Another “DUI Hunt” Announced In Missouri

Our Chicago DUI Lawyers have learned that Missouri State Troopers are stepping up hunting and profiling people Drunk Driving enforcement

Operation Arrest Steps Up St. Charles County DUI Enforcement

WELDON SPRING, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) – Half a dozen Missouri State Troopers are on the hunt for drunk drivers.

A “hunt”?

Operation ARREST is targeting drivers in St. Charles County who may have had too much wine and beer at Oktoberfest celebrations or college football gatherings at sports bars. The special strike team aims to get those drivers off the road. Operation Arrest is a monthly special assignment aimed at making roads in the metro region safer. And it meant a long Saturday night for several Missouri State Troopers looking for drunk drivers.

Oh, we get it. It’s not a “hunt”. It’s a profiling operation targeting “Oktoberfest celebrations or college football gatherings at sports bars”. But who makes up this “special strike team”?

Cpl. Jeff Wilson with the Missouri Highway Patrol says, “Operation ARREST is Alcohol Related Response Enforcement Strike Team. It’s made of six troopers who are highly skilled in alcohol or DWI detection.”

“Six troopers who are highly skilled in alcohol or DWI detection” What? Like they have a super sense of smell that detects alcohol or something? How do they do it?

The team is watching for ordinary violations that could signal alcohol usage.

Ah yes, “ordinary violations”. They are always good for satisfying that pesky Constitutional requirement that requires probable cause. But really, what is an ordinary violation?

“It could be anything from sluggish lane usage , straddling the center line, speed,. It could be slow response to items like vehicles in front of them, using their turn signals when they are not turning,” says Wilson.

“It could be anything”. Hmmmm, yes we suppose it could be anything.

So in summary what we have here is this: Six highly skilled troopers pulling people over for anything.

That’s just great. Let the hunt begin!