Who all here is involved with Highway Drug Interdiction? 

Are you members of "road worriors" and "desert snow" ?

We have a joint interdiction effort between the Kentucky State Police, County and city police in my area we generally cover all limited access, US and state highways we have K-9 support and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement.

Im hoping my team and neighboring agencies will pick up now,I 74 was opened today connecting us directly to i 95 .

navyfiveo says ...

I worked Interstate Interdiction in Newton, MS while I was stationed at Naval Air Station Meridian.  I was a member of Desert Snow "Navyfiveo", but since I quit working Interdiction when I moved overseas I am not eligible to keep my account. 

Our department bought the vehicle database and we loaded it in our car terminals.  It was a GREAT tool to find all of the hiding spots when my dog wasn't working. 

I have a Palm treo that I use to connect to the V. Database... on Desert Snow :)

I work and hope to have a team up working interdiction in the next few months.  I am a member of Desert Snow, as are most of my officers.

We are located in the NW corner of La.  We have i-20, US 79, and US 80 in our jurisdiction.  I've been trying to put a team together for about three years, but think that I've finally got 2 or 3 officers that will actually get out there and work it. 

I'm a TX DPS Trooper (K9), the way our agency conducts interdiction is with every stop, "going beond the traffic stop". Even as a K9 handler I have to conduct the regular duties along with K9 training. We do have a state team that travel all over the state. Some are members of Desert Snow and the Road Worriors.

Good luck and be safe.

Been a member of Desert Snow for several years!!!! work interdiction several times a month!!!

shannon8320 says ...

I'm a TX DPS Trooper (K9), the way our agency conducts interdiction is with every stop, "going beond the traffic stop". Even as a K9 handler I have to conduct the regular duties along with K9 training. Good luck and be safe.

 

 

 

In my opinion, that is the best attitude toward interdiction possible. We have all sworn an oath to uphold the law. It irritates me to hear of officers/Troopers that brag of the number of citations they can write in a year's time, yet make minimal DUI's and no drug arrests. They are doing nothing but filling squares. It's like the folks here that post for no other reason that to gather points.   It's an attitude that prevails with many departments, my own included. I'll state unequivocally, the only way an officer or Trooper can write 1200 to 1500 citations a year and not make a drug case is because they don't want to. Additionally, interdiction is not just about drugs. It's also about capturing wanted persons, felons that travel our highways from location to location. In the past 10 years and nearly 100,000 vehicles that our dogs have been used to sniff, evidence of drug use/possession was found in 12%. Think of that, twelve percent. Think of that 12% the next time you start pulling vehicles over, writing the ticket and start thinking of the next ticket you can write.  

That is  new one... # of stops per miles driven....

was it a small agency?