Police Dept. schedules sobriety checkpoints
The Fairfax County Police Department on May 12 announced plans to hold 12 sobriety patrols and checkpoints through the end of 2023.
The FCPD’s DUI squad will hold checkpoints throughout the county, while police stations will have increased saturation patrols, which will include more officers on the street between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.
The goal is to identify drivers who are impaired and get them off the streets. The police department hopes these efforts will “educate drivers and keep our roads safe to prevent tragedies.”
One of the checkpoints will be at Annandale Road and Walnut Hill Lane in the Falls Church area of Mason District on Aug. 5, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Another checkpoint will be on Sept. 22 at Little River Turnpike and Minor Drive in Lincolnia, 11-2. The dates and times are subject to change.
There were 384 alcohol-related crashes in Fairfax County in 2022, up from 370 in 2021, the FCPD reports.
In 2022 there were nine alcohol-related fatalities, down from 14 in 2021. There were 1,631 DUI arrests last year, compared to 1,734 in 2021.
5 responses to “Police Dept. schedules sobriety checkpoints”
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Seems like publishing when and where these will be will allow people to avoid them by taking alternate routes — or staying home on those nights. I did not know they were planned so far in advance.
Virginia law requires them to announce the DUI checkpoints ahead of time.
The Virginia law should be repealed!
It’s been almost 2 years since the anti noisy muffler law went into effect. I think the Fairfax cops all need hearing tests since I hear them buzzing like locust from 11 pm to 1 am
They don’t actually catch drunk drivers at these checkpoints. You can look that fact up.
Rather, it’s a blatantly un-Constitutional violation of civil rights (which the USSC has approved). The Virginia law is an attempt to mitigate these illegal stops, by requiring that everyone know how to evade them. Freedom-loving Virginia would prefer to simply make these checkpoints illegal altogether, but is prevented by the politics of organizations like MADD.
Those political forces are very powerful. Most of the people reading this here fall for it. Right now you’re thinking, “We need to give up our 4th, 5th, and other fundamental rights to prevent drunk driving! It’s worth it!”. You’re all for it, right?
These DUI Checkpoints are totally ineffective. Illegally seizing tens of thousands of people each time, and catching — how many? Look it up. It’s a blight on America. I really hate drunk driving, by the way.
Ask yourself what’s really going on here. What are the real motivations? Follow the money. It’s your basic freedom and the very fabric of our nation’s highest ideal and most foundational principles and laws at stake.