2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 32 — Motor vehicles and traffic regulation
RS 32:295.4 — Guidelines for seat belt and motor vehicle liability security checkpoints; law enforcement agencies
§295.4. Guidelines for seat belt and motor vehicle liability security checkpoints; law enforcement agencies
All law enforcement agencies involved in traffic enforcement shall establish guidelines for the operation of seat belt checkpoints and proof of compulsory motor vehicle liability security checkpoints. Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to the following provisions:
(1) The location, time, and duration for seat belt and compulsory motor vehicle liability security checkpoints shall be established in written form by supervisory or other administrative personnel of the law enforcement agency rather than the field officers implementing the checkpoint.
(2) Provision for advance warning to the approaching motorists with signs, flares, and other indications to warn motorists of an impending stop and to provide indication of its official nature as a police checkpoint.
(3) Provisions to ensure detention of motorists for a minimal length of time.
(4) The use of a systematic, nonrandom criteria for stopping motorists.
Acts 2003, No. 374, §1.
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