December 26, 2012 – 15:10
Sergeant Howard Skaggs of the Patrol Operations Bureau for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office just issued a press release on recent “Wolf Pack patrols” in Pinellas County. The most recent roving patrol occurred on December 21, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. through December 22, 2012 at 5:00 a.m. What is a Wolf Pack Patrol? The “Wolf Pack patrol” […]
February 19, 2012 – 12:58
Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff, announced that “Wolfpack patrols” and DUI checkpoints will occur once a month starting in February of 2012. Update: Most recent DUI checkpoint in Oldsmar, Pinellas County FL, on 9/28/12 nets 12 arrests including 5 DUI arrests. The first such DUI roadblock/checkpoint was scheduled for Friday night, February 17, 2012, beginning […]
February 21, 2011 – 16:14
You know how we feel about police roadblocks. Not to overstate the concern, but DUI checkpoints or roadblocks represent a serious threat to our Constitutional rights to avoid unreasonable searches. In fact, the Founding Fathers thought the threat of “unreasonable searches” were so important they wrote a limitation against it into the Fourth Amendment. Then […]
Operation Safe Passage Florida BUI Enforcement and Boating Safety for Memorial Day Weekend May 29, 2010 through June 1, 2010 From Crystal River to Venice From May 29th through June 1st, a multi-agency safety initiative involving several law enforcement agencies will be participating in Operation Safe Passage which starts in Crystal River in Citris County, […]
Pinellas DUI Attorney asks whether DUI checkpoints or roadblocks in Pinellas County an effective way for law enforcement fight crime – or a major inconvenience to thousands of law abiding citizens.
Florida Highway Patrol in Hillsborough, Polk, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter, Citrus, and Hernando County made forty-five (45) drunk driving or driving under the influence (DUI) arrests during a five day period of the 2009 New Year’s Holiday period.
December 15, 2008 – 04:49
Effect of Budget Cuts and Allocation of Resources– Number of DUI arrests were down in Sarasota County and Manatee County, while the number of DUI arrests were up in Pasco and Hernando Counties
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