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Texas Roadblocks
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Desoto
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Description
of roadblock location:
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I35 South at Pleasent run Exit
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Time
of day:
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AM Rush Hour
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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Registration, Alchohol, Insurance,
Seatbelts, Vehicle Safety, Vehicle Equipment, Earrants, Racial
Profiling
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked 25% to 75%
of vehicles
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Registry date:
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11/2003
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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If you exit on Pleasent Run between
10:00AM and Noon you will be asked for insurance, regstration
etc. If You encounter a delay take the first right. after that
there is no turning off I got three tickets for not coopperating
with De Soto's Finest. Hell of a way to boost small town income.
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Town/City/Municipality:
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El Paso
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Description
of roadblock location:
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Cordova Bridge (Free Bridge)
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Time
of day:
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Anytime
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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insurance
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked 25% to 75%
of vehicles
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Registry date:
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04/2008
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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They usually check any vehicle with dark tinted
windows, especially trucks and SUV's.
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Town/City/Municipality:
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El Paso
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Description
of roadblock location:
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I-10 West Bound
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Time
of day:
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Anytime
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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Residency
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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02/2008
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This is regular INS or ICE set up, they stop every
car. You must prove residency.
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Town/City/Municipality:
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El Paso
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Description
of roadblock location:
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McCombs Rd.
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Time
of day:
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AM Rush Hour
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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unknown, insurance
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Infrequently set up but location
remains constant
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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01/2007
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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This is on McCombs Rd about 1/4
mile from the NM state line. The EPPD sets up a check and checks
almost 100% of the cars for insurance coming from the town of
Chaparral in NM. The lane from TX into NM is unstopped. The roadblock
is set up to catch the citizens of Chaparral, NM coming into El
Paso, TX, where most of them are employed.
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Galveston County
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Description
of roadblock location:
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Bolivar Ferry
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Time
of day:
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Anytime
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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unknown, registration, alchohol,
insurance, drugs, residency, firearms, fireworks, warrants, racial
profiling, activities, travel, dogs
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked 25% to 75%
of vehicles
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Registry date:
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08/2008
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Girlfriend in jail because of suspicionless search
of her property in my vehicle! first payment to lawyer 7500.00
if goes to trial it will be lots more! Help with any known case
won on this subject greatly appreciated?!
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Houston
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Description
of roadblock location:
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59 South at Bellaire
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Time
of day:
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PM Rush Hour
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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unknown, registration, insurance
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Infrequently set up but location
remains constant
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped only a few vehicles
(less than 25%)
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Registry date:
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12/2006
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
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roadblock is set up at the north u-turn lane under the freeway,
usually during afternoon rush hour. Officers will sometimes flag
motorists waiting at the stoplight to pull into the u-turn lane,
or sometimes they will just watch people actually making a u-turn.
There is usually about two or three vehicles parked in this lane
while the driver is given a ticket, although it's not uncommon to
see a vehicle being searched. When this roadblock is set up it usually
backs up feeder traffic all the way to Westpark. If want to make
a u-turn at this intersection or exit and turn left on Bellaire
then the best thing to do is actually turn right on Bellaire, go
outbound a couple of blocks then u-turn and go back under the freeway.
Try to stay in the left lane as you go back under the freeway (which
will put you in the middle of the street and away from roadblock.
Police won't step in front of moving traffic on a busy street in
Houston (or if they do, they won't do it long because one of them
will probably get hit). This roadblock usually goes up toward the
end of the month which makes me wonder if there are ticket quotas. |
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Lynchburg Ferry
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Description
of roadblock location:
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2 miles south of Marathon, US
385
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Time
of day:
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Anytime
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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unknown, registration, alchohol,
insurance, drugs, seatbelts, stolen property, firearms, fireworks,
destination, warrants, racial profiling, activities travel, dogs
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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8/2008
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| No comments
available. |
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Marathon
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Description
of roadblock location:
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2 miles south of Marathon, US
385
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Time
of day:
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Mid-day
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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residency, destination, activities_travel,
fruit
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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12/2007
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information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| Border
Patrol stop, confrontative agents. |
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Town/City/Municipality:
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Orange County / Vidor
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Description
of roadblock location:
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I-10 east bound - near LA state
line 10-20mi
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Time
of day:
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Late Night
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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unknown, registration, alchohol,
insurance, drugs, seatbelts, residency, firearms, emissions, vehicle
equipment, destination, warrants, criminal_convictions, racial
profiling, activities travel, audio, dogs
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Frequently set up in this area,
but exact location changes
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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11/2007
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This is NOT a actuall block of I-10 east, what
happens is that the west bound lanes 5-10 miles away from the
police pulling over anyone, for anything, sits over 20 police
cars and over 20 tow trucks , all running with lights on, sitting
in the west bound lanes of i-10, to the point were you have to
go around them in the median, they are waiting for the police
on the east bound side to call for search, drug dogs, or towing
(usually to impound a car, due to someone's arrest.)The east bound
lanes will have police on the side of the road where one is seen
with lights on or off about every 1/2 to 1 mile, for at least
ten miles.
*Note: even if you have nothing to hide, I would
NOT recommend giving consent to search at all. This area is know
for drug traffic and that is what they are mostly looking for.
Do not be surprised to get pulled over and searched for something
as minor as the light over your license plate being out OR DIM.
Then a few miles later you may be pulled over again for the same
thing and asked for consent to search. If this happens to you,
I would NOT recomend giving consent, If you do, your vechile WILL
be taken apart by any means neccessary (i.e. cop with utillity
belt full of bits, drill, screwdrivers, ect.) This will also usually
result in the use of a K-9. The police there have also been known
to plant drugs in the vechile on the first stop, then find them
and arrest you on the second stop. This does not go on every night,
but if you hear anything about "Taking back the highways", or
"Cleaning up the gulf coast" you should be on high allert for
the above mentioned activities.
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Town/City/Municipality:
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San Antonio
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Description
of roadblock location:
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I-35S @ Montana
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Time
of day:
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Late Night
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Purported
purpose of roadblock:
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registration, insurance, activities
travel
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Regularity
of roadblock:
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Set up at this location on a
regular or frequent basis
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Percentage
of cars stopped or checked:
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Stopped and checked all cars
or most vehicles (more than 75%)
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Registry date:
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09/2006
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| Additional
information about this roadblock or notes on roadblock encounter: |
| The cops
blocked previously open road at Bowie to funnel traffic towards
the roadblock. Enter I-35 northbound to avoid. The cops stopped
all cars to check registrations and inspections. |
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