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Search results for "sobriety checkpoints" ...
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Car seizures at DUI checkpoints prove profitable for cities, raise legal questions
California law enforcement officials running sobriety checkpoints are more likely to seize cars from unlicensed sober drivers than from drunk drivers. Most of the drivers losing their cars are illegal immigrants.
Tags: driving; DUI; checkpoint; immigrant; sobriety
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Missing the boat on drunken driving
"Ohio's approach to drunken driving is ineffective and violates the spirit of the Fourth Amendment, and the millions of dollars being poured into sobriety checkpoints should instead be directed to programs that have been proven to be more effective."
Tags: drunk driving; sobriety checkpoints; Fourth Amendment; law enforcement; social drinking
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A Place Where Children Die
The investigation found that children on the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon die at a rate more than three times that for Oregon and nearly twice for Native Americans nationwide. Many of the deaths of 58 children since 1990 occurred because tribal leaders have not pursued basic steps proven to reduce mortality rates on reservations. Some causes for the deaths are due to a lack of seatbelt laws, scaling back of sobriety checkpoints, and failures in the child welfare system.
Tags: Warm Springs Reservation; Oregon reservation; Native American; child mortality; traffic accidents; child welfare system; alcohol; tribal leaders; child safety; sobriety checkpoints; seat-belt law; Warm Springs Early Childhood Education programs; Indian communities; Indian Health Service; tribal Children's Protective Services; Warm Springs Fire and Safety; Boys and Girls Club; Warm Springs Elementary; The Rainbow Market; Oregon Liquor Control Commission; substance abuse programs; tribal budget; Portland's Rose Garden sports arena