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FHP Checkpoint Friday Night On Nine Mile Road
December 27, 2017
The Florida Highway Patrol will conduct a roadside checkpoint on Nine Mile Road Friday from 8 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. The checkpoint will be on Nine Mile Road at Baron Miller Road (between Walmart and Kohls). There will be about 30 uniformed officers participating, along with support personnel from the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter.
During the operation, vehicles will be stopped to check for driver impairment. Should any impairment be detected, roadside sobriety testing will be performed on site. Warning devices will be placed in strategic locations for the safety and protection of the public.
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28 Responses to “FHP Checkpoint Friday Night On Nine Mile Road”
While we know about this check point, there is nothing said about the officers waiting on all the roads people will use to circumvent the check point.
. In all seriousness, please don’t drink and drive. It’s better for all concerned.
Just take Olive to Cody or vice versa and easily bypass this
I would like to say to all that drink and drive, that a check point is not the only thing you have to worry about, I see more and more cameras everywhere and mostly dash cameras, I see a lot of them things. You’ll get caught sooner or later!
If you saw the figures of how few violations are found at these checkpoint Charlie type set ups, you would ask: How many drunks would be caught if these same 30 officers were deployed all over the county new years eve/morning, and looked for true probable cause to stop people (weaving, speeding, driving too slow etc.)? Those of us that drive around the north end much (especially on 97) see such driving all the time, and rarely see a trooper enforcing the law. With all the wrecks with death and injury we have in the North end, you would think this would be an area for some targeted enforcement. Maybe the FHP just can’t find their way up here.
Sorry all you people saying driving is a right. It is a privilege the state grants you after you pass certain ‘test;.
DLo…must be — in old fashioned terms..”cruising for a bruising”
Grow up..
When I am in my personal vehicle, I am actively pursuing happiness.
I have the right to drive without a drunk driver hitting my vehicle!!
I say get them idiots off the streets!
People if your gonna drink stay put! Have someone drive you!
All my friends know they can call me at anytime day or night for a ride.
Some one on here sound like one of those people holding up baggy pants and running away shouting over their shoulder;
“I know my rights!! ”
There is a process and we are a republic. The Republic of the United States of America
“In American English, the definition of a republic can also refer specifically to a government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body, known elsewhere as a representative democracy (a democratic republic and exercise power according to the rule of law”)
Newsflash –most of us don’t want to share the road with drunks, people driving with no insurance, people with warrants on their head, speeders, drug pushers and so on..
We like law and order–not criminals and idiots…
Bring it–What a joy it is to be stopped, and the only thing on my breath is hot chocolate, driver’s license is current, insurance and tag paid for and absolutely nothing on my record. Try it.
That’s Freedom
@DLo….if your way of thinking is to let law enforcement do as they please then you shoullive in North Korea….only hoping that I had nothing to worry about is just not enough for me….
“GRATEFUL EVERYDAY FOR MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS”
I am looking for the line in the constitution that says you have the “constitutional right” to drive. Hey Rich, can you pinpoint the section of the Constitution that says I have a constitutional right to drive?
Law enforcement ought to just be allowed to search where ever they want, they should be able to search your home if they feel you might be breaking a law. I mean if you’re not committing any crimes then you have nothing to worry about, right?
Guess folks with a florida drivers license had read the bottom of the license
“Operation of a motor vehicle constitutes consent to any sobriety test required by law”
Dont drink dont drive dont have nothing to worry about!!
I have to laugh at the comments calling for protest and that this an illegal search and seizure. LOL. And that is wrong for Law enforcement to ask to see “papers”
@Rich –
Had you read the article posted below, you would see where your statement that it is unconstitutional is incorrect:
“Turns out, by publicizing checkpoints your local police department is just following the letter of the law. Way back in 1990, a legal challenge came up in Michigan and the attempt was made to deem checkpoints unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that they were constitutional, but they mandated that checkpoints must be publicized ahead of time. If the police don’t publicize a checkpoint it can be considered a detention without reasonable suspicion, and that violates your Fourth Amendment rights.”
If you don’t want your rights violated, then don’t drink and drive.
All of you who say it’s illegal for them to stop you should remember that driving is a privilege, NOT a right. Just as buying booze is also a privilege, and NOT a right.
Who would remember reading this post if they were drunk? FHP knows what they’re doing.
As much as I sympathize with the rationale, this is an illegal and unconstitutional invasion of privacy and a curtailment of freedom that violates the clear reading of the constitution. Law enforcement has absolutely no right to stop me unless they can point to something they have observed me doing wrong. That’s called probably cause As has been mentioned, the constitution prohibits searches without probably cause. Randomly detaining people is by definition “without probably cause.” And while stopping drunk driving is noble cause, it doesn’t justify violating our constitutional rights anymore than does taking away guns to stop gun violence. It has been a hallmark of totalitarian regimes that traveling without your papers can land you on the wrong side of the powers that be. This needs to be protested by every American who cares about constitutional rights. And no, I don’t drink, and have not for nearly 10 years, so I have no fear of being busted for DUI. I stand against this on principle.
So they’re going to do DUI checkpoints between 8 to 12. Well apparently they don’t know when the party and stops and the partying ends. Just my opinion but this seems to be just for show. If they really wanted to cut drunk drivers this would be between 11 and 3 a.m. when the bars close and people are heading home. The last time they did this in Cantonment it was a joke they ended it at 11. I’m all about getting the drunk drivers off the road but if you’re not going to do it when the majority of them are on the road then why even bother.
“I don’t understand why they advertise the checkpoint sites a week in advance. ”
Here’s a quick little article on why:
https://guardianinterlock.com/blog/police-announce-checkpoints/
“If the police don’t publicize a checkpoint it can be considered a detention without reasonable suspicion, and that violates your Fourth Amendment rights.”
By law…checkpoints must be advertised in advance, to avoid entrapment laws would be my guess.
I don’t understand why they advertise the checkpoint sites a week in advance. Anyone who drinks and drives, doesn’t have proper insurance, a valid license, etc. will just avoid that area that night. The checkpoints need to be a complete surprise to really be beneficial!
Nothing quite like warning folks to avoid that area if they’ve been doing anything wrong.
Why would you tell people who may drink and drive where to avoid a check point?
They would catch more drunks in a 12am to 4am time frame.
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’m sure I read this somewhere…
So basically, hey all you drunk drivers, stay away from 9 mile Rd Friday night.