The state police in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Arizona, and local police in many counties and cities, have in the last year initiated checkpoint programs. Based on a review of a number of these and other programs, this paper presents some of the salient issues identified in these state and local programs. The paper is divided into the following three sections: (1) review of legal issues; (II) suggested guidelines for the use of safety checkpoints for DWI enforcement; and (III) evaluation
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