Fwd: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fwd:[City of Champaign News]Roadside Safety

[Jenifer Cartwright]

  Interesting choice of location for a "safety check" as well -- I don't see that there's a safety issue w/ any of those besides the seatbelts and DUI, so what were the police really after?? I'd like to see the demographics of those 500 folks -- I'm betting it's another heavy hit against our black and less advantaged citizens.
   --Jenifer 
   
  "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  A police state action, search without cause. Outrageous. Somehow, we 
should respond. A letter to the N-G would be first step. Champaign 
residents complain at a Champaign City Council, meeting. --mkb

On Mar 21, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> Dear Peace-discuss,
>
> [The following email talks about a Champaign Police traffic 
> checkpoint that was setup on St. Patrick's Day, 2008 on the corner 
> of University Avenue and Wright Street.
>
> 500 vehicles were stopped during the 4 hours. I find the stopping 
> of vehicles without cause really creepy and the grant that paid for 
> the checkpoint an incredible waste of taxpayers' money. -karen medina]
>
> ~~ begin the official report ~~
>
> From: General News 

>
> Greetings from the City of Champaign's email subscription service.
>
> In September of 2007, the Champaign Police Department (CPD) 
> received a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation 
> (IDOT) to conduct a roadside safety checkpoint over the St. 
> Patrick's Day holiday. The grant funds allowed the police 
> department to pay overtime funds to staff the roadside safety 
> checkpoint, in an effort to keep impaired drivers off of the 
> roadways.On Saturday, March 15, 2008, a roadside safety checkpoint 
> was conducted on University Avenue at Wright Street in Champaign, 
> Illinois. Champaign Police Officers in collaboration with six (6) 
> University of Illinois police officers and an IDOT work crew 
> conducted the roadside safety checkpoint from 10 PM to 2 AM.
>
> During the roadside safety check over 500 vehicles traveled 
> through the checkpoint. A list of the cited violations and the 
> types of arrests are as follows:
>
> Seat Belt / Child restraint - 6
> Suspended/Revoked Drivers License - 3
> Uninsured Motorists - 16
> Other IVC Violations - 3
> No Drivers License - 8
> Failure to Carry DL on Person - 4
> DUI -1
> Illegal Transportation of Alcohol - 1
>
> In addition to these violations, officers also arrested two (2) 
> people for outstanding warrants, and arrested another person for 
> Obstructing Justice.
>
> Should a citizen have a "traffic concern" in the City of 
> Champaign, please go to the City of Champaign web page at 
> www.ci.champaign.il.us and click on the link to the Neighborhood 
> Traffic Concerns.
>
>
> You may view the latest post at
> http://www.ci.champaign.il.us/departments/2008/03/19/roadside-safety/
>
> All current online City news items can be read at the following web 
> address:
> http://www.ci.champaign.il.us/departments/?cat=1 
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