Tag Archives: checkpoint

Pinellas County DUI “Wolf Pack Patrols”

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” […]

DUI Checkpoint in New Port Richey, FL

UPDATE: This DUI sobriety checkpoint in New Port Richey in Pasco County, FL, proves why Florida should ban checkpoints altogether. The officers at the New Port Richey Checkpoint managed to record their misconduct on video. We discovered the video during our representation of one person arrested for DUI during that checkpoint.  Although the operational plan […]

Are Pinellas County DUI “Sobriety Checkpoints” Effective?

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.