According to the LMT, the mayor is headed to Austin to back a proposal that DPS conduct southbound inspections on vehicle entering Mexico to search for guns and money(maybe money is the real target).
We all know that the gun inspection process has shown very few if any significant results. Less than a couple of hundred guns recovered in over a years time. Not very cost or gun reduction effective.
A couple of issues that are not being discussed:
1. Where will these checkpoints be set up? Along the highways, on back roads, or at the bridge head. If at the bridge head, CBP and LPD are already there. More confusion to be sure. If out on the highway, it will mean more inspections for US citizens just going about their business.
2. Under what law will DPS have to "inspect" a vehicle. DPS will not have the constitutional authority, as does CBP, to search a vehicle without a warrant. So, just how effective can these checkpoints really be. LPD has no authority to search a vehicle without a search warrant unless permission is given by the owner/operator. DPS has the same limitations.
So, is this whole checkpoint thing political in nature, or is it just a "feel good" initiative meant to make us all warm and fuzzy about crime?
Its definitely a "feel good" initiative designed to make the masses feel they are protected . . .
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