Great job to all...The men and women that protect our homes and streets deserve a THANK YOU for all that you do.

Jane, I would not suggest doing that. It is illegal to avoid a road block. You could be ticketed for that.

They were on NE 23 Street between Douglas and Spenhcer Road Saturday - the third time I have seen them there since Spring 07. I was going west and turned around to go down 10th Street. Driving an 08 vehicle with temporary tag thru Nov 9 and wanted to get to destination - jane - city

Ollie, nice way to skirt around the issue. No one WANTS to be on the road with people like that, I agree. The methods used in catching them are very communist and supressive against normal law abiding citizens. We fight wars in foreign countries for people being treated like this. So you are correct, entrapment isn't a good world for it, supression is better.

Kenny, thank you! I just wanted to point out some of the reasons, so many were questioning them...

Ollie, I agree and I'm always happy to see a drunk driver taken off the road. I just think these sweeps are a little excessive. They did one in my town of 800 people last month and even brought in a helicopter. I think the money could have been better spent elsewhere, like maybe focusing on the horrendous drug problem here.

The reason for the 'Roadblocks' are because so many 'Anti-Alcohol, Drunk Drivers, Druggies, etc, etc... Groups', continue to put pressure on the Goverments to produce some sort of a result.
'ENTRAPMENT' is causing someone to do something they would not normally do. No one forced these people to drive intoxicated...

Kenny, I like your attitude, there in Methville. Do you work for Homeland Security?

There is a word for this it's called "ENTRAPMENT". It's also called illegal search and seizure. You are suppose to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to your civil rights. Setting up a road block and asking for your driver's license, proof of insurance, etc. is making you prove that you are not breaking the law. Folks, this is the kind of treatment the founders of our great country came here to escape from England.

obi-won kenobi...your our only hope.

Roadblocks for any other purpose than checking licenses and DUI's are unconstitutional and The Supreme Court has ruled so. But, I see them all the time and the police and DA's don't seem to care, because even if it is against the $th Admendment, no Oklahoma Judge is going to rule so (because the courts get a portion of this ticket money also.) Welcome to Fascisism. Democracy was nice while it lasted.

Well, I'm against any police or sheriffs office stopping people just for the sake of "checking". The cities and states have provided police and other law officals to patrol our steets and neighbor hoods. It should be against the law to pull anybody over for the sake of "maybe" we can get them on something! I'm sick of the police dept. breaking rules all the time on the streets and then wanting to stop me on a "maybe". I have witnessed police and highway patols driving in a manor that would have gotten me ticketed. For instance an OKC officer turned his lights on to drive down a one way street the wrong way about a block to talk to a fellow officer in the downtown area. I was there, there was no emergency! Or a highway patrol officer driving all over the median to position himself for speed violators instead of driving to the exit and pulling back around. This puts people at risk but its ok if its the police doing it. I don't like it when I'm delayed because they need to flex there authority. These road blocks should stop. How many innocent people were stopped, delayed and had to indure the attitudes of some of these policemen. It's a joke!

Jamie - Innocent, hardworking? Hardworking, maybe. INNOCENT? Uh No, that's why they are called ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!! Therefore not innocent. That is a crime. If they are here illegaly they need to get their afairs in order to become legal citizens.

Glenda - why don't you leave if it is such a "trashie town to live in"? Go ahead move, we fdon't need you here and you would most likely not be missed. I cerainly would not live somewhere I was so obviously miserable as you must be. I would prefer that they pull over people that have outstanding warrants and lock them up. If they catch a few DUIs in the process, oh well that's ok too As for no license...go down take the tests and pay the fee. If you are suspended, then you shouldn't be driving anyway. I was out and about all day Saturday and Sunday all over the place and never saw one of the checkpoints. I do, however, remember them doing checkpoints when I was a little kid.

Jamie, where did the article say they did anything close to picking on "innocent hard working people that came here to better their lives"? Why should the state give them a license just because they want one?

Its just a cover for officers to start enforcing the immigration laws earlier. not only that but also enforcing the immigration laws under false pretenses.The state law enforcement officers should be ashamed of themselves picking on innocent hard working people that just come here to better their lives. The only reason they dont have drivers liceanse is because the state wont let them have one.

It's all about MONEY! That is the judicial system we have to live with nowdays and there is nothing we can do to change that. I am so glad to see that there are some of you that agree that it is wrong to have be stopped and searched for no reason. Do they not have any thing else to do with there time. I don't like to see drunks out there on our highways,or druggie's out there transporting there drugs around! It is wrong to drive without a license or insurance! Judith,I am sure a lot of citizens have seen someone due some kind of offense so if you see a drunk driver are you just going to say oh my God he is driving drunk and go on about your way or are you smart enough to pick up the phone and call someone that would be in charge of stopping him which would be your local highway patrol, county or city officers! That is so stupid for you to say that because I have seen numerous drunk drivers and I picked up the phone and call someone, gave them a description of the vehicle, where we were at, license plate number! And even followed it until I seen an officer that was going to stop them. How easy is that! But, I don't think they should have road blocks out on the highways holding up traffic because they want to just find someone drunk or without a license or whatever the reason might be. Janice an June you two say it should be done monthly, now what the hell would your reason be for the whole state doing it every month? How stupid are you. I don't want to be haggeled by the officer's just because there are other's out there breaking the law by driving drunk,no license etc. that is not my fault. And June I guess your one of those one in a thousand that doesn't do anything wrong on the highway. Your a perfect driver. Whatever! I believe everyone is guilty of speeding sometime in there life if they are behind the wheel. Even Officer's on duty or off duty do it! So don't act like your the only prefect driver on the highway. You'll always have a few that will side with whatever the officer is doing no matter what it is or if they are wrong in doing it, it's just a no win situation. They are money hungry and it's a way to bring in money to the county. I doubt that they had any beds empty Helen, because they don't care if there is room in the county, city or state prisons. Kenny, we all feel so much safer now that they did this because they are cleaning up OKC! lol It will always be a trashie town to live in no matter what they do or how many checkpoints they have. Oklahoma County now you can rest assure your highways are safe to travel!!

In addition to my last comment: If they are going to do this, why not check immigration status? Oh, I forgot. That would be racial profiling wouldn't it? I guess they have to wait until an overloaded van with 20 or 25 illegals in it crashes and they all run away. Of the countless vehicles that were stopped they didn't make not one arrest for being here illegally? Give me a break.

Sheriff John Whetsel said Saturday that the effort was not about issuing tickets or arresting people, but about "saving lives.”


But the article said, "nine for outstanding warrants, 12 for drug violations, nine for public intoxication, 34 for no driver's license or driving under suspension. Four arrests were made for other reasons."

Exactly how were lives saved by this? Public intox means they either weren't driving, or the cops didn't have evidence to prosecute a DUI.
Sheesh, this is just WRONG. The "saving lives" quote is nothing but a LIE.

If the chumps are searching the cars without probable cause that is wrong, wrong, wrong, any way your slice it. DL,insurance, drunk, OK.

This is a flagrant violation of civil rights, sold to the taxpayers as "keeping the streets safe". I don't condone drunk driving or driving without insurance or unsafe vehicles either. Checkpoints in Nazi Germany were a great idea at the time they were instituted also. This is merely a way to "keep a check on everyone" and to help boost the economy of Oklahoma County. John Wetsel himself was on the news not too long ago crying about budget short falls AGAIN for how many years in a row? For those of you who reside in Oklahoma County, remember this when you are voting for your elected officals when they keep saying they need more money for police, fire, ect. Appearantly there is an abundance of police to set up roadblocks to harass the public.

In KS my brother and step-son put the car in the ditch and the county sheriff cited my brother for no proof of insurance. The proof was in the glove compartment where I keep it. My brother got out of his ticket by taking it to court. My vehicle was already flagged and my license suspended unbeknowest to me. I got pulled over and recieved a ticket the same Friday I purchased a used vehicle and again was cited for no proof of insurance. The administrative suspension was in the makings and I didn't know until I was pulled over much later in a road construction zone that I was suspended. This was by a different municipality. I didn't have the money to sort all of this out after finding out about the other two suspensions. Incidentally, this stop resulted in my first notification that my license were suspended and the officer confiscated my license. Time lapsed and I went to clean up my record by paying all fines, fees, reinstatements, ect as quickly as I could. I worked via phone, fax, with the DPS in KS. They were only too happy to assist me. After it was all over, they revoked my license for three years! The offenses overlapped more than one year, but because I took care of everything within one year time span, the actual "conviction" dates were recorded when I paid my fines, fees, ect. By this time I couldn't challenge anything because the initial suspension that my vehicle got because of my brother and step-son had time to go off my record. No one at DPS ever said, "slow down, hold on a second, you'll put all these convictions within a year and be revoked for three years". Yes, the very last driving under suspension was the one I was legitamately guilty of. Thats the law. My 3 year revocation is up in the summer of 08.

Okay so they put together all these officials to do a sweep......Just wondering why we would spend so much of our states money to fund these guys to do this. I would much rather fund them to do an all night sweep of the rapist, murders, drug dealers and robbers. The funny part is they keep telling us how many tickets, warnings and arrests that they have made. Have you heard the numbers of how many rapes, murders, drug deals and robberies that happened over the weekend…Bet that number went up because they were soooo busy with the real criminals…Wake up Oklahoma! Okay so I feel much safer knowing that all the speeders, drunks and all other moving violation people have been ticketed and/or arrested while everything else was like open season….don’t you?

It is inconvenient to have to wait in a line to be checked out. BUT how many times have you been driving and seen a drunk driver and thought where are the police when you need them? Lives were saved I'm sure. Thanks

It's wrong and against our Rights to have road blocks, they are suppose to have a reason to pull people over, speeding ect. what are they going to do next, just walk into our houses to make sure we are not doing anything wrong? This is America and we have rights, road blocks violate our rights, they have no right to stop every car and go thru them, it's called loop holes in the laws that allow this to happen.

Sure the sweeps were $$$$ successful and safe, I agree w/prince, granted you should never lose your licenses, or have them suspended, but here's the catch, if you don't have proof of insurance, your licenses gets suspended by the state no matter, and even if you pay the ticket @ your local police station and verify your insurance - you're still in a Catch-22...for the rest of the violations, it is money out the arrested citizans pocket; no matter how hard you are trying to reinstate, the State will penalize you with outrageous fines,fees and court costs to make you feel guilty and ashamed, just to be a legal driver again. So? What does that say to potential newcomers to the state, planned to be haggled by the local law enforcements?

Great job by the OHP and the OK. County Sheriff's Deputies. I only wish that the whole state would do this. It should be done on a monthly basis.

Prince, most of the time you can drive to and from work.

One thing that I don't necessarily agree with is the driving under suspension. Well it's $350 to get back reinstated. First of all, your average working citizen don't just have that kind of money readily available to pay for that. Secondly, you have to get back and forth to work everyday to even get a paycheck to come up with that money. You take the risk of getting pulled over and going to jail. It's a lose-lose situation.

The sweeps should be done monthly. As someone with a drivers license, insurance, registration, current plates, functioning headlights and signals, no arrest warrants (ever), who does not drive drunk or use drugs, and who does not break traffic laws, I am appalled at the number of motorists who do all of this. (I don't talk on my cell phone while I'm driving, either...)

Jail population must have been down.

Yes, I feel much safer now.

Thanks for doing a great job, OHP and OK County Sheriff Deputies.