Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department Announces Sobriety Checkpoint Locations
Today, it announced deputies will conduct at least two sobriety checkpoints during the month of September.
The first, on September 13th, will be located at Highway 390 and Silver Grove Road from 10 pm until 2 am.
On September 26th, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office will conduct another sobriety checkpoint at Bloomingdale Pike and Gravley Road from 10 pm until 2 am.
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It amazes me to see the lack of understanding and paranoia when it comes to sobriety check points. I can assure you as a law enforcement officer that even when you announce where sobriety check points are going to be, we still catch and arrest many. As far as the locations of check points, I can assure you that profiling is not used and any other abserd comment is just that. I feel that most of the commentators on this topic need to read up on the laws (Tennessee Code Annotated) and request a ride along with you local law enforcement agency. This would be a more proactive approach than making abserd statments!
You never see the check points out where the wealthy live. They come and go from the golf courses after drinking all day without a worry.
Johnson City even came to Unicoi years ago bought Buffalo Valley and opened the bar first thing. It is a money maker.
Ever notice that the traffic check points are along the routes that the poorest citizens use to shop for food and go to work.
I lived in Las Vegas a while and the radio stations would announce the sobriety checkpoints and “radaring” locations to the public. Why? They said for safety of the officers. Although later, it was brought to my attention that the police station has to tell you this information, if you ask for it. As a note, I was also told that during a sobriety checkpoint, the only thing the police can ask is, “Have you been drinking?“ I’m not even sure if he has to ask for you license. He doesn’t need to know who you are, where you are going, or where you are coming from…etc. Only, “Have you been drinking?“ Is there a difference between “road checks” and “sobriety check points”? I know they have to have permission and all their paper work in order, before they can even set up road blocks. More than likely they announce it so that town councelmen, lawyers, judges, public officals and their families won’t get caught.
I’ve been planning on drinking and driving both nights of the checkpoints. I’m sure glad you told me where they are. I’ll be sure and go another way. Why don’t you go ahead and tell me where you’ll be checking for pot plants so I can go ahead and cultivate them before you find them!
You can run over people on race night in Bristol but con;t drive after drinking a beer it will cost you $5,000 at least.
Well, I guess the folks out there who like to drink and drive will know the places to avoid now. I wonder if publishing this information is such a good idea. Spring some surprise checkpoints now and then and I bet you catch more drunk drivers.
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