Billings Police often use Checkpoints or roadblocks to stop and check random drivers and vehicles on public roads looking to make sure Billings drivers have Insurance on the vehicles that they are driving and to check for any impaired drivers due to alcohol and drug consumption.
Most of the time these check point are done in the very early morning hours or on weekends or either surrounding holidays or on the holiday it’s self.
The Billings Police used a Breathalyzer test on this man to see if the driver was impaired. The Officer could smell alcohol on this man and so he was removed from the car and asked to cooperate with the Billings Police. The man pictured above was very amicable and released after the Breathalyzer test indicated …show more content…
Usually the Billings Police set up check points in areas where drivers cannot see the Police checkpoints’ and have little or no time to withdraw from heading into the checkpoint. Checkpoints are only conducted on a temporary basis and just for a few hours.
Checkpoints are usually established in locations that prevent easy avoidance, offer ample parking for interrogating suspected law violators and issuing tickets, and usually in places and during times that will not cause serious traffic tie ups, although there have certainly been exceptions.
The stated purposes of checkpoints are usually legalized excuses to stop and scrutinize motorists for which there would otherwise be no reason to do so. These excuses include "sobriety checks," license and registration verification, possession of insurance, proof of citizenship, and seat-belt usage.
Having stated this, The Billings Police were involved with this morning’s checkpoint were handling themselves with the utmost courteousness towards the drivers. Many of the officers had smiles as they interacted with various drivers who had been pulled
Most of the time these check point are done in the very early morning hours or on weekends or either surrounding holidays or on the holiday it’s self.
The Billings Police used a Breathalyzer test on this man to see if the driver was impaired. The Officer could smell alcohol on this man and so he was removed from the car and asked to cooperate with the Billings Police. The man pictured above was very amicable and released after the Breathalyzer test indicated …show more content…
Usually the Billings Police set up check points in areas where drivers cannot see the Police checkpoints’ and have little or no time to withdraw from heading into the checkpoint. Checkpoints are only conducted on a temporary basis and just for a few hours.
Checkpoints are usually established in locations that prevent easy avoidance, offer ample parking for interrogating suspected law violators and issuing tickets, and usually in places and during times that will not cause serious traffic tie ups, although there have certainly been exceptions.
The stated purposes of checkpoints are usually legalized excuses to stop and scrutinize motorists for which there would otherwise be no reason to do so. These excuses include "sobriety checks," license and registration verification, possession of insurance, proof of citizenship, and seat-belt usage.
Having stated this, The Billings Police were involved with this morning’s checkpoint were handling themselves with the utmost courteousness towards the drivers. Many of the officers had smiles as they interacted with various drivers who had been pulled