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Maurice Weitman
Aug 1, 1986, 3:04:55 PM8/1/86
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In article <28...@sdcrdcf.UUCP> mpin...@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mike Pinkett) writes:
>
>In my opinion, having 5 or more policeman standing in one stationary
>spot will not be as effective as having them out on the road. Do you
>think that possibly less damage would have been done if a moving
>policeman could have spotted the driver before then? They could certainly
>cover a lot more ground, and would be out for other useful things like
>helping people whose car has stopped before they get mugged, etc.
>--
I might be missing something obvious, but it seems to me that the
checkpoint, as abhorent as they may be in other respects, has a much
better chance of catching a drunk driver than moving patrol cars, in that
many more cars will pass the checkpoint than a patrol car will pass in
the same interval. As a civil-libertarian, and one whose life was touched
by a drunk driver, I'm conflicted about this, and don't have a clear
answer on this, but I do generally support the idea of visible vigilance
against drunk drivers. I also think that the checkpoints can be done
with respect and a minimum of inconvenience to the innocent.
>
>In my opinion, having 5 or more policeman standing in one stationary
>spot will not be as effective as having them out on the road. Do you
>think that possibly less damage would have been done if a moving
>policeman could have spotted the driver before then? They could certainly
>cover a lot more ground, and would be out for other useful things like
>helping people whose car has stopped before they get mugged, etc.
>--
I might be missing something obvious, but it seems to me that the
checkpoint, as abhorent as they may be in other respects, has a much
better chance of catching a drunk driver than moving patrol cars, in that
many more cars will pass the checkpoint than a patrol car will pass in
the same interval. As a civil-libertarian, and one whose life was touched
by a drunk driver, I'm conflicted about this, and don't have a clear
answer on this, but I do generally support the idea of visible vigilance
against drunk drivers. I also think that the checkpoints can be done
with respect and a minimum of inconvenience to the innocent.
--
Quote: "The police aren't here to create disorder, they're here
to preserve disorder." Mayor Richard P. Daly, Chicago, 1968
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