SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS

In Maryland, many improvements have been made in the state's efforts to combat the drunk driving problem and one of the enforcement programs has been sobriety checkpoints. This article attempts to answer some of the many questions that have arisen over this use of the checkpoint enforcement strategy. Among these questions are the following: Is the drunk driving problem serious enough to justify the use of sobriety checkpoints? Does the sobriety checkpoint strategy work? Are attitudes about drunk driving changing? What is the current status of court cases involving the use of checkpoints? Does the use of this enforcement technique have value over a longer period of time, after the public becomes accustomed to its use?

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association of Chiefs of Police

  11 Firstfield Road
  Gaithersburg, MD  United States  20760
• Authors:
  • Rockel, H C
• Publication Date: 1984-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • POLICE CHIEF
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Countermeasures; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Law enforcement; Legal factors; Measures of effectiveness; Sobriety checkpoints
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Maryland
• Subject Areas: Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392450
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 407
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM