NO Arrests in Saturday's Sobriety Checkpoint in Charlotte Hall

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Title: NO Arrests in Saturday's Sobriety Checkpoint in Charlotte Hall

Date: 08-27-2016 02:59 PM

Summary: An early morning sobriety checkpoint, conducted in Charlotte Hall by the state police, resulted in no arrests. One civil citation for marijuana was issued.

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[PrchJrkr]

"The operation was conducted early this morning from midnight until 2:14 a.m."

They may as well run these things from 8:00am - 11:00am Sunday mornings.

The bars are just closing down and they pack up for the night. What a ####ing waste of resources...

 

[glhs837]

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They may as well run these things from 8:00am - 11:00am Sunday mornings.

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Thats speed enforcement time on Rt 235 between San Souci, no time for DUI enforcement then. Because that's when speed related crashes happen, 0830 Sunday morning..... Should wait til 11am and get the people leaving that church, thats when it scary.

 

[officeguy]

What a waste of money. Not a single person was deterred from driving drunk by that checkpoint.

Good thing that it is federal government money. So it is free. It just shows up if you write some grant applications.

 

[Hijinx]

No Arrests???? That's good news.

 

[frequentflier]

They advertised it so heavily, no one in their right (sober) mind would go out drinking and driving.

 

[officeguy]

They advertised it so heavily, no one in their right (sober) mind would go out drinking and driving.

As they also announce the location of the checkpoint, nobody in their right mind will drink and drive THAT stretch of highway.

 

[frequentflier]

As they also announce the location of the checkpoint, nobody in their right mind will drink and drive THAT stretch of highway.

Many years ago in Fl, there was one twisty two lane back road that I often travelled where they did surprise checkpoints. They had cars to chase people that turned around. I remember getting a warning for a turn signal light not working or something stupid (but amazingly enough) never got a DUI on that road. Many people I knew back then, did.

 

[PrchJrkr]

No Arrests???? That's good news.

They shut it down at closing time for bars. It makes sense that they didn't catch any drunks.

 

[officeguy]

15 officers, 2 hours each makes 30hrs overtime

450 drivers bothered and all the cops netted was a single pot < 10g ticket.

 

[Millburn]

They advertised it so heavily, no one in their right (sober) mind would go out drinking and driving.

I agree which means that they were successful in their objective.

 

[Restitution]

On another note....

It was quite fun watching the sheriff in the marked SUV on NB235 yesterday continually watch multiple vehicles race up the turn lane at San Soucci and pull the immediate U-turn to continue NB as well as cut through the PNC Bank lot to evade the signal. Must have seen 12 cars do this in the time we were sitting at the signal light. He was in the right-most drive lane too so he could have easily pulled out and done something about it.

I guess he was on his way back for change of shift... not his problem :shrug: