Buried in the print Register today was a great story from Fullerton: Fullerton councilmen criticized for not taking DUI grant. In part,
Councilmen Travis Kiger, Bruce Whitaker and Greg Sebourn last week voted against taking the Office of Traffic Safety [MADD-funded] grant that would have funded five [$10k per] sobriety checkpoints – roadblocks manned by police officers who ensure drivers are sober. … Kiger said checkpoints violate the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment – which guards against unreasonable searches – and are ineffective and merely a tool used by police unions to garner overtime pay. “I don’t appreciate thousands of legal and licensed drivers being stopped without cause,” Kiger said. “The other side is that it is wasteful. … They have been proven ineffective over and over.”