OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
Appeal was allowed to consider whether sheriffs and their deputies have the authority independently to establish and conduct suspicionless roadside sobriety checkpoints.
I. Background
Section 6308(b) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 6308(b), prescribes that a "police officer" engaged in a systematic program of checking vehicles or drivers may stop vehicles to secure information...
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