Section 6.10 Checkpoints and Roadblocks—Generally

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In any type of checkpoint or roadblock, governmental agents, usually the local police, are detaining citizens to address a societal problem. The Fourth Amendment is implicated any time a citizen’s right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure is infringed. A traffic stop, including a stop at a checkpoint, implicates the Fourth Amendment. A traffic stop is a seizure within the Fourth Amendment and, as such, it must be reasonable under the constitution. State v. Stevens,845 S.W.2d 124, 128 (Mo. App...