I haven't been through one here in Texas but many other States set up sobriety checkpoints where they stop every vehicle on certain roads. They claim that they are just checking for alcohol use but if they determine that you are a candidate for further investigation, your car is searched or at least that was the process in Ohio when I went through the last one. After a couple of minutes of discussion, they gave me a pamphlet and waved me through. They had 4 cars off to the side and were going through the whole routine with them. It was around 11pm.VMI77 wrote: ....I agree. I haven't crossed any national borders, I'm going from my parents home to my home, both in the State of Texas, and in a free country I don't expect to be stopped at a police checkpoint. I guess I'm just too old and paid too much attention in class when I was a youngster. They used to teach us that things like internal checkpoints were hallmarks of police states; so when I get stopped at an internal checkpoint almost 100 miles from the border it brings back what I was taught in public school. When the checkpoint is this far from the Mexican border the "border control" stuff is just a pretext for general all around searches....
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- Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:10 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
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