencies conduct DUI checkpoints or roadblocks. In these checkpoints thousands of law abiding citizens are delayed, stopped, and questioned. Out of the thousands of stops only a handful […]

Written by on September 10, 2012

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