10 DUI arrests during Independence checkpoint

From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit along with officers from the Jackson County Traffic Safety Task Force conducted a sobriety checkpoint along northbound Noland Road at Lynn Court in Independence. The operation began on Friday 06/26/09 at 11:00 PM and ended on Saturday 06/27/09 at 3:30 AM.

The checkpoint was staffed by (21) Independence Officers, (8) Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies, (4) Grain Valley Officers and (2) Sugar Creek Officers. During the hours of operation (692) cars were checked with the following arrests:

(10) DWI
(3) No Valid Driver License
(10) Warrant Arrests
(3) Liquor Violations
(1) Possession of Narcotics
(1) Endangering the Welfare of a Child
(4) Other Traffic Violations

Comments

[D-man]

I'm not big on checkpoints, but that "endangering the welfare of a child" sounds like someone was drunk with little billy riding shotgun. Make sure you take that one off of the road.

[No One You Know]

I can't believe there was only 1 arrest for narcotics in that town. Where were all of the Meth-heads?

[Wisdom]

My niece and her friend were in that. Her friend got a DUI.

Guess they never heard of taking the back streets. LOL

[RBLEsux]

RBLE
Revenue Based Law Enforcement.

While this revenue collection was going on, there were many many REAL crimes committed in KC. Just one was the stabbing at the P&L district, and several break ins were reported...but.....and...

where were the cops???

they were making money. RBLE is the only thing cops are concerned with.

Until this farce is over this madness will only get worse.

If they were really concerned with stopping DUIs, there would be uniform penalties, and that is not the case. As usual with unfiar laws, the rich get off easy while the poor pay and pay and still go to jail.

read this article,
20 years for the poor guy,
30 days for the rich guy,
and they both killed a human.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090629/CRIME/906290349/1003/ACC

if link does not work search this

"DUI sentencing disparity angers Cape Coral mother, devastates children"

The Cape Coral resident watched news reports when NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth was sentenced to just one month of jail time June 16 for killing a man while driving drunk in Miami in March.

Stallworth's sentencing came not two weeks after the father of Mitchell's two children, Bradley Todd Hill, 39, was sentenced to 20 years for the same crime: DUI manslaughter

[D-man]

I read your link RBLEsux, and those kids need to cry to their daddy for being a drunken a-hole instead of comparing him with someone else. I'm glad that pops is in jail instead of teaching them how to be good people. So it sounds like the football player payed the family off, and had a clean record.

[Herbert Spencer]

And then there was the Mertensmeyer scumbag and his family of pigs being given a slap on the wrist by "judge" Torrence (may he rot in hell) for killing someone and driving off to boot. Anyone know what the going rate for a rat like Torrence is these days?

But definitely agree that the Predatory Revenue Enhancement model practiced in KCMO and Shawnee sucks.

[RBLEsux]

the problem with laws in this country is that they are not apllied to everyone in a fair manner.

The result is, they write VERY unfair laws, KNOWING that THEY ( and their rich friends ) will never suffer from them.

I watched the movie "The Patriot" last night. It is about the men who founded our country. These great men wrote the Constition to protect us from the rich perscuting the poor,,,,and yet....after a short 200 years, the rich are doing what they have done for 2000 years.

My main problem is,
The powerful, police and the wealthy want to do this BS....PLUS, they want to act like it is fair, and it is all OK, and they pay people to post on blogs, supporting their BS!!... it is disgusting.

It is obvious who is paid to post on blogs, and who is doing it for no pay.

The only thing in this world that is fair, is Karma, and each of us has our own, and you have your own...are you ready for it?

it is so simple...
"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you".

So simple, yet very few follow it. Humans are a very mean spirited species.

[GodBlessAmerica]

Tt is spelled Constitution,
and On Topic we should review this;

Fourth Amendment: guards against searches, arrests, and seizures of property without a specific warrant or a "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed. Some rights to privacy have been inferred from this amendment and others by the Supreme Court.

According to this, it does not appear that road blocks are legal in America.

[LetsJustStopEveryone]

Wouldn't these officers have been serving the community better by patrolling the streets? Word gets out, or everyone see's the flashing lights and avoids. There were probably hundreds of drunks that sailed by on I-70, 40 hwy, that could have been spotted if we weren't sitting there violating the rights of 600+ people. What happened to real police work?

[John]

The drunk drivers are always upset about DUI check points. Note: you will get caught.

[D-man]

I just don't like getting pulled over for no g-d-mn-ed reason.

[SameToYou]

and free thinkers..and progressive idea makers...and freedom of speech lovers, and Constitution lovers, and good freedom loving Americans are always upset about check points OF ANY KIND.

Road blocks are against the Fourth Amendment of the OUR Constitution,

Note: you will get caught, these road bloack are against the law.

[Drew]

For clarity, no one gets pulled over at a checkpoint. If you're caught in one, you're the one who drover right up to it. Think of it as a wide-open drive-thru.

[Chuck Rizzo]

I thought you drove through Check Points D-man sooo basically you drive right into them. You could go around if it meant that much to you.

[get real]

Morans at large.

The class warfare here is rediculous. Most of the most outrageous instances of drunk drivers killing others are to repeat, poor scumbags that just do it over and over again. People that have a good record sometimes get more lenient treatment because they are more likely rehabilitated. If a person has five prior drug or drinking related convictions, I hope everyone would expect that this person would get more time. The fact that this person is poor is most likely related to drug or alcohol addiction. Save me, the rich people caused this guy to be an addict.

[get real]

By the way, while I think that Hill's sentence was excessive, he had prior felony convictions.

[RBLEsux]

I dont think Hills sentance was excessive, it was OK. If you kill, you go to jail for 20 years.

If the rich kill- 20 years.
IF YOU KILL - 20 years.
ANYONE kils 20 years.

the moral?? DONT KILL.

BUT, Stallworth did the EXACT same thing, and he bought his was out of it. He was drunk at 7:00 in the morning, after drinking all night at a bar. That is a fact. He drove too fast. He drove drunk. He killed.

He was punished only 30 days.

What does that say?

That is class warfare, and the backlash is coming. Read history. When the rules are slanted too far one way(and they always get that way) then there is a backlash.

Please realize that history is longer than the last 20 years, it is longer than only what you have seen.

btw- The more, longer, louder people insisting that there is no problem, usually idicates that the problems are even larger than anyone imagined.

DUI roadblocks are violate the 4th ammendment, this is America.

[UrBoughtandpaid for]

Chuck Rizzo, how much do you get paid to go to blogs and spout that the "staus quo is OK"?

It make no sense for you to spend time typing/posting/saying things are fine.

Why would you waste your time saying "people who are worried about cival rights, are wrong to be"?

How much are you paid to do this?

I am not paid a penny, I spend my time trying to get people to realize that DUI check points violate the 4th ammendment.

[Will]

"DUI check points violate the 4th ammendment."

The Supremes have ruled on this and it is a settled matter. DUI check points are legal whether you like it or not. In case you don't understand how America works, the Constitution means whatever the Supreme Court says it means until that it changed by another decision.

[RBLEsux]

DUI checkpoints violate the 4th ammendment. No matter what MADD wants to say, this BS will be stopped, sooner or later, because LE is now taking the check points too far.

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court WILL HEAR AN APPEAL, and this BS revenue generation device WILL BE OVERTURNED.

While the U.S. Supreme Court has made the DUI exemption to the Constitution, eleven states have found that sobriety checkpoints violate their own state constitutions or have outlawed them. In these states, individuals have more protections against unreasonable search and police sobriety roadblocks are prohibited.

We are aware that MADD pays people to post on these blogs, but honesty and true justice will prevail, sooner or later.

here are the facts-

...dissenting Justice Stevens pointed out that "the findings of the trial court, based on an extensive record and affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals, indicate that the net effect of sobriety checkpoints on traffic safety is infinitesimal and possibly negative." And even if roadblocks were effective, the fact that they work wouldn’t justify violating individuals’ constitutional rights, justices argued.

Here is MAdd's propaganda-

MADD dismisses those who question the use of sobriety checkpoints by asserting that “opponents of sobriety checkpoints tend to be those who drink and drive frequently and are concerned about being caught.”

THAT IS a BS argument. We are worried that these road blocks erode Amercian freedoms, and are more based on making money than public saftey.

[Facts]

YES "LE is now taking the check points too far."

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!
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RECENT EXAMPLE proving this is abour RBLE, not public saftey.

DUI checkpoints lead to 144 citations, only 6 DUI arrests

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_duichecks28.45a24e7.html

10:00 PM PDT on Saturday, June 27, 2009

By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY
The Press-Enterprise

Law enforcement agencies stopped and checked motorists at DUI checkpoints in Riverside, Lake Elsinore and Highland on Friday night, resulting in arrests, citations and impoundments.

In Lake Elsinore, officers, sheriff's deputies and volunteers checked 1,152 vehicles as they passed through the inspection point at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lakeshore Drive.

Of the 217 vehicles sent to a secondary inspection area, 144 citations were issued, 27 vehicles were impounded due to unlicensed drivers or people driving with a suspended license. There were six arrests, three for DUI and three for outstanding warrants.

In Highland, officers set up their checkpoint on Baseline at Church Avenue and checked 866 vehicles. Seven drivers were arrested for driving under the influence, six for driving without a license or with a suspended one, two for drug possession and three were arrested for outstanding warrants. Officers issued 16 citations and impounded seven vehicles.

In Riverside, officers stopped vehicles at Market and Third streets near downtown. Officers checked on 813 vehicles. They issued 54 citations and impounded 23 vehicles. Officers staffing the checkpoint made three DUI arrests in the area nearby, a statement from the Riverside Police Department said.

Reach Richard K. De Atley at 951-368-9573 or rdeatley@PE.com

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SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!
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[Facts]

if the link does not work, search this headline to learn about NON DUI money making.

"DUI checkpoints lead to 144 citations, 6 arrests"
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_duichecks28.45a24e7.html

[Drew]

RBLE, I can quote dissenting opinions from any SC case, and it still won't change the state of the law. Hardly compelling. The majority didn't see it through quite so whiny eyes. Substantially government interest in stoppin drunk driving, and the means were rationally related to achieving that interest. Sorry, brah.

Sorry your fines were so high.

[Truth]

Ignore Drew, the cop stink is strong...

[Woody]

Use of roadways is not a right, it is a managed privliage. Thus the 4th amendment is not violated for requiring someone to stop and prove they meet the conditions required by law to utilize the roadway. Especially given that they only perform a search after obtaining "probable cause". I agree that they are a money grab and may not be the best use of resources however they are legal.

[16 U.S.C 3370]

Drew was a former LEO. So it no surprise that his opinions would reflect that point of view. That being, people who question authority are just a bunch of whiny punks who just need to sit down and shutup. Just do as your told, obey & conform and dont ask questions. Doing so gives them power over you, which is why (the bulk of them) are in law enforcement.

Fortunately, there are some of us who won't sit idle who object to being told what to do. I suggest if you don't like how the law is written or enforced to contact your representatives, or start a petition.

Always question authority, when we stop then our freedom ends.

[James Hart]

Dear Jack:

I can see your IP, genius. Which means that I know that you're actually RBLEsux, Facts, ItHasBegun, etc.

So (A) thank you for making me chuckle and (B) please shape up. If you like posting here, please stick with one nick.

And more importantly, posing as your opponent so you can make an obviously boorish/moronic post is beneath you. You've got decent arguments. Why not let your facts do their work?

[jill]

shape up??
who do you think you are talking to newspapaer boy?

Jimmmy,
there is nothing like censorship to show your power.

I have long been aware that you can see you can see the IP address, this was a test to see where you stand on this.

btw-
I thought you were the one who said stop the name calling, genius.

[The Hill]

...and your deletion of that post demonstrates your censoship, directed by one person, at the KC star

It says a lot about your "newspaper".

It has been going that way for a while, oh well.

delete this, delete that...
DELETE ANYTHING WHICH YOU DONT AGREE WITH IT.

AS THE POST SAID

"Using newspapers to speak freely is not a right, it is a managed privliage"...you proved it.

better shape up, and toe that line, eh?

[James Hart]

jill/Hill: The only comment that got taken down involved you posing as someone from the "other side" of the argument so you could make them look bad. It's underhanded and dishonest, and I've got no problems removing those kinds of comments. And "genius" is a pretty mild reproach to somebody doing that.

If this is a problem for you, you need to find somewhere else to hang out.

[TumlingAfter]

Uh, name calling is name calling, But, it is clear from your actions, and your postion on this, you like double standards.

Inviting me to leave??, Okey dokey. No surprise there.

Thanks for making it clear that as long as posters toe your line, voice your opinion and do things your way, things are fine, But if anyone...ah nevermind.

No wonder you attract the paid bloggers.

PS
I wonder what William Rockhill Nelson would think of what you and McClatchy newspapers are doing to his once great newsapaper?

[James Hart]

Seeing that I didn't take down any of your previous comments, you really don't have a leg to stand on. I'm actually pretty open to different opinions.

But your earlier comment is right -- participating here is a privilege. If you can't follow basic standards of civility and debate, we'll soldier on without you.

[BrokenCrown]

PS
Jimmy,

feel free to delete the last sveral posts, our lil exchange, it is way off topic and I know you enjoy deleting things,,,so feel free.

I will move my voice to places where freedom of speech is apprectiated.

[Jo Jo]

Buh-bye, kid-o.

[Watching]

Maybe it is best to type in a way you understand.

Verbrechenreporter sind normalerweise so, ein sehr merkwürdiges Bündel. genießen Sie dieses kleine Königreich, in dem alles fein ist, solange jeder mit Ihnen übereinstimmt, weil es nicht dauert. und wie mit allen Diktatoren, im Ende, das Sie den Preis, Ihre Zeit zahlen, kommen wird.

[Drew]

I find it comical that when a person sides with a law that is in effect, he is a mindless, sheep-like, freedom-hater. Did we ever consider that the people who don't abhorr these checkpoints just agree with the public policy interest more than they fear that the end is nigh? Naw, then reasonable thinking would get in the way of name-calling and anti-government rhetoric. Cheers.