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Here Come the Feds (cont?d): Marines at DUI Roadblocks

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve posted in the past about the increasing federalization of drunk driving laws and law enforcement procedures.  See Here Come the Feds and The Future of DUI.  But even I wasn’t ready for the latest development… The U.S. Marines have landed…and are apparently manning "sobriety checkpoints" in San Bernardino County in California.  Yes, Marines.  Yes, civilian DUI roadblocks.  From an official December 10th California Highway Patrol public relations release: CHP to Conduct Sobriety/Driver’s License Checkpoint The Morongo office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in conjunction with the  San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department and the USMC military police will conduct a joint sobriety/driver license checkpoint on Friday, December 12, 2008, somewhere in the unincorporated/incorporated area of San Bernardino County...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).