"Roving Patrols" vs. Checkpoints
In light of my recent post about a local official getting ensnared in a police checkpoint and charged with DUI, this story from the Dispatch/Argus is of interest.
I argued that looking for drivers who are driving erratically or violating traffic laws is a fairer and better method than simply stopping every single driver at a single point.
It seems that some statistics would seem to indicate that states which rely on roving patrols looking to spot drunk drivers are more effective at stopping DUI fatalities than those which employ the checkpoint approach.
More here.
And in a related story, a Davenport Alderman got pinched for OWI Friday evening in Bettendorf after police responded to a report of erratic driving. Alderman Bob McGivern was charged with his first OWI.
(It's interesting to note that the Dispatch had this story while the QC Times, supposedly the Davenport paper, at the time of this posting had nothing on their site about it.)
posted by The Inside Dope @ 10/02/2005
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2 Comments:
It may have been in the print edition of the QC Times, but I could not find a story on it on their website, which is what I mentioned. Perhaps I missed it there as well, but I did a search for it and it came up empty.
Also bear in mind when I posted the story above, which was early Sunday morning. It's likely that the Times picked up on the story later or only in their print edition.
Again... I was not referring to the print edition.
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