Whether its police being used to force random drivers off the road, or the waste of tax payer dollars, its just plain wrong. Ive never been a conspiracy theorist, but crap like this makes you wonder......

"" North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock
Asked for Saliva, Blood
Fort Worth police apologize for its role in
federal survey
By Scott Gordon
Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013 • Updated 7:18
AM CST
Some drivers in North Fort Worth on Friday
were stopped at police roadblock and
directed into a parking lot, where they were
asked by federal contractors for samples of
their breath, saliva and even blood. The
request was part of a government research
study aimed at determining the number of
drunken or drug-impaired drivers.
Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street
on Friday were stopped at a police
roadblock and directed into a parking lot,
where they were asked by federal
contractors for samples of their breath,
saliva and even blood.
It was part of a government research study
aimed at determining the number of drunken
or drug-impaired drivers.
"It just doesn't seem right that you can be
forced off the road when you're not doing
anything wrong," said Kim Cope, who said
she was on her lunch break when she was
forced to pull over at the roadblock on
Beach Street in North Fort Worth.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, which is spending $7.9
million on the survey over three years, said
participation was "100 percent voluntary"
and anonymous.
But Cope said it didn't feel voluntary to her
-- despite signs saying it was.
"I gestured to the guy in front that I just
wanted to go straight, but he wouldn't let
me and forced me into a parking spot," she
said.
Once parked, she couldn't believe what she
was asked next.
"They were asking for cheek swabs," she
said. "They would give $10 for that. Also, if
you let them take your blood, they would
pay you $50 for that."
At the very least, she said, they wanted to
test her breath for alcohol.
She said she felt trapped.
"I finally did the Breathalyzer test just
because I thought that would be the easiest
way to leave," she said, adding she received
no money.
Fort Worth police earlier said they could not
immediately find any record of officer
involvement but police spokesman Sgt.
Kelly Peel said Tuesday that the
department's Traffic Division coordinated
with the NHTSA on the use of off-duty
officers after the agency asked for help with
the survey.
"We are reviewing the actions of all police
personnel involved to ensure that FWPD
policies and procedures were followed," he
said. "We apologize if any of our drivers and
citizens were offended or inconvenienced by
the NHTSA National Roadside Survey."
NBC DFW confirmed that the survey was
done by a government contractor, the
Pacific Institute for Research and
Evaluation, which is based in Calverton, Md.
A company spokeswoman referred questions
to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
An agency spokeswoman sent an email
confirming the government is conducting
the surveys in 30 cities across the country
in an effort to reduce impaired-driving
accidents.
She did not respond to another email from
NBC DFW asking specific questions about
the program..
But a Fort Worth attorney who is an expert
in civil liberties law questioned whether
such stops are constitutional.
"You can't just be pulled over randomly or
for no reason," said attorney Frank Colosi.
He also noted the fine print on a form given
to drivers informs them their breath was
tested by "passive alcohol sensor readings
before the consent process has been
completed."
"They're essentially lying to you when they
say it's completely voluntary, because
they're testing you at that moment," Colosi
said.
He also questioned the results of the
"voluntary" survey -- speculating that
drivers who had been drinking or using
drugs would be more inclined to simply
decline to participate.
Cope said she is troubled by what
happened.
"It just doesn't seem right that they should
be able to do any of it," she said. "If it's
voluntary, it's voluntary, and none of it felt
voluntary."
Asked Tuesday if she accepted the police
department's apology, Cope said she would
wait to see what the review showed.
"They need to make sure this doesn't
happen again," she said.""
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:Shocked:holys.hit!

Damn unfortunatly it doesn't suprise me. i'm accualy suprised no one was arrested for noncomplience.

@WalkSoftly: if i had been ib her shoes i would have demanded they get a search warrant and get all necessary info to file a formal complaint and possible civil suit

@xNOBODYx: And they actually cldve been....at least here in Louisiana....dont know abt TX, but if u get a drivers license here, u automatically have given your consent to give blood samples, breathalyzer, etc.. anytime a police officer asks....which is soooo wrong to me.

Read my post to nobodyx above...

@WalkSoftly:in florida it's just breathalizer and they take your dl for a year if you refuse

@WalkSoftly Had one man he plunge into a women car and killed her and her 15 month old baby then texts his mate to tell him he is drunk good on them if it stops idoits from driving while drunk so high they can't see the road

Um.......you dont live here so you have no idea wth Im talking abt.

Wow that is freaking stupid I know if here in SD if you refuse breathalyzer in vehicle or not it automatic night in jail. and if your walking and asked for ur ID it 48 hrs in jail they call it obstructing justice I call it bull sh.it