Early this Saturday morning- the citizens of KC-MO and my ears were graced by a sobriety checkpoint at 29th Street and U.S.71/Watkins Expressway.
The STAR reports that out of 1371 vehicles checked in the Big Brother roundup that went from 10pm Friday night to 4am this morning- there were only 13 DUI arrests or about 1% of the total drivers stopped.
That's right- one percent.
I heard one motorist try to elude the checkpoint around 2:3o am and that resulted in a vehicle pursuit at reported speeds of around 100 mph.
That chase went into Kansas- and possibly returned to KC-MO where- around 3:09 am- a Kansas State Patrol trooper watched the chased vehicle crash on Forest just south of Linwood.
Fortunately- no innocent motorists were injured during this week's sobriety checkpoint pursuit.
Also during this checkpoint- several KC-MO police patrol "zones" were "blacked-out"- or without in-service police officers to run other more minor calls- like shots fired- domestic violence assaults- wrecks- etc..
Your tax dollars efficiently at work....
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1 comment:
The Police in this city are revenue agents. There is no money to be made by responding to shots fired. The real money is in the fines for the DUI, the $200 dollars to get your car out of impound, The classes you have to pay to attend because you blew .01 over the limit. We were told the police dont respond to car accidents anymore unless there are injuries...I sure hope none of those accidents are caused by a drunk driver...This city is broke and is trying to squeeze money any way it can from us. Like the parking ticket I got IN MY DRIVEWAY!! WTF!
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