Lack of DUI Roadblocks blocking police agencies from saving lives

7 September 2010, 6:50 pm

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Several law enforcement agencies worked together this Labor Day Weekend to get drunk drivers off the roads but one tool they didn't have is DUI checkpoints.  Washington State Patrol Chief John Baptiste says, "They are illegal here in the state. They have not been allowed by the legislature to be passed into law. We have an interest in pursuing DUI checkpoints, we are only one of 11 states in the union that aren't using DUI checkpoints."... Read More »

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