Are
Police Watching Your Home?
Information
courtesy of Lawrence Taylor - DUIblog
We've
all read about oppressive governments, about how the police shadow
its citizens, even staking out their homes to watch for any suspect
activities.
What
if you were to learn that this is being done in the United States
today -- and it is being encouraged by the federal government? Not
possible, you say? Not in this country? The following endorsement
of the practice is taken verbatum from the official website of the
President's National Commission Against Drunk Driving:
"Persistent
drinking drivers have not responded to the threat of legal sanctions
or to prevention activities. In order to help curb the traffic
safety problem posed by this group of drivers each state should
develop a comprehensive system with key features aimed at deterring
the persistent drinking driver....
"Special
enforcement campaigns, such as developing a "Hot List"
of repeat DUI offenders or the "Stakeout" of people
who have lost their license due to a DUI conviction should help
to detect future violations and reduce impaired driving.....A
few states have implemented "stakeout" programs to check
if DUI offenders are driving. Police watch the homes of the offenders,
usually at times when they would be leaving and returning from
work. If they are caught driving, they are arrested. Publicizing
these campaigns may increase the perceived likelihood of apprehension
and result in better compliance with the law."
Local
police agencies are apparently taking the Presidential Commission
up on this. The following is from an April 5, 2004, Associated Press
story about LAPD entitled "Cops Stake Out Homes of Drunken
Drivers":
"Disturbed
by soaring drunken driving accidents, police officers are now
staking out the homes of habitual DUI motorists to catch them
violating conditions of their probation.
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