article_snippet.sent: A minor traffic stop can be the springboard to a check for outstanding warrants.  
article_snippet.sent: An initial stop can therefore lead to an arrest.  
article_snippet.sent: This means that a bench warrant for failing to appear in child support court isn't about catching criminals -- it's bill collection, only with a collection agency bristling with lethal and other weapons, and acting under color of law.  
article_snippet.sent: Not all "warrants" are created equal.  
article_snippet.sent: Sometimes there are warrants for arrest, which are issued for alleged murders, drug dealing or sexual assault.
article_snippet.sent: Bench warrants for deadbeat dads are not arrest warrants for crimes.
article_snippet.sent: a warrant is not technically a criminal arrest warrant, but a warrant sure seems like an arrest warrant if dad gets picked up on a Friday afternoon and has to wait in jail all weekend to see the judge on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: The point is this: Some warrants are for the arrest of criminals.  
article_snippet.sent: Those are the warrants we're familiar with, from "Law & Order" and every other cop show.  
article_snippet.sent: Other warrants, like those for contempt of a support order, have nothing to do with crime.  
article_snippet.sent: Other warrants, like those for contempt of a support order're bill collection and are essentially civil in nature.