Primary Purpose of DHS Checkpoints Revealed

Straight from the horses mouth. Video at link.

While traveling back from a remote worksite on the afternoon of Thursday January 20, 2011 along SR86 in Southern Arizona, I had an experience at the Homeland Security checkpoint located near mile marker 147 that pretty much summed up many of my encounters at this internal suspicionless checkpoint over the past few years.

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As I was coming to a stop at the checkpoint, the resident K-9 handler recognized me and yelled out the following warning to his fellow agents:

"It's that guy, guys"

Having been duly warned, the Border Patrol agent who appeared to be in training at the primary stop location asked in response:

"What do we usually do? Just f_ck with him?"

Although I couldn't quite make out what was said, one of the other agents ran up to the back of my vehicle and told the agent at primary to essentially wave me through. The agent at primary turned his attention back to me and with a dismissive gesture stated:

"All right...get out! Go ahead!"

As I started pulling away from the checkpoint without saying a word, I heard a thump towards the rear of my vehicle. As I looked back to see what had happened, I saw the agent who had just dismissed me smiling at his fellow agents while pulling his hand away from the place he had just struck.

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Comment by Saladin on March 17, 2011 at 9:52pm: it's hard to do because so many of them are mobile and temporary, they move around a lot.

Comment by Nikki on March 17, 2011 at 9:02pm: Thanks, Saladin. Would like to see these sites add more checkpoints esp on Interstate Hwys so one could plan a trip to avoid them.

Comment by Saladin on March 17, 2011 at 8:49pm: Check this, it's pretty good

http://www.roadblock.org/

another good site

https://www.checkpointusa.org/

please pass these on to anyone you feel would be interested.

Comment by Nikki on March 17, 2011 at 5:47pm: Let us know if he get stopped coming back. Is there a website where you can find all these checkpoints?