I just had an experience with a DUI checkpoint in Fresno. No TV cameras though!

The encounter was brief:

I stopped at the roadblock. One cop on either side of my car looking inside with flashlights. One cop asks for my license and where I was coming from. He made me follow his finger with my eyes, and was somewhat rude about it. He gave me back my license and told me to go on.

I asked him if he felt good about what he was doing. He became very defensive and told me that driving in CA is a privledge and that he hopes no one in my family get injured by a drunk driver. He refused to talk any further and told me that I needed to drive on.

Let me say that I am not a drinker and don’t plan on drinking and driving any time soon. So I don’t need your help with legal defense.

What I am is a concerned citizen who believes we need to put an end to DUI checkpoints. Tonight pushed me past my limit. A bit too much like East Berlin for my taste.

Do you have any resources available or any advice on how I can get active and get the local police to change their policy?

Thank you.