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The Outrageous Hypocrisy behind DUI Sobriety Checkpoints

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

California DUI sobriety checkpoints aren?t ?criminal investigations?, they?re simply tools to help deter drunk drivers?at least that?s what the California Supreme Court said when it held that sobriety checkpoints are legal despite the fact that people are being stopped without probable cause. The court got around that issue by requiring that California DUI checkpoints must adhere to certain guidelines in order to be legally valid. One of the guidelines that regulate these California DUI checkpoints is that their location be publicly advertised. Why then are the police so upset that people are ?tweeting? and ?texting? each other to spread the word about a checkpoint?s location? Public awareness is, after all, important in ?deterring? DUIs?continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).