Carroll County Law Enforcement to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint
Police will be looking for impaired drivers in Hampstead Saturday night.
Law enforcement officers from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police, Westminster Police Department, Sykesville Police Department, Taneytown Police Department and Hampstead Police Department will work together to conduct a sobriety checkpoint on March 16 according to a news release.
The checkpoint, which is designed to reduce the number of impaired and intoxicated drivers on Carroll County roadways, will occur in the north bound lane on the 2200 Block of Hanover Pike, in Hampstead.
Grant funded through Checkpoint Strike Force, the checkpoint will be well marked and operated by uniformed law enforcement personnel. A briefing will be held at the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Northern Satellite Office in Hampstead at 10 pm on March 16, with the checkpoint following immediately.
For questions, please contact Lieutenant Pat Fisher of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 410-386-2900.
Buck Harmon
8:43 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
"Grant funded through Checkpoint Strike Force," ...sounds like a Communist style endeavor...police state practice.... checkpoints don't belong in America goofballs..
David E. Weston
12:13 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
So if you are looking for impaired drivers why advertise where the cops will be? We could put up a sign 2 blocks ahead that says "All drunks turn here or be arrested".
Steve
1:19 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Who funds Checkpoint Strike force? It's probably funded by the insurance industry.
Steve
2:21 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Yep, it's the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (the same People that brought us Speed and Red light cameras) pushing this.
Shell Wave
9:58 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Steve, not really sure where you got your info but, you may want to check your facts before posting! Not funded by IIHS. And for the others.... checkpoints are just one strategy to create awareness of enforcement and educate the public about dangers and consequences of impaired driving!!!
Kym Byrnes
11:31 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
You may want to check out the comments on this article as it answers some of the questions posed in this thread: http://patch.com/A-1XWS
Debbi
5:10 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
what good is a checkpoint if the drivers are made aware of it? knd of defeats the purpose, since it gives an exact location , they will just go somewhere else to drink that night.
Brenda Sanner Williams
3:58 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Dumbest thing ever........telling the drunks to bypass the check point......waste of tax $$$$
Ed
11:42 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
The courts have ruled that the public MUST be made aware of where check points are in advance because in reality, the police have no probable cause to look into a car where the driver is not exhibiting erratic driving or has a tail light out or something. So, to avoid a search without probable cause, they have to give people the opportunity to take alternate routes, impaired or not. In reality, given the very small numbers of impaired drivers captured at these checkpoints, I think the entire concept is a waste of $$$$$.
brent jackson sr.
10:51 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
dout if it puts a dent in the problem, just keeps the courts and all the little piggy's involved in buisness.
Brenda Sanner Williams
9:56 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
UNBELIEVABLE!! GUESS HE WAS SO DRUNK HE FORGOT ABOUT THE CHECK POINT.....OR HE THOUGHT HE WOULD GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT!!! THANK YOU CARROLL COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT .....NOW LET'S SEE IF THE JUDGE DOES HIS JOB!!!
Ed
10:53 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
Carroll County Police Department??? I guess Minnich and Gouge got their way after all :)