On Long Island in NY they are have also been doing this for about the same time period. They have set up check points here and they are checking IDs and also performing searches on some passenger cars and also trucks and vans. They have also been just pulling some folks over in areas where there are no check points to do searches of vehicles. My friend asked why they were doing this and they refused to say. He asked if there was something he should worry about like if they were searching for a rapist or pedophile or killer -- saying he had a wife and children close by -- and they still said nothing revealing other than they were just doing general checking on things in the area.
He has a brother-in-law in the police ranks and I am going to make him ask him if he knows anyhting. I know they all had to go to terror drill training in the past few months, I don't recall if it was local or out of state. All the cops had to be scheduled for it.
I will say that the recent serarching and stopping vehicles is definitely different than in years past when they set up check points mainly near the beaches on summer holiday weekends only to check seat belts and to stop drunk drivers.
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