Colorado sheriff creates roadblock so private firm can demand DNA blood samples [priv]

I've been behind on Politech recently, but this story made me irritated 
enough to catch up on things.

The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, a rural area not that 
far west of Denver, recently set up a highway checkpoint where motorists 
were stopped and, at least in some cases, not allowed to leave until 
they gave breath, blood, and saliva samples for the benefit of a private 
research firm. A report by Ernie Hancock says the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration was involved as well.

A Denver Post article is here:
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6922089

More:
http://cw2.trb.com/news/kwgn-invasive-checkpoint,0,2092732.story
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57733
http://freedomsphoenix.com/Discussion-Page.htm?InfoNo=024006

The Post says the private organization in question is the Pacific 
Institute for Research and Evaluation, or PIRE, in Calverton, MD. Their 
Web site seems to be down but can be viewed here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050826173038/www.pire.org/

This seems to be a fine opportunity for Politech readers to let PIRE 
executives and Gilpin County supervisors know what they think about 
police abusing their authority at the demand of a private research firm.

Gilpin County email addresses:
rbaker <at> co.gilpin.co.us, scate <at> co.gilpin.co.us, pubcomment <at> co.gilpin.co.us
PIRE email addresses: langevin <at> pire.org, info <at> pire.org, mblackston <at> pire.org