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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 Jason Miller on July 19, 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 Jason Miller on December 27, 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 Jason Miller on September 10, 2012

Illegal DUI Checkpoint in Pasco County, FL, Caught on Videotape

Part I – DUI Attorney Jason Sammis was recently interviewed by Mike Deeson with Tampa Bay’s 10 News on an illegal DUI checkpoint in Pasco County, FL. The problems with this DUI sobriety checkpoint may have huge implications for the officers involved and for future DUI sobriety checkpoints conducted in Pasco County, FL. The next […]

Written by Jason Miller on August 30, 2012

DUI Checkpoints in Pinellas County to Increase Throughout 2012

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, […]

Written by Jason Miller on February 19, 2012

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