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Torkel
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: US NC: Editorial: Traffic Stops A Valuable Tool |
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US NC: Editorial: Traffic Stops A Valuable Tool
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n867/a05.html
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Pubdate: Sat, 28 May 2005
Source: Sampson Independent, The (NC)
Copyright: 2005, The Sampson Independent
Contact: smatthews@intrstar.net
Website: http://www.clintonnc.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1704
TRAFFIC STOPS A VALUABLE TOOL
If you've ever wondered if traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers do anything but irritate motorists, wonder no more.
This week alone, the arrest of several individuals on everything from methamphetamine charges to possession of large amounts of cocaine and marijuana came about because of routine traffic checkpoints and traffic stops.
Which makes the checkpoints and the stops, and the officers conducting them, vitally important in the war against drugs.
Just look at these snippets:
* A Duplin County man wanted on charges of manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamine was apprehended after being stopped for a routine motor vehicle violation;
* A pound of marijuana and a small amount of cocaine was discovered by Clinton police officers following a traffic stop for a routine motor vehicle violation;
* Two were arrested near Harrells and $300,000 worth of cocaine ( 3 kilos ) was seized following a seat belt and license check.
In every incident law enforcement officers were conducting routine stops or checks and discovered far more than routine problems.
The stops and checkpoints stopped three kilos of cocaine from hitting the streets and being sold to our neighbors, friends and children.
The stops and checkpoints halted the sale of a pound of marijuana.
And the stops put brakes on the manufacture of meth in at least one area of the county for at least a short period of time.
While there's never any guarantee that a traffic stop will net more than a driver without a license or a motorist who forgot his or her seat belt, chances are good that once in a while they might happen upon a suspicious driver who is doing far more than just trying to get from one point to another on Sampson or Duplin roadways.
Though none of those arrested this week have been convicted of any crimes, the facts bear out that what appears to be cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine were seized in each of the incidents, incidents, we might add, that would have never occurred had officers not been traveling the roads, setting up checkpoints and conducting routine traffic stops.
Before we become too critical of what traffic officers do, and before we question the need to have more officers on our roadways conducting traffic stops, we should look beyond that forest to see the trees. Traffic stops are far more than about giving tickets to speeders or irritating drivers hurrying to and from their destinations. They are about making drug dealers think twice about transporting drugs in our county; and they are about seeing to it that should dealers try to transport that someone is out there waiting, hoping to make the stop that will halt drugs from hitting our streets.
For that reason alone, traffic stops and checkpoints are needed and appreciated. |
There goes our right to freedom from unusual searches 
Peace,
Torkel
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All the more reason in the US to have a ministry card and not be selling!
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Torkel
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| All the more reason in the US to have a ministry card and not be selling! |
Right on!
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Torkel
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Miller vs U.S. (230 F 2nd 486,489): "The claim and exercise of a Constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime."
Miranda vs Arizona (384 U.S. 436, 125): "Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule-making or legislation which would abrogate them."
HAGANS vs LAVINE (415 US 533 N-3,note 5): "Once JURISDICTION is challenged it must be proven by the Plaintiff." |
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Echo
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Reading "marijuana", as they call cannabis there, in the midst of bad drugs made me wonder. It's like putting a poodle amongst wolves.
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| Reading "marijuana", as they call cannabis there, in the midst of bad drugs made me wonder. It's like putting a poodle amongst wolves. |
Yes it is. In TV "news" here....whether local or network...the standard graphic on screen behind the "journalist" ...whenever any sort of "drug" story is shown.... is a large cannabis leaf...a syringe...and a handgun...
This is the image that John Q. Public is fed. Every time.
Might as well toss in a pentacle as well... let's go for all the "fear symbols."
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| a large cannabis leaf...a syringe...and a handgun... |
I feel faint. This is blasphemy!
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