Current as of 6/4/08 North Texas, from DFW on I-35, the state troopers will ride your bumper to try and force you into speeding so they can pull you over. DO THE SPEED LIMIT. Basically dare him to rear-end you. They'll generally lose interest in 5-10 miles if you watch your lanes and run the speed limit (I do 2-5 under, because I'm in NO hurry to get anywhere). There's a small town in north Texas called Gainesville. It's the crossroads from I-35 and Hwy 82, and we have 3 speed traps. Oakridge to the east, between Gainesville and Sherman. (Oakridge has been known to ticket state troopers, so the relationship between the two sets of officers is NOT in the best of shape. Also, Oakridge will NOT 'let a ticket go', and they will bust you for one mile over-limit. It's a town of roughly 200 people, and roughly 1/12 of their population are police.) Best time to pass through going east - 3:30-4:30pm. Weber aircraft manufacturing lets out their job pool at ~3p.m. Best time to head west - 5:30-6:30 am. To the south, consider the area from the !-35 east/west split in Denton north to Valley View (a 20-30 mile stretch) exceptionally suspect, especially northbound. The state troopers have been known to walk a dog down a line of cars if there's a slowdown/accident/etc. Best times to head south - 5-7 am, Best time to head north 5-7 pm. I got pulled over twice leaving late and going to see my girlfriend in DFW so consider the hours 8pm-12am suspect. To the west of Gainesville, there's Lindsay, they have a pair of LEOs, and both are zealots. Further to the west (next town) is Muenster, There are two officers, Police chief Stovall, who doesn't like to get out of his car, as he's nearing retirement. The city forced him to hire a junior officer with a K9, and the junior officer's full of himself, but Stovall limits him to doing walkthroughs at the schools, so you'll rarely see him, but they DO have a K9 unit that can be called for. Best times for east travel - noon-4pm, Best time for west travel-no definite time, but Stovall is generally a 9-5, and the Junior officer/K9 combination is very rare. Living in Muenster for 3 years, I never saw them involved in a single stop. (Stovall resents the presence, so don't push, and he'll be very unlikely to call for the K9) Further west is St Jo. The officers there are rarely seen after dark. South-east of Muenster is Era and Myra. Small towns, volunteer fire departments and no LEO presence that I saw while delivering newspapers from the hours of 12 pm -7 pm. Southwest of Muenster is Forestburg. One or two officers, If encountered consider them on the scale of state troopers as far as attitude, i.e. 'do not grief them, or they'll FIND something', even if they put it there themselves. Gainesville itself is heavily DARE active, more than 1/2 of the LEOs here ARE DIRTY. Many of them are on the take, but a good portion of them hang about the high school writing up the girls, then offering to 'make the ticket go away' in exchange for sexual favors. We had some trouble a few years ago with the county DEA offering underage 1st offenders the chance to escape prosecution, if they sold for him. If they didn't, he'd see they were prosecuted as adults. Areas to avoid - Lindsay street, California Street, Broadway, Grand Avenue, Commerce, Dixon, Fair Avenue, And anything with the name 'circle' or that sounds like a 'rich neighborhood', such as 'Blackwood Estates' Or the housing subdevelopments. Also Moss Lake road (moss lake, the kids go to party, and most of the way to the lake is under their jurisdiction) Also any BNSF rail areas, especially the Yard itself (around Dixon street, from Moran north, under hwy 82) The BNSF employees are to call the LEOs if they see any suspicious activity. Places the LEOs avoid- The areas between Culberson street and Commerce, (our little Harlem) and the presence is limited in the area between Culberson and I-35. There have been shootings east and north of the Grand Avenue-California Street intersection, so the areas between Grand avenue and Fair Avenue have been moderately patrolled, but the presence has fallen off in the last few weeks. Gainesville DOES have at least 1 K9 unit, I think they've upgraded to 3, but being on the run from San Antonio to OKC, everything from drugs to guns filters through this town, so the cops are not only dirty, but paranoid and twitchy. The city LEOs stop for gas at the Exxon station at the corner of hwy 82 and Fair, so avoid that station (it's a block from the KFC, which is a favorite eating place for them) Other places they're likely to be are the Wal-mart supercenter parking lot, The Prime outlets mall north of town (between hwy 82 and the Oklahoma border), Subway, The Neu Ranch house/Catfish Louies (on 82, almost directly across from the Exxon) Jack in the box (corner of Grand and Broadway) and the Taiwan chinese resturant. (On North grand, near Hwy 82.) Mcdonalds, Braums, Starbucks, Taco Casa, Wendys and Taco Bell are all in a cluster by I-35, so there is SOME presence, but they rarely eat there. Best times- 6-8 am, 5-7 pm, 10pm-1am, during church hours on Sundays. Avoid Friday and Saturday nights, especially Grand and California, as there is some racing, and the LEOs make themselves known at those times. Also rumor is there are some unmarked patrolling Hwy 377 (old Denton road) Between Gainesville south to the Spring Creek Road area during Friday and Saturday as well, trying to 'start' races, and busting people that way. Happy traveling, And any other survival guides would be useful as well.
Isn't it illegal to have "drug checkpoints".... I mean I know cops already step on our rights but that's fucked up...
It is technically illegal, but they'll 'take the dogs for a walk' if they have to shut down the road for any means, like an accident. But I agree with them stepping on our rights being fucked up....but if they didn't, I wouldn't have a need to post this kind of info, now would I? (ps, I did clarify that portion of the original post. thanks for pointing it out)
Yea I know what you mean, I just finished reading a shitload after you got me interested haha. Here's some more info http://www.flexyourrights.org/2005_11_29_drug_checkpoint_ahead It's a lot to read, but it details some of their dirty tricks..
Hehe...nothing like being informed. I'm personally reading on 'scent negation strategies for deer hunters'
good advice, I used to live near sherman, the drive from dfw to that area is filled with various sherrifs, small town cops, troopers, constables, etc trying to bust you.
