Ethics

DUI Checkpoint Stops Zero DUIs

By Ed Brayton

Another good catch by Balko, who links to this article about a DUI checkpoint in Florida that found lots of other things to arrest people for and give them tickets for - but no DUIs.

A DUI checkpoint over the holiday weekend resulted in 10 people being arrested and more than 100 drivers being issued traffic citations.

The Florida Highway Patrol arranged for the checkpoint to be set up in the 2500 block of Southwest 13th Street in Gainesville between 10 p. m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday. FHP Lt. Pat Riordan said that during that time, 1,131 vehicles were checked.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 11, 2009 (boomark / email).