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MyspaceThe Santa Barbara Police Department will be conducting DUI Checkpoints in the City of Santa Barbara on the following dates and times. Driver’s licenses will be checked at this checkpoint.
- Thursday December 9, 6 pm to 2 am
- Sunday, December 12, 6 pm to 2 am
The Santa Barbara Police Department encourages everyone to drink responsibly, pre-arrange for a ride home, designate a driver and understand that every officer will be diligently looking for the impaired driver. Additionally, DUI enforcement officers will be on patrol throughout the weekend and we would prefer to arrest the DUI driver than to find them in a collision.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Additionally, we encourage everyone to report the suspected impaired driver by calling “911.” Doing so could save the life of a loved one. Don’t drink and drive!
Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
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Great! So much for the element of surprise and the idiocy of irrelevant information in a release that doesn't tell us a thing.
Why not just post that law enforcement officers will be engaged in vigilant observation and interdiction in the prevention of DUI 24-hours a day, 365 days a week. That ought to do it. Duh.
Draxor (anonymous profile)
December 8, 2010 at 7:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I appreciate your posting the press release. I believe it serves it's intended purpose. I hope it saves a life.
Ken (anonymous profile)
December 10, 2010 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Draxor, the posting is required by case law in regards to check points, they have to be advertised. But I guess you already know that, you know everything.
InTheKnow (anonymous profile)
December 11, 2010 at 9:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It seems inconsistent that DUI checkpoints must be advertised but a cop can still check people for speeding while sitting in a hidden location.
I agree with Draxor (in spite of whatever the law says) that taking the element of surprise out doesn't make sense.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
December 13, 2010 at 3:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
No one seems to care how out of control the cell phone thing has gotten and there seems to be little enforcement. I'm gonna stick to my rule: be home by your 3rd beer and never use your phone while driving. I prefer to show my respect and undivided attention to people next to me sharing the road, and not to the person calling me and sending texts.
Riceman (anonymous profile)
December 13, 2010 at 3:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Here it is explained in a different way. Maybe this will help bill
http://www.kionrightnow.com/Global/st...
InTheKnow (anonymous profile)
December 15, 2010 at 5:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Fair enough ITK. I didn't realize the location was the surprise element. Thanks for the link.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
December 19, 2010 at 2:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The real intent is to get around the warrentless search provision of the Constitution of the United States. Which is why this explaination is really meally mouth doublespeak.
"primary purpose of a sobriety checkpoint is not to discover evidence of crime ..."
Rather than except as decent salary rate, the gluttonous, political suystem corrupting LE agencies prefer to overcharge the public for their time which causes the public to go without additional officers that be out on the street witnessing criminal driving. They'd rather sit on their fat butts detaining innocent citizens in hopes of discovering that 2% that are in fact driving illegally.
sa1 (anonymous profile)
December 19, 2010 at 5:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)