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Police net arrests in highway drug sting

By GAZETTE STAFF   Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 12:22 p.m.
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JANESVILLE—Authorities reported a highway traffic sting on focused on highway safety and illegal drugs netted 19 arrests on Friday.

According to a Janesville Police Department news release:

Police conducted a criminal highway interdiction in and around the city of Janesville from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday.

The effort was focused on highway safety and transportation of illegal drugs into the city of Janesville.

Half of the 19 arrests were for outstanding warrants. Officers made three undisclosed felony arrests during the sting, and issued 36 traffic citations and 50 traffic warnings.

Officers from the Beloit Police Department, the Wisconsin State Patrol, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, the Rock County Sheriffs Office, the Milwaukee High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area unit, and Janesville Police K-9 officers carried out the sting.




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analertcitizen
Jun 24, 2012 at 10:21 p.m.
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I'm glad they're doing it. I'm tired of these types bringing their garbage in and selling it to kids. Everyone in town knows, or should know, that the drug enforcement people are doing this sporadically. Make sure you're on the up and up then or take another road.

Shopierehuh
Jun 24, 2012 at 6:36 p.m.
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Sucks to be them, (those who got nailed). In the future, they might want to pay more attention or stay out of the position of having outstanding warrants, etc. Surely you people don't think that the cops are going to tell the public that there isn't much for them to do, that they are overstaffed and over budgeted? Quite the opposite will take place, I would say.

governmentwatch
Jun 24, 2012 at 5:19 p.m.
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Just another oppressive action by our runaway authorities. Why not pull one of these "stings" on wuthering hills area? Rock County "sniffer dogs" have a history of being accurate only 16% of the time. Feel free to read the article I wrote to prove it. http://www.copblock.org/15048/is-16-cons...

(Que the gazette to now bury this article)

guitrguy
Jun 24, 2012 at 4:23 p.m.
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Heres the problem I have, they pull you over for oh, say your taillight is out upon arriving home you inspect your taillights and there working fine. People! This has happened to at least ten people I know,thats just lieing how can that be any better than the illegal activities going on because that would also be illegal am I wrong?

packolies
Jun 24, 2012 at 4:22 p.m.
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back in the day they called them checkpoints, now they are considered law enforcement stings?

neergetyan
Jun 24, 2012 at 3:42 p.m.
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What a waste of resources. Spending money on invading peoples privacy and violating their constitutional rights is way more important than feeding the hungry, educating our kids, actually helping people with substance abuse problems... The truth is that law enforcement agencies compete for federal dollars by having more arrests for drug offences. So the more people they arrest, the more money they get to arrest more people. An on going cycle that does not help with this PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

Sigma40
Jun 24, 2012 at 3:41 p.m.
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Failure on their part if you ask me. 50 warnings mean they pulled 50 people over with intentions of finding something else and couldnt, so they made up something to warn them about...Seen it happen, had it happen to me before. And you'd think this would be their job all the time, not just once in a great while. What are they doing the rest of the time?

etown
Jun 24, 2012 at 3:08 p.m.
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gpawcat , dont worry they will come up with some bogus reason to pull you over , if not then they are admitting on a daily basis they let these same people drive past them with violation s and are not doing their job .

chelleandlou
Jun 24, 2012 at 1:45 p.m.
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KUDOS to law enforcement!!!! Keep up the good job!

gpawcat
Jun 24, 2012 at 1:15 p.m.
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Wisconsin is one of 10 states that forbid pulling all vehicles for searches. The supreme court set guidelines that have to be followed. One is, the stops cannot be drug searches, it has to be in the interest of public safety. Second is public education, you have to announce a checkpoint in the newspaper in advance will be conducted. People have the right to avoid a checkpoint.

If I get pulled over, this will be like winning the lottery for me. Wisconsin, prepare to get out the checkbook.

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