sobriety checkpoint
04
Nov
California DUI Checkpoints
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What is a DUI Checkpoint? If you’ve been driving long enough and have driven in a busy area at night, you have probably been through a DUI checkpoint at some point in your life. DUI checkpoints are employed by police throughout the state of California to help identify, arrest, and charge drunk drivers. They are […]
08
Jun
DUI During COVID-19
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While some states are beginning to transition out of quarantine, other states’ lockdown orders remain intact. Regardless, some areas saw incidents of drunk driving rise precipitously during the COVID-19 lockdown. Whether it was people trying to calm their pandemic fears with some drinks or the lifted restrictions on obtaining alcohol, or perhaps a combination of […]
06
Sep
Does Entrapment Apply to DUI Stops?
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08
Jun
Stopping as a Sobriety Checkpoint
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Memorial Day just past and summer is around the corner. Summer months mean beach trips, vacations, barbeques, 4th of July, and this year, my personal favorite, the World Cup. Where there is fun to be had, law enforcement expects drunk and impaired driving. Many of the summer activities I just mentioned do, often, involve indulging […]
02
Feb
Sobriety checkpoints have been held to be an exception to the rule that law enforcement officers need probable cause to stop and, even if brief, detain a motorist in order for the detention to be constitutional. Normally, police obtain that probable cause through witnessing a traffic violation, witnessing driving which would indicate drunk driving, or […]