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Updated: 10:23 AM Oct 30, 2008
DeForest Police In Dane County Set Up Fake DWI Checkpoint
Real Checkpoints Are Illegal In Wisconsin
Posted: 9:54 AM Oct 30, 2008 |
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This weekend DeForest police will again be intentionally creating the false impression of a random checkpoint for drunken drivers.
Such a checkpoint is illegal in Wisconsin and 11 other states.
About three weeks ago, police set up a fake checkpoint along Highway V. Officers wore bright reflective vests, set up cones and electronic road signs warning of a "OWI task force ahead."
But instead of pulling over drivers randomly, officers stopped motorists for any infractions they spotted, including a broken license plate light. That effort resulted in 10 citations, 30 warnings and one non-alcohol-related arrest.
Dane County has had 29 traffic fatalities so far this year, 15 of which were alcohol-related.
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