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Tennessee Roadblocks
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Bellvue |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
highway 100 at natchez trace bridge |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance, drugs, seatbelts |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
09/2009 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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No comments available. |
Town/City/Municipality: |
Chattanooga / Harrison |
Description
of roadblock location: |
Hwy 58 North near Brown Middle-Central
High area |
Time
of day: |
Late night |
Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
seatbelts, vehicle_equipment |
Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked 25% to 75%
of vehicles |
Registry date: |
06/2008 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
Always a pretty light show. Some officers are
dressed in obvious sheriff's police uniforms. Others are in dark
BDUs. Some vehicles are marked and others are not. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Dandridge |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Douglas Dam Bridge |
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Time
of day: |
Late night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
Alcohol |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
06/2009 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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A roadbloack was setup on Memorial Day weekend.
We were returning from dinner at 10:45pm and were stopped and
asked questions "Were you drinking tonight/ How much did you drik
/ How long has it been since your last drink". All the passengers
had wine (one bottle between 4 people over a 2 hour dinner) and
were simply waved through. I was at your site to see what they
can and cannot ask. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Franklin |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Moores Lane / Franklin Road |
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Time
of day: |
Late night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
Alcohol |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
01/2008 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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I encountered this roadblock in Jan. 2006 around
11pm right after watching the BCS national championship game.
I was traveling west on Moore's Lane and had crossed Franklin
Rd. and was headed up into the hills on Lynwood Way (moore's lane
turns into lynwood). As I approached the top of a hill I suddenly
had to stop because of all the backed up traffic. I made a U-turn
and avoided having to go through the checkpoint. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Hamilton County |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Rt. 111 W just approaching crest
of Flatop Mt. |
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Time
of day: |
Late night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
drugs, seatbelts, dogs |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
06/2008 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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Not very frequent, but often on Friday evenings
at the start of holiday weekends. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Knoxville |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Western Ave. near I-75 |
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Time
of day: |
Late night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
Alcohol |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
10/2002 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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Encountered Memorial Day Weekend
Frequency is unknown. Asked to see license. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Leiper's Fork |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Hwy 46 at the enterance to the
Natchez Trace Pkwy |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
drugs, seatbelts, firearms, vehicle safety, child safety seats,
vehicle equipment, warrants, audio, child support, minor truancy,
dogs |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
09/2006 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| No comments.
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Town/City/Municipality: |
McMinn County, various locations
and times |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Various locations and times |
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Time
of day: |
Late night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
Alcohol, Drugs, Seatbelts, Firearms,
Child Safety Seats |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
12/2002 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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Police wear BLACK uniforms with
NO badge or ID, cars are unmarked. These are probably Federal
Police under County contract. Always ask, "Are you sober? Usually
do not ask for DL or ID, but sometimes do. Local complaints are
meant with complete silence by police and/or newspapers. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Memphis |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Airways Between Winchester and
Shelby Drive |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
drugs, seatbelts, destination |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
11/2007 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| This
is usually set up on New years Eve new years day and every other
holiday I can think of!! Airways and Nellie road I believe! I got
a seatbelt ticket. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Memphis |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Macon and Whitten intersection |
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Time
of day: |
PM Rush Hour |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
seatbelts, child safety seats, vehicle equipment, destination
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
12/2006 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| Gave
seat belt ticket although I was in WalGreens parking lot and next
to check point. They marked location on ticket as intersection of
Macon and Whitten. Told me that not wearing a seat belt was a sign
of "gang activity". |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Nashville |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
17th Ave South and Wedgewood |
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Time
of day: |
Late Night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
alchohol, destination, racial
profiling, activities travel, audio |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked 25% to 75%
of vehicles |
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Registry date: |
07/2007 |
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| The Nashville
Metropolitain Police hide their squad cars behind trees in the grass
of an adjacent park and run radar in the shadows on the north east
corner of the intersection. The do not wear refelective vests or
use traffic cones. The jump off the corner shouting and waving flashlights
at motorists. If they don't get you for speeding they will get you
for a seatbelt violation, or vehicle safety issue to establish probable
cause to search your vehicle and subject you to sobriety tests. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Nashville |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Donelson pk./airport |
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Time
of day: |
Late Night |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alcohol, insurance,
drugs, seatbelts, stolen_property, firearms, curfew, vehicle_safety,
emissions, vehicle_equipment, destination, warrants, criminal_convictions,
audio, child_support, minor_truancy, dogs |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
05/2009 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| No comments
available. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Overton County |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Rt. 164; 6-8 miles north of Monterey;
Union B Rd |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
registration, alchohol, insurance,
drugs, seatbelts, residency, vehicle safety, vehicle equipment,
destination, warrants, marital status, activities-travel |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
06/2008 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| These
are often found between Union B Rd and Muddy Pond Rd. My wife and
I own wooded property up there. Last summer we traveled individually
a few times in separate cars. Sometimes I was the car in the line
stopped, and she allowed through without stop. Other times she was
stopped and I allowed to go on without a stop. She was always asked
about her marital status. It also seems to roll along up and down
the road, and from one area of the county to another. Though here
it is fairly common. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Rickman |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Hwy 293 and old Hwy 42 |
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Time
of day: |
Mid-day |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
alcohol, dogs |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
02/2009 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| Every
5 cars they have the dog sniff for substances. I was one of the
5 and the dog smelt something and i was patted down, truck was serched,
nothing was found. Dog was jumping on my truck, luckly no damage. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Whiteville |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
Hwy 64 |
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Time of day: |
Mid-day |
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Purported purpose
of roadblock: |
seatbelts |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
04/2009 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| No comments
available. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Williamson County |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
unknown |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
Alchohol |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Infrequently set up but location
remains constant |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
01/2008 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| Despite
the law requiring specific public notice of a checkpoint, the Williamson
County Sheriff does not announce a specific location, date, or time.
It will be a very vague announcement simply stating they will be
doing checkpoints from Fri-Mon. This is done for the extended weekends
of July 4th, New Years, Super Bowl, and BCS championship. |
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Town/City/Municipality: |
Winfield |
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Description
of roadblock location: |
US Highway 27 - 2 miles North
of Oneida TN |
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Time
of day: |
Anytime of day |
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Purported
purpose of roadblock: |
alchohol, residency, vehicle
safety, racial profiling |
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Regularity
of roadblock: |
Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes |
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked: |
Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles
(more than 75%) |
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Registry date: |
04/2007 |
| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| You will
find the county Sheriff and local PD working together in unannounced
roadblocks targeting out of state plates and motorcycles in particular. |
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