PORTSMOUTH
A police DUI checkpoint on Saturday in the 3300 block of Airline Boulevard netted 46 summonses, four DUI arrests, a .40 caliber handgun and drugs, according to police.
Officers at the checkpoint, held from 11 p.m. to 2:40 a.m., checked 357 vehicles and made arrests for DUI, possession of marijuana, having a concealed weapon and a warrant for felony probation violation, according to police.
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Nice to read your forum, what all I can say is most probably passenger does not have to identify himself during a "routine" traffic stop.
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Passengers in Traffic Stop
In most cases it is true, the passenger does not have to identify himself during a "routine" traffic stop. However the officer does have a legal right to ask passengers to get out of the car and they must do so! IN a more than "routine" traffic stop, such as having probable cause to believe the vehicle was (or is going to be), used to commmit a crime, everyone in the vehicle may be taken into "Investigative Detention" and yes, even handcuffed until they can be indentified and determined if they were or were not involved in the crime the vehicle was stopped for!This has been upheld in The Supreme Court several times.
Also, as far as "Driving" being a right,,not so! Anything that involves some type of testing, special requirements,certain limitations or licensing is a "Privilege" that is bestowed upon an individual after those requirements are met.
Giving up insurance in a recession . . .
Yup, people do that, but mature adults give up the car at the same time and ride public transport until they can afford to be insured again . . . Cheers, MGM
My error:
FOUR DUI arrests, a firearms violation and a parole violation. And the check point didn't even run four hours! A very worthwhile four hours it sounds like to me.
Patriot: you're missing the point
It's ONE check point on ONE highway. Just one out of all the highways in the entire area. Two drivers who were intoxicated were taken off the road, either one of them could have killed someone. Others were cited also for other violations. This was no massive invasion of privacy, no, far, far from it. It was no massive show of a police force, it was very minor one. I'm not afraid of more checkpoints: I'm afraid of the people they miss by not having more of them! If they had around the clock checkpoints everywhere, THEN I'd be concerned. We are far, far from such happening. So no, the sky isn't falling yet. The police aren't beating down any doors to make people disappear in the night. They are just trying to make our streets safer. I say more power to them!
I love people who don't know the law
1st, jreid8231, the SC ruled that those shakedown stops are unconstitutional (I don't mean to imply you do not know the law, but I wanted to mention that specifically -- and the SC probably ruled that after your stop). Reasonable suspicion and probable cause are two different concepts -- CrazyTedVB, you may want to brush up on your law. You are wrong. Read Terry v. Ohio, for starters. Elsie-eye, any court, not just the SC, is enough to take up a constitutional violation. Finally, just because you are charged with a crime, it does not mean you are guilty, so don't pop the cork on your champagne for a DUI conviction yet. Remember, there is a whole innocent until proven guilty concept in this judicial system.
Privacy in public
I think once you go out in public you give up your right to privacy. There is a difference between being in a car on a public road and being behind closed doors in a private residence.
But if you really don't want to get arrested, don't break the law.
Missing the point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with removing criminals from the streets but many of you are missing the point and need a history class or two. The occasional checkpoint now but just like herpes it will spread until while at the mall you will here "let me see your papers" Give them amn inch and they will take a mile. Wake up as what may not effect you now will one day bite you in the rear!
46 out of 357
Wow, what a percentage of illegal activities going on in Portsmouth. It is probably just as high in the other areas of Hampton Roads. It is just that Portsmouth appears to be doing something about it. A job well done by Portsmouth police! Keep up the good work, and to the other towns in Hampton Roads, let's start the enforcement that we see in Portsmouth. Make it safer for the law abiding citizens. When these people are cited for lack of drivers license and lack of insurance I hope that their cars are being towed away from the scene instead of just a ticket being issued. Tough enforcement is needed to regain control of traffic laws. Offenders get no pity from me. One accident involving an uninsured/unlicensed driver will quickly ruin a victims life with very little recourse. Your left on your own to recover damages from someone who is unable/unwilling to purchase the proper coverage, and you will be accused by him/her of the accident and have to suffer the pains of their lawyers. What a joke! Thanks again Portsmouth police for a job well done. Now if you could only give the mayor a ticket for opening his mouth it would be perfect!
Tow'em
Most folks can barely make ends meet do to this recession. They have to do a lot of give and take, car insurance is one of the first that fails to get paid, then it’s personal property tax, then child support and so on. The courts and DMV take your license for this and DMV mails you a letter which anyone can intercept. Then your driving on a suspended license. I say tow the car and put it in impound and sell it at auction regardless if it is paid for or not. That is cash coming into the city. Bet they pay the fines and get legal real quick.