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Police say DUI checkpoint was a success
Danbury (CT) News Times ^
| 12/27/05
| Karen Ali
Posted on 01/03/2006 6:30:21 PM PST by elkfersupper
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There's so much here, I don't even know where to start.
Call it a target-rich environment.
To: CSM; JTN; VRing; Gabz; freepatriot32
To: elkfersupper
"You better watch out," said Detective Lt. Thomas Michael.
Translation: Arrogant control freak pr!ck.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:37:00 PM PST
by
jdm
(QOY "I'd hit it. Then I'd turn it over, praise Allah, and hit it again." Lazamataz on Osama's niece.)
To: elkfersupper
It's good to see that the cops are on the watch for Democrat Underground Idiots...
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:37:01 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Dems Under the Influence)
To: elkfersupper
failure to drive rightI bet they don't read too good, either.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:37:07 PM PST
by
teenyelliott
(Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
To: teenyelliott
I bet they don't read too good, either.Second full-bore belly laugh of the day.
Thanks, I needed that.
To: elkfersupper
Even though city police officers made only one drunk-driving arrest after stopping more than 1,000 motorists at a sobriety checkpoint late last week, they called the effort successful.
.1%. I guess that is pretty good efficiency if you work for the government and you are spending other people's money.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:40:50 PM PST
by
microgood
To: elkfersupper
I would suggest that this checkpoint was a personal hastle of 99.8 % of the population. This number of citizens should be able to override whatever hold MADD has and change the names of the city council. Go for it guys.
My guess is that the degree of responsible drinkers is high and getting higher and MADD may be able to claim a victory here. But a checkpoint that nabs this small a number is a waste. No other name for it. The city should invest in a junker police car and leave it parked somewhere. It will do as much good for a lot less trouble and cost.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:41:11 PM PST
by
KC_for_Freedom
(Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
To: elkfersupper
Wow. So this checkpoint didn't actually catch any drunks at all? But it did catch lots of folks accused of other infractions?
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
I forget where I read that. Some fiction author, maybe...
To: teenyelliott
I bet they don't read too good, either.Huh? Publik skuuls are getin' wurse buy da minoot.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:43:40 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: elkfersupper
Second full-bore belly laugh of the day. Thanks, I needed that.I agree. The spoofs on the grammar and communication issue(s) is/are fun.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:45:49 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Billthedrill
Wow. So this checkpoint didn't actually catch any drunks at all? But it did catch lots of folks accused of other infractions?Note that they actually caught some when they abandoned their checkpoint and went about doing what they're supposed to do.
To: elkfersupper
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:49:24 PM PST
by
teenyelliott
(Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
To: Cobra64
Even worse, the genius who wrote this gradjeeated from collige, too.
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:50:54 PM PST
by
teenyelliott
(Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
To: Cobra64; All
Lets see 10 Officers Starting at 1900 and working until 0200 could have patrolled oh lets say about 3200 road miles. I bet that those officers tasked with only making DUI stops could have done a little better than 1 arrest and heaven forbid they would have actually had RS to interact with the suspects but then the unruly subjects might get used to being to travel freely
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:51:11 PM PST
by
vrwc0915
("Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants,)
To: elkfersupper
29 infractions, mostly for people traveling without a license You need a permit or a license to drive around in CT now?
To: razorback-bert
Wouldn't surprise me
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:56:05 PM PST
by
vrwc0915
("Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants,)
To: Billthedrill
Yes, but please remember if you actually believe that the people who wrote the constitution actually mean what they wrote. We're just so out of touch and behind the times.
</huge sarc>
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posted on
01/03/2006 6:59:03 PM PST
by
Hawk1976
("Vote for us, you backwards, slack-jawed, inbred, knuckle-dragging fascists!"-DU)
To: KC_for_Freedom
I would suggest that this checkpoint was a personal hastle of 99.8 % of the population.My pet peeve these days. I'm one of those people who "find" these things (checkpoints) on a regular basis.
I'm getting pretty sick of it, and BTW, don't ever ride with me.
They never get me for anything, but the delays are really too much annoyance-harassment, really.
To: razorback-bert
You need a permit or a license to drive around in CT now?Everywhere, apparently. Except in Costa Rica or Panama.
I'm thinking about it.
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