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California DUI Sobriety Checkpoints - A Serious Misnomer

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

California law enforcement officers have called 2010 the ?year of the checkpoint?. What they really should have called it is ?year of the cash cow?. A recent report from the University of California at Berkeley found that in 2009, DUI checkpoints generated approximately $40 million in revenue?money which is split between local law enforcement agencies and their local towing companies. Why the towing companies, you ask? Because DUI checkpoints aren?t really set up to catch drunk drivers?that?s just the pretext. Rarely do cops arrest even a handful of drunk drivers as a result of these roadblocks?and for that matter, it?s not even that uncommon for the police to close shop on a checkpoint without making any DUI arrests. Who the police are really after are drivers who are driving on suspended/expired driver?s licenses and those driving without a license...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on February 25, 2010 (boomark / email).