Arrest Predictions for Iowa City Tailgating this weekend

[DeBruzzio]

Just wondering how many arrests will be made this weekend in Iowa City after the game with the new tailgating restrictions?

Is the Johnson County jail large enough to hold all of them?

 

[cigaretteman]

Just wondering how many arrests will be made this weekend in Iowa City after the game with the new tailgating restrictions?

Is the Johnson County jail large enough to hold all of them?

I think they just intend to issue tickets for open container and most other stuff except for drunk driving.

 

[tm3308]

I think they just intend to issue tickets for open container and most other stuff except for drunk driving.

This. It's just going to be cite and release. I'm still not exactly sure how they are going to work the DD checkpoints. I believe I read somewhere that it isn't legal to do that in Iowa (on public streets/roads/highways, at any rate). So they might be stationing them at the entrances to the university-owned lots. Several people at HN have said that if that is the case, and they feel that they are close to the limit, they'll just walk off the lot and leave their cars. It's cheaper to get their car out of impound than it will be to pay a DUI fine.

 

[Steve]

This. It's just going to be cite and release. I'm still not exactly sure how they are going to work the DD checkpoints. I believe I read somewhere that it isn't legal to do that in Iowa (on public streets/roads/highways, at any rate). So they might be stationing them at the entrances to the university-owned lots. Several people at HN have said that if that is the case, and they feel that they are close to the limit, they'll just walk off the lot and leave their cars. It's cheaper to get their car out of impound than it will be to pay a DUI fine.

I'm not sure what's legal in Iowa. In many states, it is legal to set up road blocks for a "license and registration" check. If you have current plates and don't look suspicious, you get waved on through. If you appear to have been the king of the tailgate party, be prepared to show registration and then answer questions about if you have been drinking.

 

[sunnysideup]

Here are a couple of websites discussing state to state legality of DUI checkpoints. It seems Iowa is one of the handful of states where these are not permitted.

Sobriety checkpoints

"Not permitted because statute authorizing roadblocks controls and does not authorize sobriety checkpoints. 321K.1. DUI arrests may be made at roadblocks authorized by statute. State v. Day, 528 N.W.2d 100 (Iowa 1995). Absent statutory impediments, Iowa courts have upheld the constitutionality of checkpoints. State v. Loyd, 530 N.W. 2d 708); State v. Riley, 377 N.W.2d 242 (Iowa App. 1985). Se also State v. Hillesheim, 291 N.W.2d. 314 (Iowa 1980). State v. Heminover, 2000 WL 564049 (Iowa App.), held avoidance does not justify stop. It also found the roadblock did not comply with guidelines."

Here is an article from just a few days ago discussing the legality of what Iowa is wanting to do.

: vehicle checkpoint : Iowa Law Blog

 

[tm3308]

Here are a couple of websites discussing state to state legality of DUI checkpoints. It seems Iowa is one of the handful of states where these are not permitted.

Sobriety checkpoints

"Not permitted because statute authorizing roadblocks controls and does not authorize sobriety checkpoints. 321K.1. DUI arrests may be made at roadblocks authorized by statute. State v. Day, 528 N.W.2d 100 (Iowa 1995). Absent statutory impediments, Iowa courts have upheld the constitutionality of checkpoints. State v. Loyd, 530 N.W. 2d 708); State v. Riley, 377 N.W.2d 242 (Iowa App. 1985). Se also State v. Hillesheim, 291 N.W.2d. 314 (Iowa 1980). State v. Heminover, 2000 WL 564049 (Iowa App.), held avoidance does not justify stop. It also found the roadblock did not comply with guidelines."

Here is an article from just a few days ago discussing the legality of what Iowa is wanting to do.

: vehicle checkpoint : Iowa Law Blog

That's what I thought. The University CAN hold these checkpoints at the entrance to University-owned lots though, can't they? I mean that's their property, and if UI police are the ones at the checkpoints it might be okay, legally.

And whatever justification they give for the checkpoints (if they go with "Safety Checkpoints"), whether it's to check for L&R, things of that nature, they've already gone on record that this is about stopping drunk driving, and that's what they are looking for. So I don't think it'll fly, at least on public streets.

 

[sunnysideup]

It'll be interesting to see what they do. I myself will be getting over to a couple games there (ISU and PSU). Luckily we have a friend that comes with us that doesn't drink so we don't need to worry about these so called "DUI" checkpoints.

 

[edr247]

More than arrests, the predictions should be for how many names are going to be on the 2nd page of next Monday's Daily Iowan.

 

[tm3308]

More than arrests, the predictions should be for how many names are going to be on the 2nd page of next Monday's Daily Iowan.

I give it 2-1 odds that there won't even BE a 2nd page of the DI outside of the police blotter lol.