Random checkpoint#Sobriety checkpoints

A control body, sometimes referred to as Checkpoint, is a fixed point on a transport connection, which is used to control the passers-by, the transport and the objects and vehicles.

Checkpoints are common, especially in the military and the police.

To operate a checkpoint required four to about twenty soldiers or policemen. It is often used in international peacekeeping missions. There are stationary checkpoints and so-called temporary checkpoints (CPT ). During the Cold War to the reunion were established in Berlin checkpoints to monitor the border crossing, the most famous was Checkpoint Charlie. This was controlled by the military of the Allies.

Police

The Federal Police performs both border controls as well ( in Germany ) according to the Criminal Procedure Code judicial winding checkpoints criminal prosecution, as well as general controls after about drunk driving.