How many kinds of Police Checkpoints and Roadblocks?

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA’s Driving Freedoms Magazine in the Fall of 2020. If you would like to receive the NMA’s quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! Check out the other two posts in this series: Have Checkpoints Gone Too Far? How to Handle Yourself at a Checkpoint or Roadblock Joe […]

How to Handle Yourself at a Checkpoint or Roadblock

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA’s Driving Freedoms Magazine in the Fall of 2020. If you would like to receive the NMA’s quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! Check out the first in this series: Have Checkpoints Gone Too Far?  Similar to a traffic stop, a […]

Have Checkpoints Gone Too Far?

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA’s Driving Freedoms Magazine in the Fall of 2020. If you would like to receive the NMA’s quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! First of all, what is the difference between a roadblock and a checkpoint? A roadblock is a barricade set up by law enforcement to […]

Six Simple Words to Use during a Traffic Stop

Do you know what the six most simple and important words to use during a traffic stop? “Am I free to go now?” The NMA said this In the NMA E-Newsletter #176 from May 2012, and we still say it in 2020. When an officer(s) pull you over for a traffic violation, they should have […]

The Yin and Yang of Surviving a Traffic Stop

Editor’s Note: Traffic stop advice important for every driver but every driver must know this information before the traffic stop. Take heed. NMA E-Newsletter #268: The Yin and Yang of Surviving a Traffic Stop It seems that more and more traffic stops these days are escalating into situations beyond the driver’s control. (See the Winter […]

Next Generation Police Tools: NMA E-Newsletter #462

Traffic enforcement continues to go high tech beyond just the newest drone technology. Here are three recent examples of how police are using federal and state funding – some from assets seized from citizenry – to patrol motorists. Police Body Cameras In late October, results from a large study on police body cameras was released […]