DUI Checkpoints are sinful, unbiblical, immoral, gross violations of biblical law for several reasons.

1. Checkpoints require police officers to lie. Of course, lying is a sin, and “just following orders” or “to get drunks off the road” are not valid excuses.

How are police lying at a checkpoint? In normal circumstances, they can’t pull a car over without suspecting the driver of a crime (which is also an unbiblical concept). But at a checkpoint, they pull everyone over, and every driver has to give evidence of their innocence before being allowed to leave.

By pulling a car over, they are essentially accusing the driver of having committed a crime. They don’t have evidence against every driver, so they are lying about each and every driver that passes through their checkpoint.

2. Government agents don’t have rights beyond anyone else to forcibly stop and question people. There is no special class of people under God’s law. If you personally can’t set up a roadblock, force everyone to pull over and talk to you, and chase down and arrest those who disobey your order to pull over, neither can the government.

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitition is biblical and supported by Deuteronomy 24:10-11. Biblically, you can’t force people to submit to a search or questioning without a court order. To force everyone to pull over and talk to the government is an egregious violation of our God-given rights.

I’ve talked to people who have heard all of this and it falls on deaf ears. They respond by saying that getting drunks off the road is so important that all of the Bible verses and logic in the world don’t matter. That is idolatry. To say that we can reject God’s law in favor of our own safety, or that we’re so smart we can figure out a better way is to reject the lordship of Jesus Christ.

God’s law is best. Christians above all others must be committed to doing things according to God’s law.

So, now, with this knowledge, what should churches do with cops who have participated in a checkpoint, (or cops in general)? I think for sure, they should be placed under church discipline until they find a more God-honoring vocation. We should help them however we can, but there definitely needs to be some sort of exit strategy and evidence of repentance.