• Months after revealing the Chicago Police Department set up sobriety checkpoints almost exclusively in African-American and Latino communities, the Tribune has found that the pattern continues. (chicagotribune.com)
  • In May, the Tribune revealed that during the last five years, 84 percent of the 152 sobriety checkpoints scheduled in Chicago occurred in areas populated mostly by minorities while roadways in areas with more DUI-related crashes that are predominantly white are checked less often or not at all. (chicagotribune.com)
  • By Eileen BuckleyBuffalo, NY - Buffalo Police will be setting up DWI sobriety checkpoints across the city starting this weekend. (wbfo.org)
  • As part of a comprehensive, collaborative approach to traffic safety, the USF Police Department hosts Sobriety Checkpoints on the USF Campus. (usf.edu)
  • The imposition of blood alcohol concentration limits for drivers, strongly enforced through highly-visible sobriety checkpoints and random breath-testing by police, can have a sustained effect on drink-driving and reduce the associated crashes, injuries and deaths. (who.int)
  • At sobriety checkpoints, police stop drivers to of drinking and driving in 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • leading cause of death for everyone ages 5-34 and that 1 in 3 crash deaths involves a Expand the use of sobriety checkpoints. (cdc.gov)
  • Chicago police conduct a roadside check for motorists in the 10000 block of South Halsted Street on March 6, 2015. (chicagotribune.com)
  • On Monday morning, long lines of vehicles waiting to cross the Ottawa River from Gatineau stretched for kilometres as police questioned motorists. (cbc.ca)
  • The Kentucky State Police utilizes traffic safety checkpoints to promote safety for motorists using the public roadways and to provide a deterrent for those who violate laws contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes. (kentuckystatepolice.org)
  • Some stakeholders in Badagry on Thursday decried the multiple Police check points along the Lagos-Badagry Expressways to, alleging that the security personnel were using the avenue to extort motorists. (herald.ng)
  • Do San Diego area police have to provide motorists an escape route, attorneys remind? (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • The road sign announcing the checkpoint was placed sufficiently in advance of the checkpoint that motorists could choose to avoid the checkpoint. (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • Police responded by setting up a checkpoint and pointing guns at motorists, as this Associated Press photo shows. (wnd.com)
  • The MSP is giving advance notice of the checkpoint to hopefully reduce fear and anxiety due to inconveniences to motorists and also to perhaps give pause to a driver who has been drinking to think about giving up the car keys. (wsbs.com)
  •  Police officers will be using radar to detect motorists who are speeding and exhibiting other aggressive driving behaviors on city streets. Currently, there are approximately 50 police officers trained as radar operators in the Police Department. (riverviewobserver.net)
  • HawaiÊ»i Island police are informing motorists that police will increase enforcement by conducting DUI checkpoints over the Super Bowl weekend. (hawaii247.com)
  • The HawaiÊ»i Police Department is informing motorists that police will conduct island-wide DUI checkpoints during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. (hawaii247.com)
  • Police use crash and citation data and complaints to decide where to set up roadside checks or conduct roving DUI patrols, Guglielmi said. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Such patrols, however, require probable cause before pulling over a vehicle, whereas checkpoints enable police to make contact with drivers who ordinarily would not have been stopped. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The checkpoints and roving patrols, including overtime, are paid for with federal grant money. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) will hold DUI/Driver License checkpoint and DUI saturation patrols in the upcoming days aimed at removing impaired drivers from the road. (lapdonline.org)
  • DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols are done in locations with a higher frequency of DUI-related collisions and arrests. (lapdonline.org)
  • HawaiÊ»i Island police will conduct island-wide DUI checkpoints and patrols throughout the holiday weekend and intend to enforce all traffic laws, as always. (hawaii247.com)
  • Officers will conduct DUI checkpoints and roving patrols beginning Thursday, July 3, and continuing through Sunday, July 6. (hawaii247.com)
  • Officers will conduct DUI checkpoints and roving patrols beginning Friday, May 23, and continuing through Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. (hawaii247.com)
  • Big Island police will conduct DUI checkpoints and roving patrols from Friday through Halloween, which falls on Monday. (hawaii247.com)
  • At checkpoints, which are conducted by "roving patrols" moving from one spot to another throughout Mobile, officers will check to ensure seat belts, child restraints and other safety features are in use. (al.com)
  • Tonight, Dec. 13, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., the Anaheim PD will conduct a DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint at Harbor Boulevard and La Palma Avenue. (behindthebadge.com)
  • Goleta, Calif. - The Goleta Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint on Friday, July 2, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location within the City of Goleta. (sbsheriff.org)
  • PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 31: A police check point blocks access to the Champs Elysees during the national curfew on December 31, 2020 in Paris, France. (gettyimages.co.jp)
  • Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics. (kentuckystatepolice.org)
  • Cooper's comments about safety checkpoints came after police announced that they will be conducting the enforcements throughout the city tonight and on Thursday . (al.com)
  • Barber, when he was sworn in as police chief in November, said he would likely scale back on the use of safety checkpoints . (al.com)
  • The checkpoint operation will be immediately followed by a four-hour saturation patrol. (usf.edu)
  • Police say a person with a loaded gun in their carry-on bag was arrested Oct. 29, 2019, at O'Hare International Airport. (suntimes.com)
  • Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. (sbsheriff.org)
  • The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to promote public safety by deterring drivers from driving impaired. (sbsheriff.org)
  • DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests which affords the greatest opportunity for achieving impaired driving deterrence. (kget.com)
  • In total, Saturday night's checkpoint resulted in six arrests . (wkbn.com)
  • Between March and August, Chicago police scheduled 14 roadside checks, pulling over drivers randomly to check for drunken driving and other violations. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The Englewood District followed closely behind in crashes, yet police scheduled two roadside checks in the predominantly African-American South Side district in recent months. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Ogdensburg native and student of criminal justice at SUNY Canton, Jess Cooke, has distributed a video of herself being tackled and then stunned with a TASER for more than a minute by USBP agents near a roadside checkpoint following an exchange and eventual confrontation. (naturalnews.com)
  • Roadside checkpoints have become commonplace on roads leading away from the U.S.-Canada border throughout the North Country. (naturalnews.com)
  • On March 20, police scheduled a checkpoint in the majority black Grand Crossing District even though the area has had the fewest alcohol-related crashes in the city. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Meanwhile, no checkpoints were scheduled in the majority white Jefferson Park District despite ranking third citywide for the number of alcohol-related crashes and fatalities. (chicagotribune.com)
  • PALISADES PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- A mother and her young child were shaken up Tuesday night, and a police officer was injured after a driver allegedly refused to stop at a checkpoint and led to a pair of crashes in New Jersey. (cbsnews.com)
  • Find out how Māori and Police work together to help prevent crime, crashes and victimisation in our communities. (police.govt.nz)
  • The purpose of these safety checks is to make the streets safer, and they are a success," said Guglielmi, who noted that police conduct various types of DUI enforcement beyond the roadblocks. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Individuals who post the locations of DWI checkpoints may be engaging in criminal conduct since such actions could be intentional attempts to prevent and/or impair the administration of the DWI laws and other relevant criminal and traffic laws," the statement read. (amny.com)
  • ARLINGTON , Va. - On Saturday, September 30th, 2017, the Arlington County Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint. (arlingtonva.us)
  • Federal courts have ruled that officers can set up traffic checkpoints for very limited purposes only, so we question why federal immigration authorities are needed to conduct routine seat belt checks in Jackson County. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • Police said the crash happened after officers tried "to conduct a traffic stop on an SUV that avoided a license checkpoint by abruptly exiting the roadway and turning around and increased speed to evade law enforcement. (wbtw.com)
  • HawaiÊ»i Island police will conduct island-wide DUI checkpoints throughout the holiday season. (hawaii247.com)
  • HawaiÊ»i Island police are informing motorist that officers will conduct islandwide DUI checkpoints throughout the holiday season. (hawaii247.com)
  • Big Island police are informing motorist that police will conduct islandwide DUI checkpoints over the next two weekends in an effort to curb drunk driving during the St. Patrick’s Day and Prince Kuhio Day weekends. (hawaii247.com)
  • North Yorkshire police have started to roll out checkpoints on roads across the county to deter needless travel and slow the spread of coronavirus. (rac.co.uk)
  • Just last week, the local police force highlighted that speeding and other driving offences are on the rise on the county's quieter roads amid the lockdown . (rac.co.uk)
  • He alleged that some police officers were fond of creating barriers on public roads to enable easy stopover by road users, which he said was not proper. (herald.ng)
  • With the approach of the long Fourth of July weekend and the continuation of graduation parties, HawaiÊ»i Island police will be on alert to help prevent tragedy on our roads. (hawaii247.com)
  • Bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint carries a federal civil penalty because TSA reserves the right to issue a civil penalty to travelers who have guns and gun parts with them at a checkpoint. (tsa.gov)
  • ATLANTA - The latest effort to get travelers to not show up at the airport checkpoint with a weapon is to describe what will happen to you that could spoil your family trip for Thanksgiving. (fox5atlanta.com)
  • Police narrowed the roadway on Franklin Avenue just a few blocks south of Eastern Parkway at around 7 p.m. Monday evening, asking each driver to roll up his or her windows so officers could view their relative translucency. (brooklyneagle.com)
  • People featured here are sought by Police for arrest. (police.govt.nz)
  • The Asheville Citizen-Times recently reported that a seat belt checkpoint in Tuckasegee resulted in the May 16 arrest of 15 undocumented immigrants. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • Since 2018, immigration officers have policing powers of search and arrest within the checkpoints and in their immediate vicinity. (wikipedia.org)
  • (July 5, 2023) - The Kentucky State Police would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. (kentuckystatepolice.org)
  • I mentioned in a post recently that it seemed like the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) were getting serious in 2023 about warning the public about the dangers of drunk/impaired driv ing and drunk/impaired driv ers . (wsbs.com)
  • The minivan driver instead slammed into a Ridgefield police cruiser, and the officer inside was injured, Schneider reported. (cbsnews.com)
  • He became, as one officer said, "a little bit disorderly" and was issued a citation this past Saturday after police established a checkpoint off Brooklyn Avenue. (wgmd.com)
  • Responding, the Divisional Police Officer, Badagry Police Station, CSP Sunday Adeyeri, said his station had only two checkpoints situated at Iyafin, Badagry. (herald.ng)
  • The woman, Linda Magovern, 63, was charged with impersonation of a law enforcement officer, failure to obey and fleeing a law enforcement officer after she presented herself at the checkpoint while in a car, NBC Washington reports. (nbcnews.com)
  • One police officer was killed, two others were kidnapped in an attack by an armed group of men on a checkpoint in southeastern Niger, a source in the security forces told Sputnik on Saturday, APA reports citing Reuters. (apa.az)
  • The handgun was spotted when the TSA officer who was staffing a checkpoint X-ray monitor in Terminal C spotted the weapon inside the man's carry-on bag. (tsa.gov)
  • The northern checkpoints: Is a military police officer trying to remove us from the checkpoints? (machsomwatch.org)
  • We met an officer from the District Coordination and Liaison Office named Yitzhak who falsely claimed that the road leading to the checkpoint was a closed military zone and that we were forbidden to be there. (machsomwatch.org)
  • U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans was killed Friday when a man attacked him and another officer at a Capitol checkpoint. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • One U.S. Capitol Police officer is dead and another is hospitalized with injuries after an apparent attack Friday at a Capitol checkpoint in which a man rammed his car into officers and lunged at them with a knife, police said. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • Capitol Police identified the slain officer as William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • The other police officer is in "stable and non-threatening condition," Capitol Police said. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • The photo, (credited to AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton) is captioned, "A California Highway Patrol officer and another emergency responder stop a vehicle at a checkpoint near the neighborhood where a federal immigration officer was shot and three local police officers were wounded during a violent confrontation with a suspect in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. (wnd.com)
  • Similarly, during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer whose killing rampage that left four people dead and three others wounded, police shot and injured two innocent women delivering newspapers in a truck that "resembled" Dorner's vehicle. (wnd.com)
  • Officer Thomas Allen of the Mobile Police Department checks the license of a driver during a license checkpoint on Friday, April 28, 2006. (al.com)
  • The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) announced today that it is beginning an investigation of traffic checkpoints being conducted by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • The ACLU-NCLF investigation will focus on claims that Latinos were racially profiled during the execution of the checkpoints, one of which recently resulted in the detention of 15 undocumented immigrants. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • An ACLU-NCLF investigation of police checkpoints in Winston-Salem last year led the Winston-Salem Police Department to change its policies for executing checkpoints. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • She displayed 'a round metallic object later identified as a Military Police Challenge Coin' and said she was part of law enforcement, police said. (nbcnews.com)
  • Magovern displayed "a round metallic object later identified as a Military Police Challenge Coin" and said she was part of law enforcement, according to a police report. (nbcnews.com)
  • SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) - Two Scotland County teenagers were killed Saturday night after the SUV they were in crashed and flipped over several times while trying to flee from a law-enforcement checkpoint in Laurinburg, police said. (wbtw.com)
  • The USF Police Department is fully committed to traffic safety and actively engages in education and enforcement. (usf.edu)
  • Helicopters circled overhead and armored vehicles and other police cars flocked to the area following an initial report that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent had been shot. (wnd.com)
  • JERSEY CITY â€" As part of the efforts to curb drunk driving, underage drinking, and aggressive driving, law enforcement in Jersey City are dedicated to prevent and deter future fatalities on our city streets. This weekend, the Jersey City Police Department will be conducting a DWI checkpoint to protect those who live and commute in Jersey City. Allocations are provided through the Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund. (riverviewobserver.net)
  • Being proactive in addressing at-risk driving behaviors, underage drinking, and other traffic safety concerns through various enforcement and educational initiatives are just some of the things the Jersey City Police Department strives to achieve on a daily basis. (riverviewobserver.net)
  • The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is a law-enforcement agency within the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the border control agency responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in Singapore. (wikipedia.org)
  • Primary enforcement laws allow police officers to pull over drivers and issue tickets just because the drivers or their passengers aren't wearing seat belts. (cdc.gov)
  • Secondary enforcement laws only allow police officers to issue tickets for seat belt violations if drivers have been pulled over for some other offense. (cdc.gov)
  • Primary enforcement seat belt laws allow police to stop vehicles just because someone is not wearing a seat belt. (cdc.gov)
  • But as mobile applications Google Maps and the Google-owned subsidiary Waze take the wheel in popularity, the New York Police Department says some of their features are not so helpful after all. (amny.com)
  • The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department has directed the rescission of the special order authorizing the Neighborhood Safety Zone program at issue in this appeal," Kim wrote. (justiceonline.org)
  • Common Council President Darius Pridgen says the Buffalo Police Department is required to provide quarterly and yearly data about their checkpoints held around the city, but has not provided that data. (wbfo.org)
  • The Police Department is to submit a full report to this Council and I think that needs to occur because then there's transparency," he says. (wbfo.org)
  • My goal in this is not to bang on the Police Department, it is to build trust, because where's no information often there is misinformation, so we have to have the facts. (wbfo.org)
  • The Goleta Police Department is committed to keeping the traveling public safe during the Independence Day holiday weekend. (sbsheriff.org)
  • The Goleta Police Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol. (sbsheriff.org)
  • A warning about drunk-driving checkpoints during the Cinco de Mayo holiday got the Oakland (CA) Police Department in hot water. (policemag.com)
  • Criticism about the warning prompted the Oakland Police Department to issue an apology and then cancel the checkpoints, Fox Latino reports. (policemag.com)
  • A statement from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department said: "A call came in at approximately 1:05 pm to the unit block of Constitution Ave, NE, for the report of a possible shooting. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The Bakersfield Police Department will be checking drivers for proper licensing and signs of impairment on Friday night. (kget.com)
  • Jersey City Police Department conducting DWI checkpoint to protect those who live and commute in Jersey City. (riverviewobserver.net)
  • This summer, the Jersey City Police Department is also fighting against underage drinking under the program referred to as Cops in Shops . (riverviewobserver.net)
  • CARLSBAD (KUSI) - A sobriety checkpoint operation will be conducted Saturday by the California Highway Patrol and the Carlsbad Police Department, officials said. (kusi.com)
  • Colby Cooper, speaking to the local media at Government Plaza, said that Mayor Sandy Stimpson supports Police Chief James Barber and the tools the department needs to make sure Mobile is safe. (al.com)
  • The checkpoints are funded by grants awarded to the Mobile Police Department throughout the year. (al.com)
  • During the Boston Marathon-bombings manhunt earlier this year, heavily armed police officers in Watertown, Mass., went door-to-door without search warrants terrorizing families at gunpoint and ransacking homes. (wnd.com)
  • Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn has sought justice from the court in the case involving the search warrant issued. (pattayamail.com)
  • Revealing the location of checkpoints puts those drivers, their passengers and the general public at risk. (amny.com)
  • During the checkpoints, officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, with officers checking drivers for proper licensing. (lapdonline.org)
  • Officers will stop all vehicles passing through the checkpoint and ask to see the licenses of drivers. (arlingtonva.us)
  • The intent of a traffic safety checkpoint is to provide for a high visibility, public safety service, focusing on operator impairment, vehicular equipment deficiencies (confirming appropriate registration and insurance of vehicles) and the valid licensing of drivers. (kentuckystatepolice.org)
  • Even the common man, and drivers are protesting every day because of checkpoints, the economy of Badagry is going down every day. (herald.ng)
  • Based on several reports, we have concerns that these traffic checkpoints are being used as a pretense for checking drivers' immigration status," said Raul Pinto, Racial Justice Attorney for the ACLU-NCLF. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • We are interested in hearing from any drivers who have gone through a checkpoint in Jackson County and we urge them to contact our office. (acluofnorthcarolina.org)
  • During the checkpoint, officers will look for signs that drivers are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. (sbsheriff.org)
  • With regard to the citizen's right to avoid the stop, at page 1336, Ingersoll said, Checkpoint personnel were specifically instructed that drivers were not to be stopped merely for avoiding the checkpoint. (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • Police remind drivers that impaired driving does not just refer to alcohol, but that some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may also interfere with a person's ability to drive, as well as marijuana, regardless if it is medicinal or recreational. (fox40.com)
  • The checkpoint is named in honor of two CHP Oceanside area officers who were killed by drunken drivers, the CHP said in a press release. (kusi.com)
  • Fairfax County police officers from around the county conducted a sobriety checkpoint to deter and apprehend intoxicated drivers on Saturday, May 24 from midnight until 3 a.m. Sunday. (alextimes.com)
  • During the lead-up to the 2018 Trump-Kim Summit, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam revealed that four people had been turned away at the checkpoints for terrorism related reasons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ottawa police cite local public health, traffic and safety impacts discussed with Ottawa Public Health and local stakeholders as the reason for its operational changes. (cbc.ca)
  • Upon setting a destination on the Waze app, users can see a number of reports, including heavy traffic, stopped cars, construction, traffic light cameras, hidden police and checkpoints. (amny.com)
  • These checkpoints will allow the Kentucky State Police the opportunity to periodically concentrate its efforts in checking for violations of Kentucky traffic and regulatory laws that will ultimately increase the safety of the citizens within the Commonwealth. (kentuckystatepolice.org)
  • North West Motorway Police issued the man with a traffic offence report before tweeting about the incident on Sunday. (rac.co.uk)
  • The National Guard increased troop levels to 25,000 as much of the city is under lockdown, with restricted traffic and checkpoints. (nbcnews.com)
  • The funding for this weekend's DUI checkpoint was provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety. (fox40.com)
  • The checkpoint with the most vehicles turned around was the Southbound checkpoint at SH1/Mercer off ramp where 115 vehicles were turned away. (police.govt.nz)
  • NaturalNews) The Police State of America grew in size again recently after a New York woman was essentially assaulted by Border Patrol agents. (naturalnews.com)
  • This diaper bag contained more than five pounds of heroin discovered by Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint n Temecula, California. (wavy.com)
  • SAN DIEGO (Border Report) - Border Patrol agents working a freeway checkpoint north of San Diego discovered more than 5 pounds of heroin hidden in a diaper bag earlier this week. (wavy.com)
  • According to a Border Patrol news release, agents stopped a 38-year-old woman who was driving a black Ford pickup at the checkpoint along I-15 just south of Temecula, California. (wavy.com)
  • Four checkpoints occurred in a predominantly Latino districts. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Of Chicago's 22 police districts, nine are majority black, five white, four Latino and four have no racial majority. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Despite the NYPD's concerns of allowing users to know of upcoming checkpoints, a Google spokesperson said that the feature is representative of the company's 'top priority' for safety. (amny.com)
  • No corner of the city had more checkpoints than the Harrison District on the city's West Side, where police have scheduled three of the random stops since March. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Police officials have maintained the lack of checkpoints there has nothing to do with the fact that roughly one-fifth of the city's police officers and their families live there. (chicagotribune.com)
  • City Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate Mark Schroeder told a recent political forum there were 60 police checkpoints in Buffalo last year, 52 of which were on the city's East Side. (wbfo.org)
  • Inside, they found a loaded 9mm handgun, police said. (suntimes.com)
  • man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight on Wednesday, March 23, at Newark Liberty International Airport. (tsa.gov)
  • TSA then alerted Port Authority Police who confiscated the handgun and arrested the man on weapons charges. (tsa.gov)
  • Civil penalties for bringing a handgun into a checkpoint can stretch into thousands of dollars, depending on mitigating circumstances. (tsa.gov)
  • Can San Diego DUI Checkpoints be legally avoided? (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • San Diego DUI Defense Lawyers handling administering hearings have to remind Hearing Officers there is a "a not-so-small point" requirement (conveniently not found in California DMV's Driver Safety APS Manual: One's Right to Escape or Avoid a DUI Roadblock or Drunk Driving Checkpoint. (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • For drunk driving checkpoint locations throughout Memorial Day Weekend in San Diego County, visit this free local lawyer service . (sandiegoduilawyer.com)
  • Roderick Sawyer, 6th, chairman of the City Council's Black Caucus, said the pattern suggests "a racial undertone" that he'd like to see police officials explain during a public hearing. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Tinted window checkpoints in Crown Heights: Racial profiling or good policing? (brooklyneagle.com)
  • The police dept. also said that the locations of DUI checkpoints are selected based on data that shows incidents of impaired driving-related incidents. (fox40.com)
  • Police do not share the locations where the checkpoints will take place, although officers tend to concentrate on areas where police frequently hear complaints about unsafe driving. (al.com)
  • Rehoboth Beach police have been enforcing the face-covering requirements this past week with periodic boardwalk checkpoints. (wgmd.com)
  • Barber supports interacting police officers within neighborhoods that are considered crime "hot spots. (al.com)
  • The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release that starting 8 p.m. Tuesday, it will start rotating its officers on a daily basis at the five interprovincial bridges and two ferries connecting Gatineau, Que. (cbc.ca)
  • Scan the latest Police news and information about your district. (police.govt.nz)
  • After she initially complied when asked to park her car, Magovern drove off when she was then asked to provide her license, according to a police report obtained by NBC News. (nbcnews.com)
  • Disaster research studies demonstrate that this image is believed by the public, by members of emergency and public safety organizations (for example, by police and fire departments, the American Red Cross, and the military), by governmen tal officials, and by the news media. (cdc.gov)
  • D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier set up roadblocks there in the summer of 2008 in an effort to combat crime in the Northeast neighborhood. (justiceonline.org)
  • Image: Police stop a driver at a checkpoint in York to check whether they are making an essential journey. (rac.co.uk)
  • Anthony Driver, president of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, joined the chairman of the City Council's Police Committee in sounding the alarm about restrictions so severe, they have contributed heavily to an alarming citywide surge in robberies. (suntimes.com)
  • The 14-year-old driver, who was not seriously hurt, was taken to a juvenile holding facility, according to Laurinburg police. (wbtw.com)
  • The police encourage you to dial 911 if a suspected impaired driver is seen. (kget.com)
  • The Mahoning County Task Force was conducting an OVI checkpoint at Market Street and Hillman Saturday night when just after after 10 p.m. a driver briefly stopped before bypassing the checkpoint, ignoring multiple calls from officers to stop, reports state. (wkbn.com)
  • When officers questioned the driver, Michael Rubin IV, regarding why he failed to stop, reports state a passenger told police it was her fault and she had told him to keep going. (wkbn.com)
  • Also, Mr Solomon Bonu, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state appealed to the police command in the state that the road blocks should be reduced in the interest of peace. (herald.ng)
  • Under the Integrated Checkpoints Command (ICC) concept, ICA is ultimately responsible for border security at Singapore's checkpoints. (wikipedia.org)
  • I do believe they serve a great purpose as in finding illegal guns that are on the streets," Wingo says, "but as far as the concentration of police checkpoints in certain areas of the city - people being ticketed for non-criminal offenses: taillight being out or registration expired, things of that nature that they typically would not have gotten pulled over for. (wbfo.org)
  • At this point, the male agent repeatedly asks Cooke to walk back to her car, but she refuses, telling the male agent that she has a right to stand where she is standing, which seems to be off the road and out of the way of the checkpoint. (naturalnews.com)
  • Hon. Setonji David, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Badagry Constituency 2, said that no business could strive in Badagry with the number of police check points on the road. (herald.ng)
  • From the traveling experiences I had, it is only thecLagos-Badagry expressroad that has numerous checkpoints within short intervals, this is an abuse of road checkpoints. (herald.ng)
  • No business can strive in Badagry with the number of police on the road, this is unbearable, we are under siege here," he said. (herald.ng)
  • But the police personnel on the road are causing stumbling blocks for tourists who often decry the number of checkpoints. (herald.ng)
  • I am from Erekiti, I personally have to challenge a police man who had his gun cocked and was harassing the people on the Mowo-Ikoga road. (herald.ng)
  • Police were our friends before, but now on the road, police are no longer our friends," Avoseh said. (herald.ng)
  • An armed attack targeted a checkpoint in southeastern Niger on the road linking the cities of Diffa and Surua. (apa.az)
  • Yesterday a fatal shooting incident occurred on Route 585, the road from Jenin to Tulkarem on which Yaabed-Dotan Checkpoint is located. (machsomwatch.org)
  • He has recently attempted to prevent women from Machsom Watch to observe the checkpoints in the area. (machsomwatch.org)
  • This intervention deters convicted DWI offenders from driving their vehicle since it is relatively easy for police to observe whether a vehicle has a license plate. (cdc.gov)
  • To help ensure the Council receives regular reports on where the checkpoints were located, how many tickets were issued, what was found and the like, lawmakers made a formal request to Buffalo Police. (wbfo.org)
  • Ridgefield police told CBS 2 the chain of events started at a checkpoint at Grand Avenue and Route 46 around 7 p.m., when a suspect in a minivan did not stop. (cbsnews.com)
  • Officers eventually stopped her and took her to a hospital to be evaluated, police said. (nbcnews.com)
  • Implementation of these measures required rapid, firm action by authorities, including prompt mobilization of repressive police forces. (cdc.gov)
  • This will stop after the province's order expires, say police. (cbc.ca)
  • Police said officers will only stop private passenger vehicles and not commercial ones, which are exempt from the provincial order. (cbc.ca)
  • The May Tribune report analyzed Chicago DUI checkpoints from 2010 through June of last year and compared the data with crash data by police district. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Chicago police logged more violations than any other municipality in Illinois that year. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Last year TSA officers detected 5,972 guns at security checkpoints nationwide and 86 percent of them were loaded. (tsa.gov)
  • 55-year old persons may cross the checkpoint (into Israel) without special permits. (machsomwatch.org)
  • The two 15-year-olds were thrown from the vehicle in the crash, which police said happened at about 9 p.m. (wbtw.com)
  • The person, who had a valid FOID card and concealed-carry license, was arrested, police said. (suntimes.com)
  • BPD announced a scheduled DUI and license checkpoint on Sept. 15, at an undisclosed location. (kget.com)
  • Are Buffalo Police checkpoints carried out equitably across the city? (wbfo.org)
  • Masten District representative Ulysees Wingo agrees about the usefulness of police checkpoints, but says the key word is "equity" around the city. (wbfo.org)
  • KTXL) - A DUI checkpoint will be held somewhere in the city of Lodi on the night of April 22nd, according to Lodi Police. (fox40.com)
  • MOBILE, Alabama - Police checkpoints will be utilized in the future "out of necessity" and not in any other matter that "doesn't make" Mobile "the safest city in America," the mayor's chief of staff said Tuesday. (al.com)
  • Support for the chief also came earlier in the day when the Mobile City Council unanimously supported authorizing Barber to pursue several grants that could generate about $1.7 million for "hot spot" policing efforts . (al.com)
  • The mayor doesn't want to take off the table the tools our police force needs to make Mobile the safest city in the future. (al.com)
  • Capitol Police tweeted just after 3 p.m. that it had cleared the "external security incident" at all U.S. Capitol campus buildings but said the area around the scene would remain restricted. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • After the escape of Mas Selamat in 2008, all checkpoints immediately stepped up security checks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Police claim they are merely enforcing existing law - the violation of which creates risks for police performing their duties, since they cannot ascertain who is behind a motor vehicle, and pedestrians and bicyclists on the roadway, since the motorist often cannot see these individuals as well - and that infractions often lead to searches yielding evidence of additional crimes. (brooklyneagle.com)
  • The teenagers' SUV then hit a vehicle that "had yielded to the side of the roadway" before going out of control and flipping multiple times, police said. (wbtw.com)
  • By introducing video contact at this crucial point, police officers have the option to add another layer of identification before arriving to the vehicle," said SafeStop. (policemag.com)
  • He exited the vehicle and began "lunging" toward police with a knife visible in his hand, at which point officers fired their weapons, killing the suspect. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • The NYPD sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google over the weekend to demand an end to a police checkpoint feature on Waze. (amny.com)
  • In the video , it looks as though Cooke was pulled over for a secondary inspection at the USBP checkpoint. (naturalnews.com)
  • Chief Tunde Giro, the representative of Akran of Badagry, disclosed that from Seme to Badagry there are no less than 13 police check points. (herald.ng)
  • Lovejoy District representative Richard Fontana also called for the data to include information about vehicles towed at checkpoints. (wbfo.org)
  • Explore the early history of Police, read the memorials of officers killed by criminal acts, and find out about the exciting Police Museum. (police.govt.nz)
  • On Sunday, Police Chief Keith Banks said the officers have so far issued 29 $100 civil citations. (wgmd.com)
  • Police and lifeguards have distributed more than 16,500 free face masks as of Friday, Chief Banks said. (wgmd.com)
  • Evans began his service on March 7, 2003, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said in a statement, and he was a member of the Capitol Division's First Responder's Unit. (northernpublicradio.org)
  • Video: Kevin Bacon joins Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown for performance. (alextimes.com)
  • Between 11.59pm on 31 August and 3.30pm on 2 September, a total of 7,663 vehicles were stopped at the five checkpoints on Auckland's southern boundary. (police.govt.nz)