The Ellis County Press: Sheriff defends I-35, I-45 stops

Sheriff defends I-35, I-45 stops
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Editor on 11/12/2009 10:51:00


WAXAHACHIE - Sheriff Johnny Brown defended his department's traffic enforcement
of big rigs, tractor-trailers and pickups with trailers Friday, Nov. 6 and
denied they were "checkpoints."
Brown, a Midlothian Republican first elected last fall, said deputies were out
in full force on Interstate Highway 35, 45 and Highway 287 pulling over trucks,
cargo trailers and other big-duty vehicles for "traffic infractions."
Several defense lawyers in Waxahachie decried the use of the traffic stops as
unconstitutional.