LAWYER: 5 NEW Tricks Cops Are Using During DWI Stops

You should never drink and drive, but DWI cops may pull you over and investigate you even if you are stone cold sober. If a DWI Officer suspects you of DWI, here are the 5 Favorite Tricks Cops Use and how they trick you into incriminating yourself.
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[@bradwatson7324]

If I'm ever on a jury in a case involving someone sleeping off their alcohol consumption in their car, I'm going to say not guilty to any charge. I won't care about where the keys were or any other factor. If the car was parked in an appropriate location and the driver was asleep, that's all I'll need to know. And I won't care what the law says. I'll say not guilty.

[@adamburgins441]

Exactly

[@captainjimolchs]

What if everybody did that?

[@sprky777]

Jury nullification. Don't mention it during jury pool selection or you will be disqualified. Don't mention it during jury deliberation or you could be found in contempt of court or accused of tampering with the jury. They need a unanimous jury to convict, your one dissenting vote stops the case. The judge will declare a mistrial and the prosecution can opt to retry the case. (Sounds like double jeopardy).

[@Mojo32]

​@@sprky777Exactly!

[@tomorowsnobodys]

Based jury nullifier

[@leskerr9446]

The system is truly broken when we have to be given advice on how to protect ourselves from the police.

[@brad-lee591]

It's not broken. It's working exactly as designed.

[@AngryHateMusic]

Let us not vote anymore... it only gives them the idea that we want them to rule us and it's a real bad ethic to hold.

[@Mikevdog]

Treat them as the gang they are

[@silhouettefades]

​@@brad-lee591yep. It's by design to be this way.

[@billvandorn5332]

Some very wise information to learn here period but something to really think about is to NOT drive while impaired or intoxicated.

[@jhill4874]

Officer, I exercise my right to remain silent, and I refuse to answer any questions without my lawyer present. Officer, am I free to leave?

[@billhamilton7524]

and whats gonna stop the cop from suspecting you of drinking and to do a FST ? To not comply will result in arrest and suspension of license in most states

[@vastvideos7212]

It's ridiculous citizens are expected to go to these lengths to protect ourselves from police procedures

[@KendraAndTheLaw]

They wouldn't be necessary if drunks didn't drive. Blame the drunks.

[@pariscloud2907]

@@KendraAndTheLawmaybe cops should stop being retarded when a driver is sober.

[@kilroy691able]

Yet..Rob a store.get a court ticket and not show up.. no bail .ha.

[@kilroy691able]

​@@KendraAndTheLawnot in all circumstances.innocent prople do get convicted.

[@captainjimolchs]

@@KendraAndTheLaw For having the good sense not to drive?

[@Alleged_Mercenary]

When I was a rookie cop I was at a DUI checkpoint and watched a highway patrol officer DUI a one legged man because he couldn't do the straight line walk perfectly. The case was thrown out but seriously...

So you, a good cop, reported this clear police maleficence to higher authorities right? Of course you didn't. Because there are no good cops.

[@TonyGarrett-p1c]

And the one-legged man spent a fortune on attorney fees. Still, a win for The Man.

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

Alleged Mercenary? You ARE a government mercenary. You never thought to tell your blue gang member- even as a “rookie” that doing that was completely insane? Proving that there are no good ⚡️⚡️domestic terrorists larping as para military commandos “line testing” one legged men! HINT: Quadriplegics- CANNOT WALK. THEY ATE NOT “RESISTING ARREST!” Yeah- true story. FTP. ACAB. SEMPER FI.

[@Jimmy-nv7mn]

Why should I have to produce my registration when my tag is displayed and valid. It bears the sticker that was attached to the registration when it was issued and is in the data base that he most likely ran as he was pulling me over. Same with insurance, it's in the States database. Just another way to trip you up or possibly get you a ticket on a technicality

[@jacobkubacki2719]

Its asshole cops like that, that make it hard on the good ones. I can say that as a retired MP(certified LEO in Kansas) & a son of a 32 year Milwaukee Police veteran.

[@ES-nx7hl]

He speaks the truth. I was pulled for DUI in Texas. I agreed to the breathalyzer and all tests because I knew I was not impaired. I tested AT the limit. Luckily the officer did all the field tests at the cop shop, on camera. I passed all tests with flying colors. They still arrested me for DUI. They towed the car, even though legally parked. Costing $200 in the 1980s. My passenger was charged with Public intoxication even though he asked for a breathalyzer test..they refused. After I got a lawyer, he viewed the video with the prosecutor, the DUI was dropped like a hot rock. All this false indictment cost me and my passenger thousands of dollars and pretrial intervention, for him, even though we were innocent.

[@just.julie.axon.addict]

Ugh. That’s some terrible harassment. Devil’s Tower?

[@matrixmatico695]

Where in texas ??? I Know Texas cops were though in the 80,s but I had big breaks even when I was an illegal alien then😂

[@equalopportunityoffender6732]

Yikes ! 😮

[@1992DJP]

in 1980 they didn’t have body cameras back then so what video are you talking about?

[@WakeUpAmerican000s]

That's exactly the kind of thing that guarantees I'd never live in a State full of toxic macho southern rednecks.

[@TruthAndMoreTruth]

I don't even drink, but I've seen enough videos of sober people being arrested based on "behavior ques" or "suspicion" only to be found to be 100% innocent after thousands of dollars and months of fighting. What a country...

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

This is not the country many think it is. Back when I was young, most police departments were there to maintain peace and order in the community, They shifted over to LAW ENFORCEMENT. So, rather than defusing an incident, they go charging in with all those lovely weapons the federales have been issuing them since Richard Nixon launched the war on drugs. The no-knock raid came into existence, "implied consent" when driving a motor vehicle came in. Full disclosure: I have never been arrested, and my last ticket was something like 13 or 14 years ago. But, my trust for law "enfarcement" personnel is non-existent. The Supreme Court says they can lie in order to get confessions, so, I take the view that by default, cops are liars. If they told me it was raining I would walk over to a window and look out before accepting that statement. To any LEOs reading this: you wanted all this power and the ability to lie. Now, live with it. As a friend of mine's father - a retired LAPD detective so well puts it - "even white people distrust cops now".

[@jamest3552]

That PD should pay the legal expense.

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

@@jamest3552 With qualified immunity? They'd laugh in your face.

[@trone7998]

Being African American I pouch my Registration and proof insurance(READY). I went through a drunk driving check point. My response "BEING THAT I'M AN AMERICA CITIZEN RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE BLANKET OF THE CONSTITUTION YOU SWORE TO UPHOLD I REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AM I BEING DETAINED OR AM I FREE TO GO. QUESTIONS COME AGAIN, RESPONSE COME AGAIN

[@georgesheffield1580]

Suspicious is the thought of a paranoid person .

[@jjc4577]

just knowing what happened in Loveland Colorado means this is spot on. Loveland Police officer arrested a driver that had not been drinking, blew 0.00 in the breathalyzer, read 0.0 for all intoxicants during a blood test, and was still booked into jail for DUI and had charges leveled because the officer said he smelled alcohol during the initial contact and it took the city attorney a day to drop the DUI charges. Turns out this officer was due to win an award for most DUI arrests in the department. The frustrating upside is that he got a $300,000 settlement from it that the taxpayers are on the hook for.

[@cherylgraves2660]

Loveland.....again.....

[@mrmotofy]

Nah, Liability insurance pays anything like that. Need to require individual Liability insurance policies. The Insur Co will weed out the bad officers with high premiums

[@herrent]

Paying the taxes as well worth it to get this stuff nipped in the bud. Saves money Upfront but not having more pads later and more damaged members in your community possibly including yourself and your family. Don’t cheap out

[@FraaaaaankRizzo]

I am so glad the taxpayers took it in the ass on that settlement because they DESERVE it for allowing that department to continue to exist.

[@henrybutchy3242]

Yes, but the officer does not pay a nickel of that lawsuit damages, AND the officer got his dui bonus. A rational officer would repeat and repeat, month after month.

[@fraadebauer]

It is so sad that a common citizen just going about their day has to know all the laws to protect themselves from the cops .

[@Dddd-d4h6x]

A few years ago in CA I was stopped a few feet after exiting a parking lot of a bar. I explained I was there to pick up my kids and their friends who were celebrating so they didnt have to drive, I went in had 1 soda and played a game of pool. The officer said she smelled alcohol - yes because I had 4 grown men who had been drinking in the car. I refused the field sobriety test, demanded a blood test. They let the boys walk home, but arrested me and towed my car then I waited 9 hours for the blood test because "they were too busy" to take me in. The owner of the bar came to my defense with video proof, but the DA said it meant nothing. They ended up charging me, saying the blood test had taken so long it also meant nothing. Between the bailbondsman, attorney, tow and impound fees along with repairs from that, and DMV fines issued without a conviction (allowed in CA) it cost me over $11,000 for the judge to dismiss the case 5 minutes after seeing the video that the DA ignored. All because my adult kids, their friends and I did the right thing so no one drove drunk that night. I still pick them up at bars when they're in town to make sure they're safe, but I dont leave my car.

[@Newchannel9o6]

Tip and solution: Call uber or lyft for them it'll cost $14 not $14k.......But if you put In this situation just park 3-4 blocks away specifically 3-4 around the corner blocks from the bar to assess the situation before driving even if not drunk, police are trained to be predatory sad but true!! But be aware keep your eyes open 1/2 hr before leaving to watch outside to see if they're waiting for you, ask me how i know.

[@jennyc5037]

I know it's probably a voluntary sentiment that gives you some satisfaction and peace when you are their DD but there definitely becomes a point that they will need to learn to be responsible for theie own sober transportation home. Trust me I know from experience as the daughter of the most kind hearted mother ever. It took for me to be bitched out by my brother because I startled her right out of bed and straight to the floor. She was bruised all over but never told me a single word about it herself. I'm glad my brother told me because it forced me to evaluate some life decisions that needed to be adjusted. A lot. I finally began facing some of my issues instead of using liquor and some other stuff to take the pain away. I don't know if your kids are excessive drinkers but I do know that they should have realized that your bad experience should have made them care enough to think twice before requesting you to keep on doing it.

[@Dddd-d4h6x]

@@jennyc5037 I appreciate your comment, but as noted in my original comment I do this when my kids and their friends are all in town together. They are planned trips as well as planned nights out, not unexpected calls in the middle of the night. I agree that people should take responsibility for themselves (and everyone else) when they're drinking which includes having the courtesy to understand other people may not be sitting up just waiting for that call to come get them, but the simple fact that they as adults don't even take a vehicle and arrange a ride ahead of time is the responsibility you say they should take for their own choices.

[@jennyc5037]

@@Dddd-d4h6x the stress was felt when you mentioned the $11000. Most people would have been done at $500. I'm just saying. To each our own.

[@sarsarsvintagejewelry]

Hopefully you will be suing them for filing false charges and kidnapping

[@kylelloyd4437]

It's almost like cops aren't your friends and don't want to help.

[@captainjimolchs]

Almost?

[@shasshybear9222]

Cops are enemies of the law-abiding citizens and traitors to the constitution

[@helpful5539]

Money and jobs

[@captainjimolchs]

@@helpful5539 Don't you mean "PROFIT"?

[@helpful5539]

@@captainjimolchs Yes another word describing their scam. One that sometimes destroys peoples lives

[@camelahahahaha332]

If you're driving in the wee hours of the morning... like when the bars close, you just might get stopped by a cop claiming you were "weaving". That's a common pretext they like to use. It happened to me once, except I don't drink and I wasn't "weaving". In fact, I was doing electrical work at a restaurant, and it had to be done after normal business hours. I was merely on my way home. I told that to the cop, and he realized he caught the wrong fish and let me go on my way, but I resent the underhanded tactics he used to stop me in the first place.

[@fnfailure]

Same here working over working a 12 or 16 hour shift 2 or 3 am your eyes look red also driving better trucks they think your a drunk and get bummed when they figure out your a working stiff with insurance

[@PeterJMery-1]

I have been stopped many times for weaving. this is used as an excuse to pull you over, in the hopes that they will be able to arrest you for something.

[@MikeEWard]

Arresting a passenger with a sober driver? Serious horse shit.

[@timothymetzgar2289]

Of course it is horse shit because it doesn’t happen

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

Legal definition of passenger. A person who is traveling from point a to b or from depot to depot. A paying customers. A person with an expectation of safety from the carrier. Just because you are in a an automobile does not make you a passenger. Cases are commonly lost on the allowance of the use of a word out of context and you lose the right to appeal if you do not object tontye use of the word in a timely manner.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

@@timothymetzgar2289. Happens all the time. The car I was in got stopped at 3:50 in the morning. A school sign was flashing. The police stopped us for speeding in a school zone. I was about 20( legal At that time) had no shoes on and was asked to get out and had been sleeping soundly. I had to hold on to the car because the sharp gravel topping hurt my feet. Probably the only thing that saved me. But they did suggest I was D.I.P. A real bull shit stop.

[@PrezVeto]

​@@DavidMoore-lx4xz Sounds like you're taking one definition of passenger out of its context. The law frequently uses different definitions of the same term in different codes, titles, chapters, etc.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

@@PrezVeto Absolutely not. The word has one meaning. If you allow other than that then you do it at your own peril. Blacks and Bouviers law dictionary are the primary source material for words used in law. Passenger is only in major use in the context of a commercial act of transporting persons for compensation. The lie is thick when it comes to use of language and objections made in court over the use of words and appeals.

[@matthewbrown5228]

"The purpose of the field sobriety test is to collect evidence against someone that I already believe to be intoxicated. If an officer asks you to take a field sobriety test, don't. Doesn't matter if you drink or not." - My brother, a police officer.

[@phubarnow5388]

Damn straight!!! The ONLY item you do not have a choice, via the implied consent law, is a chemical test of your blood to indicate presence of alcohol, if you refuse that they can revoke your license for one year. Lets repeat what Mathew stated """"The purpose of the field sobriety test is to collect evidence against someone that I already believe to be intoxicated. If an officer asks you to take a field sobriety test, don't. Doesn't matter if you drink or not." Because even sober you probably wont pass 3 out of 5 of the stupid tests.

[@Cjohn31]

That's sad. Tell your brother that history will recall this hour

[@Trifler500]

What about all the laws states have now that make it a crime to refuse a breath test? Up to six months just for refusing to take the test. :P

[@bulklogan539]

@@Trifler500 You can still drive to and from the place of employment, to school etc. Basically you are suspended with driving privilege during certain hours and times. It will costs you a pretty penny too. May have to have interlock device to blow start the car.

[@glintinggold]

@@Trifler500 I had no idea! Boy, some places have really rolled over for tyranny.

[@davestracka4350]

Every cop I have ever known drinks and drives, they for the most part are hypocrites

[@joegibson6041]

Even if you’re sober and get arrested you now have a big lawyer bill.

[@markmalasics3413]

Why is it that it's always the same low class of people that get arrested when sober?

[@captainjimolchs]

@@markmalasics3413 They are easy targets, low hanging fruit.

[@Steve-Cro-Magnon-Man]

I was not low-hanging fruit. I am a retired CPA with a low-speed rear-ender in February 2020. I had just recovered from what we now know was C19; my doctors and I thought it was a severe flu with a ‘small’ GBS reaction. After the wreck, I was aphasiac, and there was no way I could perform the field tests. I have spinal injuries due to an earlier accident; I was not at fault in that accident. So, of course, I fail and am unable to communicate clearly. We go downtown, blow 0, and get the cops to understand I am disabled - they arrested me anyway! This cost me $2,000 for an attorney to handle the process during the C19 shutdowns. The case was dismissed with prejudice two years later.

[@constancewhite8395]

@@Steve-Cro-Magnon-Man… yep … they still get MONEY out of us even when innocent. .. it’s a messed up system just like most all gov or state agencies are.

[@deebee4575]

@@Steve-Cro-Magnon-Man your mistake was agreeing to the field sobriety test, which are 100% voluntary with no penalty for refusal in all 50 states.

[@Sunstar808]

DUI officers believe they can ARREST a driver for DUI if you answer their questions, if you don’t answer their questions, if you take a field sobriety test, if you don’t take a field sobriety test, if you take prescription medication, if you’re physically impaired/disabled, if you’re stone cold sober.

[@markmalasics3413]

Wrong. They don't arrest a person for DUI charges if questions and a series of FST are refused. The charge is failure to comply......something you damn well knew was the case when you jumped behind the wheel.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

@@markmalasics3413Huh?

[@michaelwaninger3155]

Guess you got it.

[@jane29228]

​@@markmalasics3413 then why don't cops COMPLY with the CONSTITUTION? because they are TYRANT DOOSH BAGS.

[@montezuma6962]

@@markmalasics3413 Please name a state where not performing a fst is a crime.

[@raydar2630]

I used to fix radios for a large metro Atlanta police department. One of the department "techies" (I won't repeat his name, but I still remember it, 40 years later) was in our shop, and talking about some sort of breath/alcohol sensing device. He said, "We can make that thing read whatever we want it to." He sounded pretty proud of his "skills". Lovely.

[@kawasukiyamahonda]

"Hello, you want to tell me why you were going so fast?" "Sorry, I can't comment on an ongoing investigation."

[@noemytamayo9462]

Love it

[@MikeSmith-nu9wt]

I will have my investigation team look into it . I don't wanta reveal things about a fellow workers non ability to do his job and invistigate , in case theres a real crime he has to work on ..

[@georgevanaken925]

🤣👍

[@lgroves336]

😄

[@fitybux4664]

"Hello, you want to tell me why you were going so fast?" "Here is my ID, registration, and insurance. And I invoke my right to remain silent. Am I being detained?"

[@tommytwotacos8106]

I once almost ended up with a DUI (I don't drink, smoke pot, or take intoxicants of any kind. I'm the most boring person you'll ever meet) because I had fallen asleep in the driver's seat of my car after pulling off of the freeway onto a surface street and parking on the side of the road. It took almost two weeks to sort out the whole affair, but the Lawyer I talked to gave me a piece of advice that has served me well in the intervening time period when I've again had reason to sleep in my car. First he mentioned what was said here about not having the keys in the ignition, but he also said to get out of driver's seat and lie down in the back seat if you can.

[@Shadow__133]

Can't even sleep in your own car with the AC on. What a joke we become.

[@kenneththynes4761]

That won't help. I know a guy that was rousted from the very back of his Suburban outside our friends house. Keys were in his pocket after they pulled him out (just randomly decided to snoop in the car. Had to fight a DUI with AK State Troopers for thousands of dollars.

[@fubufb420]

Think you're an even bigger risk being in the back seat!!! Don't shoot me BRO!!!😂 They are Soo scared of doing there job.... They'll use any excuse to invade and violate your civil rights, to feel "SAFE" in a dangerous profession!!!😢 Buncha weak pansies hiding behind there badges and private citizen given positions of power and status....😢 Cop SAID I performed poorly on the sobriety test.... I was feeling fine, but in his eyes and professional opinion, I failed his stupid walk the line test. First time I ever took that stupid "test".... Clearly it's not about the test....the judge may never even see me doing the dam test... Just take the cops word as gospel. Being a brown skin Native American doesn't help either!!....😂😂😂 Stupid native must be up to no good....😢

[@RavenAutoPartsCo]

Huh, don't give me boring until you go and spend a week in the outback of South Australia with my wife's family. That was several decades ago...maybe they have Television out there now. 😆

[@Calvin-m5n]

@@RavenAutoPartsCoNo thanks I’m fine right where I’m at you can be boring if you want to be there no law against that YET garentee they are working on that too make that illegal to!!

[@oktomcat]

You are the fourth lawyer I have heard say to refuse a field sobriety test. That seals the deal for me. Especially since I do have pain in my lower back, left leg, and right arm.

[@mhoffman30]

Get out of the car if asked Keep your mouth shut Provide documents if asked Keep your mouth shut Let the police know that you do not consent to any searches Keep your mouth shut Let the police know that you aren't answering any questions Keep your mouth shut Don't answer questions Keep your mouth shut Refuse any field sobriety tests Keep your mouth shut Refuse any roadside breathalyzer tests Keep your mouth shut

[@surferdude4487]

Unfortunately, your last tip can get your lisence suspended for a year and your car impounded in some states. You had better be sure of the law where you are before you refuse a field breathalyzer test.

[@rjay7019]

​@@surferdude4487 I think Texas is one.

[@designsbyphilip510]

"Let the police know you don't consent to a search..." ummm if keeping your mouth shut, how does one go about that? Sign language?

[@invictusbp1prop143]

​@@surferdude4487 Not for refusing a PBT in the field. A PBT is the little handheld contraption cops carry with them. They're an investigative tool administered prior to arrest in the field and aren't even admissible as evidence in court. There is no official penalty for refusing a PBT. It's another story when you're talking about an official breathalyzer test given after arrest using the Intoxilyzer 6000 which is a big scientific analyzer that requires certification to administer and is absolutely admissible in court. Many states will suspend your license if you refuse this official test commonly referred to as "the breathalyzer". These are generally big floor model machines that are housed at the police station or DUI center where DUI suspects are taken post arrest. Many states, like Texas, will commonly respond to refusal by getting a warrant for breath or blood sample which you cannot refuse. And they will take a blood sample against your will, by force if necessary. So you get the automatic penalty for refusing, and are still forced to provide a sample regardless, so it doesn't do you any good to refuse.

[@gregnagy7569]

Help me out here...I'm Aussie and breath tests are a normal part of driving here. Why would you refuse a breath test if you haven't been drinking or only had 1 or 2 and know you're under the limit ? Shouldn't a breath test result below the limit see you on your way ?

[@Fadamor]

5:12 In Salinas v. Texas (June 17, 2013), the SCOTUS ruled that simply remaining silent does NOT unambiguously establish that you are invoking your right to remain silent. Unless you verbally invoke your right to remain silent, police are allowed to interpret your silence as an antagonistic act or even an admission of guilt depending on what question the suspect was asked. So yes, you have the right to remain silent, but you must unambiguously invoke that right before police are required to stop questioning you. The SCOTUS has determined that invoking the right to remain silent verbally satisfies the "unambiguous" requirement. TLDR: You can't just remain silent, you have to at least SAY you are invoking your right to remain silent.

[@captainjimolchs]

Agreed: One must loudly proclaim his right to remain silent.

[@mrmotofy]

YES BE a BELLIGERANT CLAIMANT

[@Blackatchaproduction]

It's crazy how not matter what you do they will just find a way to make your wrong with arbitrary rulings

[@Fadamor]

@@Kd4c Exactly. State you are exercising your 5th Amendment right to remain silent, then remain silent. Don't answer anything after that. You have no requirement to assist law enforcement in their investigation.

[@Fadamor]

Well, if it's a traffic stop, you will need to provide the documentation required by law which is usually driver's license, proof of registration, and proof of insurance. Technically that IS assisting them in their investigation, but there's no requirement that you answer their questions while doing that. Even the one they always ask about the driver's license, "Is this your current address?"

[@christopherparsons3224]

I took the pen test, while very tired after a 10 hr shift. I was in my early 30's, a very strong and fit young man. That test still nearly made me dizzy and fall over. Only my fitness and strength kept me upright. I can see how many older, overweight, or sedintary people would fail that test, stoned sober. Always tell an officer you aren't physically fit enough to take any type of field sobriety tests. If they tell you saying your ABCs backwards isn't physical, tell them that you never learned them backwards, so you don't know them backwards. Cops in court, often fail that same test, when an attorney asks them to perform it. Stoned sober, I am going straight for the breathalizer and I am DEMANDING a blood and unrine test. If they won't take me to get them, I am calling an attorney immediately, to get them ASAP. The idea being, to try to turn their own evidence collection against them.

[@butchmiller2451]

I have "friends" and family that are cops. The worst one is family and he tells stories of profiling people based on their looks and car they drive. Many, if not most police agencies keep a scoreboard much like a real estate office or car dealership tracks associates by listings and sales used to determine top producers. The results determine bonuses, promotions, award citations like cop of the month. The system encourages the corruption. Eliminate qualified immunity and make bad cops, (they aren't all bad), personally liable.

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL so what's wrong with THAT? If people want to present themselves looking like the miscreants of life and see what they can get away with, that sounds like a "THEM" problem. And, of course, the only way you could POSSIBLY know that "most police agencies keep a scoreboard" (🤣) is if you have seen them personally, and only serves as proof that you are one of those losers in life that can't go a day without having a "police problem" and have seen the "scoreboards" first hand while being escorted to your cell.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

Police sign a “ Municiple Police Contract” when hired. It says nothing about your civil rights or the constitution. They are working to make money for the city. High courts in NC have said, police are a for profit employee of a corporation. A higher court upheld this opinion under review.

[@glintinggold]

@@DavidMoore-lx4xz That's why we need to get rid of police departments. They are clearly not doing what they are represented to do.

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

Yes, they are, ALL bad. Good ones wouldn't tolerate the corruption. There are no good ones. They are all rotten.

[@mrmotofy]

Yep that's why a town of like 600 in TX had 250 Officers and 1mil in citation revenue

[@jccook5353]

A huge percent of every police department budget comes from DUI arrests and convictions. Fewer convictions, less money, fewer cops. It's that simple.

[@michaelwaninger3155]

It is a multi-billion dollar industry in each state.

[@stephenshelton4267]

I remember when DUI was lowered from 0.1 to 0.08 that I wondered if this was just a money grab or a legitimate change for safety. I think it happened when I was a teen, a decade before I had ever even had my first drink.

[@LoveyK]

Unless they had a lucrative speed trap.

[@FraaaaaankRizzo]

The only way to defund them to the point of abolishment is don’t break the law. Now a VERY large percentage of innocent people are the victim of lying police when things are slow.

[@AnotherWisenedOne]

To shut the whole corrupted legal system down, just demand to see your written guarantee that you will actually get a fair trial! If they won't guarantee a fair trial, then why do you have to go through one? If a store of any kind sells you a defective product or someone performs a bad service, you have the right to a full refund, correct? Why isn't it the same for the legal system?

[@mikef9341]

Charged with Public Intoxication… if I’m a drunk passenger in a sober driver’s car- wtf? What is the point of designated drivers then? Why call a friend or relative to drive me home when I could be cited ANYWAY? This is tantamount to making intoxication illegal ANYWHERE unless in my own home… since getting home from anywhere, by any means, is a violation. So wrong… whatever happened to freedom?

[@sergibo44]

The sham of being pulled over for speeding or not driving directly down the center of the lane is always a DWI investigation. FST is totally subjective. If they want to arrest you then regardless of the test results you will be arrested. I have been victim to these ridiculous questions before. “have you been drinking?” Yes officer I’ve been drinking all day. Since I woke up 14 hours ago. I had water, coffee, water, Pepsi, water water water. “You look off or acting weird” well officer how do I normally look and act?

[@laurenfazenbaker9777]

What happens when you aren't drunk because you don't drink and have never drank, take no medications, and still get arrested for DWI? Cops do that often.

[@Barbarus1]

You don't even have to be drunk or high to get arrested for DUI. Over the last 40 years the standard has gotten lower and lower because it has become big money for everyone involved except for the arrestee. Now we are seeing people getting charged with DUI for .00 BAC and nothing in their system. But they are still having their lives turned upside down. Many of the so called "drunk" drivers that get arrested aren't drunk at all. Its just that the courts and the politicians have bent the knee to appease MADD and the police who profit from drunk driving hysteria. A DUI used to be a BAC above .10 or higher. Then the laws got changed to withhold federal highway dollars from states that didn't raise the drinking age to 21 and lower BAC to .08 (Which for many people isn't impaired depending on their body composition). About 20 years ago states started charging people with nonsense misdemeanors for DWAI and "less safe dui" with a BAC as low as .05 (1-2 beers for the average person). And now in many jurisdictions we are seeing "Drug whisperers" and cops like these just arresting innocent people to get a stat. Because regardless of if there is a conviction or not cops get awards and recognition for arrests.

[@frankvandalen6524]

If a jackal ever asks me if I'm on any medication, I will first ask him if he's a doctor. If the answer is, NO! I will inform him that he is not privileged to know about my health condition. If he takes me in, he needs to get sued.

[@WeartheGoodSocks]

Even if he were a doctor, he’s not *MY* doctor, and therefore still not privileged to know.

[@chance_in_the_chat]

A few years ago, I had gotten off work and went to the bar that was just a couple doors down from where I worked. I got stupid drunk and came too suddenly at 3:30 in the drivers seat of my vehicle, car running and a cop pounding on my window. He could tell immediatly I had way too much and had been sleeping it off. I told him I was gonna stay right there till the next morning cause i worked in the same area. He wouldn't let me tho and made me call a cab and once it got there I went about my way. The only thing that saved me from a D.W.I, that night was the fact that it was almost -30 degrees outside and well below -50 with the windchill. He even admitted to me when knocking on my window he thought to himself "Lets hope he wasn't too drunk he forgot to turn the heat on after turning the car on...." I'm well aware he still could've easily arrested me for a D.U.I but that night he was actually concerned for my welbeing and decided to be human about it.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

He just didn’t want to be bothered doing the paperwork is what that was

[@chance_in_the_chat]

@matthewcaughey8898 That's normally the case and I can easily recall at least half a dozen or so times in my teens and 20's that was obviously the case. Back then it was almost a daily thing I'd get stopped and harrassed about this or that. It really sucked, but it naturally got me to figure alot out about interacting with police in general, how they question, when they were lying or not about "certian evidence" for whatever. Alot of the basic things alot of people watch videos like this to learn. I lived it the hard way. Not complaining, not bragging just how it was. Usually with paperwork bored cops don't care. They can park somewhere and do it "on the go" while out on shift. Except for super important filings that have to be done at the precinct. City cops have WAAAY more important and immediate issues other than paper work at a later time. There's more than enough hustle and bustle going on that paper work is sometimes looked at as a welcome calm and easy OT. So adding one more report or scene summery at the end of the night is usually looked at with casual disdain but it won't matter because at the end of the day it's gonna be anywhere from an hour to a few hours overtime, and even then it's still not all gonna be completely caught up. So at that point "paperwork" is just a formality and sometimes used as an inside joke to the public for why someone was "given a break" Bored city cops, don't care about paperwork when there's crap to stir up, authority and power to abuse and probably even an illegal side hustle or two to have going when time permits...

[@markmalasics3413]

@@chance_in_the_chat So you're admitting that you were drinking underage and illegally driving while drunk, and you have the gall to sit there and try to school ANYONE with a brain about how the Police work???? LOL WOW 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomorowsnobodys]

My cousin had the same situation and he got the dui. He was actually in the back seat lol but they said he was in control of the vehicle because he was the only one in the vehicle.

[@chance_in_the_chat]

@markmalasics3413 Well, going off of what one said online to a situation not unique enough to anywhere that could be picked out of one of god knows how many towns/counties/cities good luck finding that out. Oh subpenoa Google and waste thousands of dollars on a online comment for a dui investigation that for all they know is well past any statute of limitations that by now may or not be expired...I think I got a pretty decent handle on how they work and was just sharing what I had obsereved and why I felt my interaction wemt the way it went. IDK what you have confused things but I never said a thing about doing anything underage or being of age except for when I was and up into my early 20's that I had delt with them pretty much daily. Maybe at the time I was being sketchy or maybe I was out doing normal things. Maybe theyy were bored or maybe they were onto something. Who knows? If they are at the point they are crawling thru comment sections in hopes to continue on or start up some kind of investigation for an incident that could fit tens if not hundreds of thousands of people than dealing with the ever changing lines of where our rights protect us and where police push back against or overstep are the least of our worries. But I guess what do I know?? I'm all for hearing an experts view on how the laws and police where I live funtion and operate from someone who clearly nust know more about it than me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@kenledbetter8850]

NEVER-NEVER-NEVER take a FST no person can pass a FST.

[@butchmiller2451]

FSTs are totally subjective. Policing for revenue.

[@jamesloar8693]

They just keep adding tests until they can convince you that you’ve failed. Example is the college athlete stopped and blew 0.00 only to subjected to arrest because the officer wanted it to be a DUI.

[@sharthun2009]

And never answer any questions.

[@Ephesians-ts8ze]

I’ve taken 3 FST’s in my life and twice I “passed” and was sent on my way. It was over 2 decades ago, though. It’s not that way anymore. I’m guessing it has a lot to do with MADD mothers lobbying Congress for tougher laws but it seems like now days law enforcement has more incentive to make a DUI arrest than to do the right thing. I’ve seen numerous videos of people getting arrested for DUI and blowing .000 BAC and then being sent for a blood draw which showed no drugs in their system. This is the epitome of sacrificing liberty for safety. We allow certain people to be sacrificed for the “greater good” at the expense of our freedom

[@1GWiz9]

Ive passed 2, back to back from different officers at the same stop...I was trashed.

[@frugalprepper]

I have had 6 strokes. The last one was in my cerebellum. I am unsteady on my feet. I will loose my balance easily. I can sit down a drive just fine though. It only affects my walking. My neurologist said I am find to drive. I don't drink Alcohol. I have had exactly 2 beers in the last 12 years. When I get pulled over I answer questions honestly but not productively. "Where you coming from?" North. "Where you going?" South "What are you out doing today?" Driving from North to South "Have you had anything to drink today?" Two cups of coffee, a 7up, and a Tea right now "No, I mean Alcohol" I don't drink Alcohol "Oh why? Are you on a medication that interacts with it?" I don't like Alcohol. "But are you on an medications?" I choose not to answer that, because of the 5th amendment. "Do you have any weapons" Yes I have 3 guns, two knifes, a stun gun and pepper gel. Usually they say something like "Ok well just leave yours where they are and I will leave mine where it is" I say "Ditto" If they want to do a Sobriety test I say.. No, I will comply with Ohio law a take a breathalyzer and blow zeros then we can be done here. The have never had me do a breathalyzer.

[@c450-v2b]

you could also just say "I've had a few strokes." They'll understand that.

[@jamesheartney9546]

@@c450-v2b Are you being sarcastic, or did you not watch the video?

[@bikkiikun]

There is NOT A SINGLE cop who would pass a field sobriety test under the same conditions.

[@mattmarzula]

I'm not a cop. I've passed every single one. Skated 7 times. Even while armed, handing them an expired insurance card, and being a contentious and demeaning a-hole who denied everything. My favorite lines? "That's your contention officer. Doesn't mean you're right." "You may take my gun off of me. Just place it in my car. It isn't confiscated until you arrest me." "You already said I was free to go. I'm leaving now." I also have impeccable balance.

[@zomgNOOO]

My theory is that if they're having you do the walk and turn, the eye test, ect then they are going to breathalyze, no question about it. Why wouldn't they? It's not in their interest to not do it because it would only make your case stronger if you were to sue for whatever reason. At that point they need to stick to their guns. So the only way you are going to get out of it unscathed is if you can perform well and be under the legal limit. Then it's up to the gods (or a coin flip) if they decide to let you go or to make an arrest. If they also suspect you of drugs, especially in a case where you obviously smell like it, then maybe they will arrest you even after blowing under the legal limit. I'm not a lawyer or cop, I just watch a crapload of videos!

[@randallsmerna384]

​@@mattmarzula You're just proving people's point. If you're sober but have poor balance you're going to jail... Don't you find this completely unacceptable?

[@roseanneroseannadanna9651]

@@randallsmerna384 Lost my entire left inner ear due to a tumor and shattered my right ankle. It now has a shit ton of plates and pins. And have a metal hip in the same leg. I wonder how well I would fare in some of those tests?!

[@BradD1997]

Honestly the field sobriety test isnt as easy as it seems, i can see a large portion of the population failing even while 100% sober. Id prob fail even while sober for a long time. Ive taken the field sobriety test before and failed. I smoked weed at the time but i was basically sober at that moment, i have really good balance and i dont think i failed because of my balance. I did well as far as balancing but i dont have the best memory and sometimes i dont understand things the first couple times you explain something, so i was very confused at the part where you turn after taking 9 steps foot to foot, because you have to do it a very specific way so i looked like i was all over the place trying to do that turn. Ive also seen multiple other people online struggle at that exact part of the test while doing perfectly or atleast fairly well up to that point. So you can literally fail the test just by not understanding their instructions, or forgetting their very specific instructions.

[@FerociousSniper]

If you're guilty, they'll figure it out. If you're innocent, they'll figure out a way to make you look guilty. Remain silent, and refuse consent.

[@markmalasics3413]

Yes, right. Ask anybody who that has never happened to. Like me. ME: You're full of shlt"

[@FerociousSniper]

@@markmalasics3413 thank you for contributing to the conversation.

[@glintinggold]

@@markmalasics3413 Back the blue until it happens to you. Textbook case

[@glintinggold]

Don't forget we now have to invoke the Fifth!

[@brendan2599]

For those in Canada. Being in your car with the keys in your possession while intoxicated will get you a "Care and Control" charge, which carries the same fine and drivers licence suspension as a DUI.

[@liamhegarty3220]

Same in the UK, except it is "drunk in charge of a motor vehicle". Same fines / penalties as driving.

[@brendan2599]

@liamhegarty3220 Minus the felony. DUI is a felony in Canada and can actually result in being declined at immigration and customs in some other countries, including the US. They will often offer to plea a first time DUI down to Care and Control, which is a misdemeanor.

[@liamhegarty3220]

@@brendan2599 Ah, OK. The UK has no such distinction. It will appear on a criminal record and will result in disbarment from entry to some countries (I think including Canada)

[@joshuafinn6038]

​@brendan2599 there are no "felonies" in Canada.

[@shaboo2]

And Here are some additional tips: 1) When the Officer says: "Anything you say can and will be used against you", he really means: "Anything you say WILL absolutely, positively, be used against you, no matter how innocent you are. Further, we are not required to report everything you say, and we will take certain words and expressions you say out of context, even in situations where including them would tend to exonerate you." 2. If there's no video tape, you're prob screwed. If there is, there are situations where the cops will give a copy to your lawyer but not you. In certain states (CT), it is understood that your lawyer will not tell you that he has the tape for awhile. Ask your atty directly if he has a copy, and dont let him wiggle. You must DEMAND a copy of that tape immediately so that you can review it and be able to compare EVERYTHING the tape shows vs the written report the officer will write. You will be shocked at the differences, (some important, some subtle) between the cops written report and the tape. There could literally be dozens of differences, and they will be invaluable at the trial. 3. The officer has to file certain reports, or requests with the state (labs, etc) within a timetable est by the state. 50\50 they miss this deadline. 4. If\when you are required to get out of your car, make sure u keep your cellphone. Here's why: If\when you are arrested or taken to the station, you will all of a sudden remember "Hey, I left my cellphone in my car. Can I get that?". No, the officer will volunteer. And when he's inside ur car, he will take every available second to look around as much as possible to find even the smallest piece of bogus evidence that he can use in court. He can do this bc YOU gave him permission to root around your car, and he's going to be on supreme lookout to find something, anything (besides the phone). If u keep ur phone tho, you wont have to give him green light to go inside. 5. I knew I wasnt guilty and went to a good friend who is an atty. I told him "There is no way im going to plead to anything, so pls understand that if u take this case, I WILL be going to trial. What I didnt know is that the VAST VAST majority of attys will do ANYTHING not to take this to trial and will use the argument that your charges will be erased after 1 yr. The issue is that iy takes an Atty 10-20x the time to prepare and go to trial than he would spend if he taljs u into a plea. Same w the prosecutor. If they have to take two weeks in a courtroom plus all the prepwork, they will lose money on ur case! And the DA will also have to devote a ton of time to prosecute. My friend and I argued about that, and I finally told him I would pay his $12,000 fee, but I was going to switch attys. The new atty also charged $12k, plus I had to pay approx $10k in expert witness fees.Total: $34k! It was a two week trial, including jury selection, and the DA really had it in for me when I insisted on a trial. End result: Cop and states witnesses caught lying, jury took 12 minutes for their "Not Guilty" verdict. $34k is a lot of money to defend yourself against a lying cop, but in the end, I was completely innocent, and Im so glad I didnt let those bastards bully me! 5. Its gonns be hard, but be nice to the cop, and make sure you ask him to write in his report that you were cooperative. That will help you w the jury. Make sure he writes it in his report! I lost all my faith in the law enforcement system during that time. I will never trust em again. Ive been naiive, but no more.

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

Speaking OF video recordings: If I am ever on a jury where it is reported that the LEO's camera "malfunctioned", I will study the remaining evidence with an electron microscope before I will return a guilty verdict.

[@christopherwilson2785]

They *literally* use anything you say against you. Invoke 5th. Invoke the 6th. Keep your mouth shut. Guilt or innocent isn't even relevant. Just don't talk to cops.

[@jeff7.629]

Invoke the 1st, film them.

[@kevinswinyer3176]

@christopherwilson2785, if you completely shut your mouth, and you don't talk at all, and you know you have not broke any Laws of any kind, you don't even have to ID yourself to them at all. If you do not ID yourself, and you don't answer any of their questions, by law, they must cut you loose, and let you go, because they have nothing to build any kind of case against you.

Invoke the 2nd. Make a Good Cop.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

First thing an attorney ever told me. “ you have three things to do 1) shut your mouth 2) don’t say anything 3) shut your mouth. If you do that I can get you out of most anything “

[@selfdo]

@@kevinswinyer3176 Doesn't work at a traffic stop. If you're driving, you're required to present your license on demand, even if there's no moving violation or equipment defect to act as a pretext, like at a DUI checkpoint. Refusing to do so will bring unwanted attention to you, and can result in being arrested for "obstruction" (failing to present driver's license when driving). Now, unless the cop has reasonable suspicion that any PASSENGER is involved with "criminal activity afoot" or has outstanding warrants, he can't require him (they) to produce "ID" or even give his/their name(s), even in a "Stop and ID" state. Doesn't mean the cop won't demand their ID and be a complete jerk about it.

[@davidprior8236]

In Connecticut, if you refuse a sobriety test you lose your license for 16 to 18 months plus fines. Being DUI you lose your license for 6 months if you are over 21. Connecticut says this is because when you signed for your license you gave them implied consent. I was never shown any agreement or given a copy. Also CT has just trained police officers in phlebotomy so they can draw the blood themselves with consent or an emergency warrant. The police truly play in their own world.

[@CantonBn]

Implied consent all states and it is on CT and all states' drivers license application which you sign. That said most people are better off refusing to take the test in which case they get a12 months automatic suspension BUT this is not a criminal conviction. even though DWI from a blood test or breathalyzer is just 6 months suspension it is a CRIMINAL conviction which stays with you for life and which employers can typically see. Best thing for most people is take the 12 month suspension for refusing, instead of the six months for a criminal conviction.

[@kevinmach730]

I think all the advice I see in the comments, to refuse the test across the board (without taking state laws into consideration) is risky, especially if you are sober. There probably isn't a cop in the world who won't instantly become angry or much more suspicious if you won't perform the roadside test. Even the way some states handle it, as in your example, they more or less treat it as an admission of guilt, with immediate consquences- regardless of whether or not you're intoxicated.

[@deebee4575]

You are 100% wrong. No state in the United States mandates the field sobriety test. The only test that are mandatory or the breathalyzers down at the station and all 50 states. Learn the law of your state SMH.

[@deebee4575]

@@kevinmach730 see my comment above. There is no penalty in any of the 50 states for refusing the field sobriety test. None.

[@montanaminck2226]

Same for FLORIDA, and it is so wrong

[@briancooney9952]

one thing i was surprised that worked: A coworker of mine got pulled over on the way home from work, 2nd shift at like 2am. Cop didn't even say hello, or know why i pulled you over, or any of the normal jargon. just walked up to the car and said "How much have you had to drink?" Coworker's reply was, "go get your breathalyzer or fuck off." I guess the cop just laughed, got in his car and left.

[@jeffrielley920]

A lot of places no longer use a Breathalyzer, either roadside on in the office. They take you for a blood test, which means waiting 3 months for a result on alcohol levels, and another 3 months for drugs. This drags the case out, which means if you have a lawyer you're paying him the entire time. And that means you're more likely to plead.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

The most common trick I've seen is, "you *have* to take a field sobriety test. It says so in the back of your driver's license/traffic code" It doesn't; they can compel a blood/breath test, a FST is voluntary. If you refuse to do the by-the-street-dance-challenge, they tend to go for, "are you refusing to take *any/all* tests?" They specifically use "all" or "any", so they can charge you for refusing chemical analysis, when you're only refusing to do a FST. NEVER do a FST, even if you're sober. A scary high percentage of people fail it when sober, and that's if the cop is honest (most of them aren't.) If you fail it, even if you blow zeroes later on, you're still going to get charged. "No, I haven't drunk anything. No, I will not do a FST."

[@danielm8213]

I seen videos where cops will also LIE and say it says on your DL that by signing the DL, you are mandated by law to ID anytime a cop asks for ID, which is a straight LIE as well.

[@silhouettefades]

Wise words and very well said 👍

[@zmanzippy]

It’s an automatic license suspension if you refuse.

[@silhouettefades]

@@zmanzippy not for a field sobriety test. That one is voluntary and isn't immediate probable cause. Refusing a breath test or blood test is immediate probable cause. Go research laws first before telling the public ignorant information.

[@muskiet8687]

It is worth noting that the dinky toy breathalyzer cops use in the field are NOT the ones you can not refuse in most states. It's the calibrated big one at the station that is the mandatory one. Sometimes, they have one of those in the back of a cruiser when they do big DWI checks. If none is available, they can also take a blood test.

[@greyballer1671]

I was pulled over by the highway patrol. Stupidly I did the field sobriety test. When we go to the police station i blew a .08 (the bottom limit of being intoxicated in my state). When I asked the cop what would happen if I had blown a .079 he said he would arrest me anyway because of my field sobriety test, even though I told him I had arthritis in my knees and ankles. Great info. In my state, if you have the keys in your possession they will arrest you for dui.

[@1timothydillon]

I'm always looking forward to the lawsuit against any officer who would arrest me for my disability. Haven't touched alcohol since January 1998, and don't take medication, or narcotics for recreationally, or "medicinal purposes".

[@Montillano-gf5ud]

Sue them!!

I look forward to you spending 3 free days in jail and paying for a lawyer only to find out that the real world doesn't work like your jewtube fantasies and almost none of these cases end with any sort of money rewards. It's hard enough to even find a lawyer who isn't on the internets to even take these cases, since they "work with the police and the judge every day." You are a system slave. The zogbots serve their masters.

[@krislarsen6546]

I drink alcohol but VERY moderately. I never drink enough alcohol to get drunk or even get a buzz.

[@silhouettefades]

I'd rather you get my tax money than the cops/department/city/state.

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL, another KZbin Law School graduate who ALWAYS forgets the important half of the situation. You can sue anybody for anything, but WINNING the case is a whole different ball game, and since you've already publicly admitted to bringing forth a frivolous lawsuit for no legitimate reason, your motives are clear. I don't think "stupidity" is a legally recognized disability.

[@brudug713]

This is why we need to get rid of Qualified Immunity. Hold them personally responsible for their actions not just sue the town or state.

[@jerryw5508]

i get a kick out of these getting rid of qualified immunity clowns. Ok, we don't need that many police on the street, just deal with what ever problem you encounter because you won't get a response. Also, if you carry a firearm, be sure to have insurance to pay for your attorney at trial.

[@brudug713]

@@jerryw5508 you’re an Moe-Ron (since I can say what I actually think) that’s not what I said. Qualified Immunity is not defund the police it’s means holding them personally accountable for illegal activity and violating a person rights, or breaking any law. Why should the town and the citizens pay for what one or two bad apples do? With Qualified Immunity that’s exactly what happens. You don’t sue the Officer you sue the town. It also allows towns to get rid of bad cops. You do realize not all of them are the good guys. There’s plenty of videos showing this. That BS Blue line. Cops need to stop protecting bad cops.

[@jerryw5508]

@@brudug713 clown as I said

[@brudug713]

@@jerryw5508you are truly an example of stupid. All getting rid of qualified immunity does is hold officers accountable for any illegal actions. It’s not defunding. It’s just holding them personally accountable for violating your rights and allowing you to sue them personally not the town or city and making the population pay for their actions and allows the town to remove these trouble makers.

[@jerryw5508]

@@brudug713 clueless dk

[@jimnasium452]

The statute in Virginia states that a "chemical test" (blood/breathalyzer) is NOT required for a successful DUI prosecution but may be used in addition to other *subjective* evidence." NEVER consent to the subjective field sobriety tests.

[@dennisyoung6122]

"Put yourself in the mind of a police officer" "I need to write twelve more tickets before I can go home today."

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

"I was the one who extorted lunch money in school. Now I extort revenue for the chicken-[exhaust] town I work for."

[@glintinggold]

🎯💯

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

"I'm a pathetic, low IQ high-school drop out with unresolved rage issues because of my incompetence. I have to make myself feel better by exercising as much tyranny, force, and ill-begotten, un-earned authority as I possibly can against the people I swore (and lied) to protect and serve." Fixed for you to accurately reflect what is actually in the mind of every police officer.

[@danmiller7079]

⁠​⁠@@sicsempertyrannishonk7197I was a “school” Police Officer for over twenty years. Prior to that I was a federal officer for a major aerospace organization. #1: If you’re a high school drop out you probably won’t know how to file an application. 2: unsolved rage issues would be noticed as soon as you walked in the door to get an application, and told to wait on the bench until someone could get you one because those type of folks CAN’T STAND being told what to do. 3: The people you describe in the rest of the post, again, wouldn’t make it past the application process let alone the months of testing, interviews, and psychological evaluations. Then you have the academy that can last anywhere from 3 months to 6 months or even longer depending on the agency and state you want to work in. Then, if by some brain-numbing accident you make it through all that, you still have 12-18 months of probation and are partnered with a three very no-nonsense Field Training Officers for most of that time. During that time you are evaluated weekly and monthly by those three different F.T.O.s. If by some miracle you pass all those hurdles (being the “person” you described) you probably wouldn’t last one shift because of all the pent up rage you have been suppressing for the better part of two years would suddenly explode during your shift. Let alone the “low IQ” you mentioned. In that case you probably would have never made it to city hall in the first place.

[@shasshybear9222]

"I hate all the American citizens and residents"- Cops, based on their behavior

[@jammasterjay]

So you’re a passenger, and the cop suspects you of being intoxicated, and then ORDERS you out of the vehicle. Now you’re standing on the side of the road and the cops argument is that “you’re a danger to yourself” because you’re unsteady on your feet. Sounds like the cop put you in that situation. You weren’t in danger until he ordered you out of the vehicle, standing beside moving traffic when you’re unsteady on your feet.

[@kevinmach730]

When I was first driving, probably some of the best advice I ever got was from older brother is tip #1. Even if alcohol is not a factor in your stop, having your license and registration available in seconds gives the police less time to be suspicious of something, look in your car, make conversation, etc. One of the tricks they use it to see if you can multitask, by trying to ask you pointless questions while you're searching for your documents. Also, by producing it immediately, a cop isn't getting annoyed by standing around amd waiting for you to dig through stuff. And forget about having it on your phone, I am not handing the police my phone even for a second or introducting it in anyway. Keep a paper copy in your glove box or place where you aleays know it's there.

[@MacGyver2154]

Hampton law, your videos are getting better. Hitting most of the key points. Great job, keep them coming.

[@MgtowFreightTrain]

Why do they need tricks? They shouldn't need tricks if someone's been drinking. They are our enemies

[@ftnwo868]

Amen

[@dustinlynne2697]

people lie because they can’t own up to mistakes with consequences. Tricks allow police to bypass bullshit. Some abuse it, most are good people

[@FraaaaaankRizzo]

@@dustinlynne2697 most who are good people?

[@dakota9821]

@@dustinlynne2697 Wrong.

[@Blackatchaproduction]

​@@dustinlynne2697you mean cops need tricks to ensure revenue generation

[@fecklesstech929]

"Sir, have you been drinking tonight?" "Officer, I have conducted an internal investigation and found no evidence of wrongdoing." "Sir, why are you acting so nervous?" "Officer, I was recently pulled over by a revenue collection agent armed with a gun, baton, pepper spray, taser, and handcuffs. I have been nervous ever since."

[@jsedbe0624]

The problem with having DL and insurance handy is then you will be with the “furtive movements” crap by rbe cop. Count on being dragged out of your car, searched (you AND your car), and spending along time by the side of the road.

[@jpoconnor5744]

Furtive movements issue and failure to wear a seatbelt! SMH

[@darrenconway8117]

Yeah but I have seen videos where reaching for DL, Reg & Insurance, as requested by the cop causes a "reaching down" response from the cop (gun unholstered). The best response I have seen to a cops reqest is to ask the cop "is it OK to reach across and get what you (the cop) asked for"

[@scottelder3141]

Keep insurance and registration in a visor pocket. DL is a bit harder. Wait until officer is present and ask to get dl from wallet

[@glintinggold]

Heads they win, tails we lose.

[@MabrysDad]

If you keep your license and insurance readily available there won’t be any furtive movements

[@michaelanthony1797]

Carry a walking cane in your front seat, it got a friend of mine out of doing road side gymnastics.

[@RickBrynjulson]

Just refuse to do the field sobriety test.

[@notme2day]

I have a cane.. sadly ... it's not a prop.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Wanna know what else helps? A security officer uniform and when they ask you “ coming home?” You respond with “ Nope going in”. A quick sniff of your coffee to confirm it’s just plain old coffee and your on your merry way with their blessing

[@mrmotofy]

Yes I'm going to the Chiropractor for some balance and spine issues

[@joekolman4340]

In GA the charge will be DUI/Less Safe. I have been in court with a friend who was arrested for DUI/Less Safe. When the Officer admitted that their tester had not been properly calibrated that day the prosecutor asked the arresting officer that day if someone who had ANY amount of alcohol in their system was to be considered less safe. He said that was obvious and the Defendant was found guilty.

[@StevenGorum]

$$$ is the reason

[@Janewski11]

I can't understand why cops are so intent on trying to arrest innocent drivers for a DWI? Do they get some kind of prize for it?

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

That, or they exchange "can you top this?" stories in the locker room as to just how much they humilitated some motorist, just to relieve boredom.

[@blofeld3889]

They are like trained dogs. They want their masters to pet them and tell them that they are good dogs...

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

@@blofeld3889 Abbie Hoffman started the slang term "pig", when in fact dog is more suitable. They do their master's bidding, and get the occasional treat (some "good stuff from the evidence locker for the weekend), or a new toy now and then (valuable firearms taken "for your safety" in a wrong-house no-knock invasion).

[@jujusgreatgiraffelover9067]

@@The-Friendly-Grizzly🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@MegaMagicdog]

I've heard MADD put a bounty on people arrested for DUI/DWI. For every arrest(even if charges are dropped) the state city or county gets money for it.

[@larrybolhuis1049]

Another KZbin attorney I like to watch agrees with you. He has a hat that says: "Stop Self-Snitching!" 🙂

[@spideylover4105]

"Bruce Rivers he's the criminal lawyer"

[@foxlancaster4044]

​@@spideylover4105 The rl Saul Goodman.

[@libertarianesque8645]

Love that guy

[@brettlappin7731]

​@@spideylover4105buut, "what he do?" 😂

[@bluedragonfly8139]

I'm guessing he's one of those who advises people on how not to take responsibility for your own actions instead of being an adult.

[@robert5]

I was once pulled over for speeding. Cop walks up and says your eyes look red and bloodshot. I reached over and turned my mirror down so his red lights were not reflected on to my face. I looked up at him and said take another look because now your red lights are no longer shining on my face and eyes. He looked surprised, said nothing and wrote me a speeding ticket.

[@johngalt97]

Instructions to interrupt your horizontal gaze orientation to look at your feet are designed to cause loss of balance.

[@markmalasics3413]

Of course they are, and your years of study at Oxford, Harvard, Yale and MIT have brought you to this conclusion. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MMAFightMagazine]

What are you talking about? During which test?

[@johngalt97]

@@MMAFightMagazine Any test where they tell you to look at your feet.

[@thetavibes9021]

@@MMAFightMagazine A sobriety test... Were you born in an octagon..?

[@rightwinger1505]

Cop: How much have you had to drink today? Me: I had 2 cups of coffee, this morning, a bottle of water with my lunch, now Im driving home with my Gatorade. Thank you for being concerned with my hydration officer.

[@mrmotofy]

About 36oz of H20 so far

[@mdn8rdr5903]

All true. Many years ago in FL, I was pulled over late at night shortly after leaving a bar. I literally had exactly one bud light and stupidly admitted so to the cop. Had me do a field sobriety which he decided I had failed. It was literally my leg day with my personal trainer and my calves were very sore. Anyways, they hauled me down to the station where I blew a 0.0 on the breathalyzer. Then they hauled the rookie cop who pulled me over into the back where I could hear him getting chewed up for his actions. Then they "unarrested me" (yea forget to mention I was arrested due to "failing" the field sobriety) and they had the arresting officer take me to the impound lot (while locked in the back of his vehicle) to get my car back. Whole thing was a huge waste of hours of my time but at least they didn't drag me to jail. Had considered suing but difficult to show any damages other than loss of a few hours of my time. $300k would have been nice lol.

[@arinerm1331]

I believe I detect a theme in all these situations: "DON'T TALK TO DOUGHNUT DUMPSTERS!"

[@Pipizzakitchen]

Easy to say, but not so easy in practice.

@@Pipizzakitchen Zogbots can jail anyone for 3 days (longer if it's over a weekend) for any reason, without a crime or even cause. A simple g0y can't risk losing his job at Mr. Noseberg's office for not coming in on Monday. The zogbots know it.

[@arinerm1331]

@@Pipizzakitchen I disagree. "At the risk of sounding rude, I decline to answer questions, and would prefer that we all focus on expediting a conclusion to this traffic stop."

[@markmalasics3413]

I have the same philosophy except I call it "DON'T TALK TO STREET THUG COP-HATERS AND OTHER MAGGOTS."

[@bluedragonfly8139]

Translation: 'I break the law and make hating cops my entire personality instead of realizing that my breaking laws is, in fact, the problem, not cops catching me.'

[@projectp24]

It’s sad that a video like this has to exist when the video is about people that sworn to uphold the rights yet a lot do the total opposite and has immunity smh

[@egay86292]

first day on the net?

[@richardcranium6081]

Police are not here to protect us. They are here to enforce the everchanging draconian laws we see now

The only thing a zogbot swears to uphold is zog.

[@brad-lee591]

Just empty words that they repeated after someone else without any thought of what they mean so they could collect a paycheck.

[@projectp24]

@@egay86292 😂😂😂

[@torikazuki8701]

One of the best videos ever on the issue Jeff always brings up about not talking to the police is stil up on KZbin. It's simply called, 'Don't talk to the Police' it is INVALUABLE. I highly encourage everyone to watch it.

[@chrismckenna4689]

As a young lawyer, an older lawyer once told me that no one ever talked their way OUT of jail.

[@mrmotofy]

Well...I kinda did. SGT was ready to jump on me for refusing to comply...he was wrong I KNEW it. I asked what exact statute are you referring too...I KNEW but figured I'd let him try to figure it out himself. We walked to his car he got me the number...he went inside to check with management on a technicality. Even though I said I wasn't contesting that part. His partner stayed with me at his car. Meanwhile I looked up the statute and read it to him...he suddenly got interested when I read the important part. I told HIM to read the exceptions. He pulls his phone out and asked for the statute...He didn't want to answer any questions after that. The SGT came back...Manager happened to have printout of statues too. Educated Officer...who later admitted his book was 2yrs out of date. They had actually changed 5-6 yrs prior. I know Cuz one of MY cases went International in the news and propelled it all to change. Because the PD looked like complete idiots with the 1st officer admitting over radio nothing happened, caller said nothing actually happened and the State AG had released a Memo 1 yr prior saying they couldn't do what they did. Suddenly the SGT Command Presence was gone and had a whole different relaxed conversational attitude. I walked away LIKE A BOSS back to my group. As I heard the SGT say "I'm glad I didn't write that one" One of those guys in that group heard and listened to my voice in his head and spared him from a Felony. They hold me in high regard :)

[@thomasa4239]

I did . It’s easy. I just told them I’m autistic and this keeps happening to me. They took the cuffs off right then. But they did report my license to the MAB .

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

Hand the police your documentation, License, Insurance and Vehicle registration and then the response should be, "I don't answer any questions." You are not legally required to do so. It may seem rude, and you may think the officer is going to be suspicious and thinking you have something to hide, but it is the best action to date. Nothing good ever comes talking to the police, and these body cams make it so no one ever gets cut a break anymore anyway. You will get that speeding ticket or other citation no matter what.

[@Mojo32]

Exactly. It's literally going to be up to them in that moment no matter how you respond, and they're typically are making up their own mind within the first few minutes anyway. So do as you stated, every time.

[@enochandedna]

Recently, the "I don't answer questions" won't work; because, courts have determined that doesn't qualify as a person invoking their fifth amendment right. You have to verbalize your fifth amendment right to remain silent.

[@Mojo32]

@@enochandedna What!? That really sucks. We continue to give in to their every whim it seems. On top of the fact that it literally doesn't seem to matter what we say (or don't), they instantly act pissy with us unless we submit to every breath that they take.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

Now you have to specifically say “ I invoke my 5th amendment”. Not just , I don’t answer questions. Appeals courts will not accept that anymore.

[@anniehills3580]

I INVOKE MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT NOW!!!

[@johnrogers4926]

I was pulled over by a deputy sherriff in another county many years ago. During the field sobriety test, he asked me to recite the alphabet which I did, then he asked me to recite it in reverse. I asked him if he could do so, his reply was " I'm not the one who was stopped ". Needless to say, I got a DUI that night

[@TheBlueDogMan]

I would’ve put the vehicle in reverse while we’re signing the alphabet. Probably get arrested for fleeing the scene.

[@tstretch8703]

passengers don't have to ID until the cops claim they weren't wearing their seatbelt, or the infamous "I smell marijuana"...always followed up "all you had to do was comply".

[@PrezVeto]

That depends on what state you're in.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

I go by the strict “legal passenger” definition which is only a paying commercial customer with an expectation of safety. Transportation law has been twisted way beyond what the Supreme Court approved. Take every word of trans code and deconstruct it. It’s all about trucks and buses and business ventures in the roads. Not your travels. That is a 14th A privilege and immunity flat out.

[@DavidMoore-lx4xz]

@@PrezVeto every state has to follow the same law. Maybe worded slightly different but it is all spelled out in 49USC. I’ve read it all and Texas trans code and it all matches. Trucks and buses are all that is to be regulated by congress thru the Sec of Trans handed down to the states.

[@PrezVeto]

@@DavidMoore-lx4xz As I told you in another thread, you're taking one definition of 'passenger' from one area of the law and assuming it has that definition throughout the law. That's not how the law works. Legislatures can and do include definitions of terms that only apply to specific sections of the law. Different legislatures (e.g. of your state vs. Congress) also can and do define terms differently. It's not as simple as "supremacy clause!"

[@limpbiskit66]

"I smell marijuana" no longer works in PA and CA. I'm sure there's other states on that list but those two are the ones I know for sure

[@CAPSLOCKS0N]

"get into the mind of the cop" Gotta remember part of this is having a room temperature IQ...

[@silhouettefades]

😅😂 I didn't believe Jordan vs New London was real until I searched about it a couple of months ago. We can't make this shit up. It's sickening that the room temperature IQ people are the ones who get to carry a badge and a gun and torture cuffs yet deny those with more IQ and knowledge.

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL, like YOURS is better! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonmurphy8047]

@@markmalasics3413 That person's IQ most likely is higher than the average police officer.

[@ethansekhi1990]

@@markmalasics3413 As a business owner who generates 6 million a year yes my IQ is higher

[@thetavibes9021]

@@ethansekhi1990 How completely irrelevant... Congratulations.

[@DennisB-k4h]

I remained silent so they arrested me for a mental assessment. Charge me anyways. Said that it wasn't normal for me to Exercise my rights.

[@Actias1974]

You were almost certainly behaving unreasonably. Just sitting there not answering is not a rational response.

[@DennisB-k4h]

@Actias1974 You have the right to remain silent without a lawyer present look it up

[@jenemcik]

So much for.. to serve and to protect, now its.. to intimidate and harass. Who protects us from them?

[@The-Friendly-Grizzly]

Eventually, the 2nd Amendment.

[@slappy200]

For the past 20 yrs, they have been "trained" to intimidate and then escalate - keep blindly backing the badge and enjoy your police state

[@georgevanaken925]

Can’t really say, on this public forum…

[@AgentOffice]

Trump will protect us

[@georgevanaken925]

@@AgentOffice Actually, Trump wants broader, more sweeping power given to police across the Nation. It’s the only policy of his, thus far, that I strongly disagree with. Unfortunately, our policemen are woefully undertrained. When the only tool in your belt is violence… 🤷🏻

[@Smarzie7769]

In the meantime, while waiting weeks for the "toxicology" report to come back, you are presumed guilty, have to bail out of jail, try to get your car back from impound, lose work and possibly your job, your name and mug shot may appear in the paper, your family and friends assume you are guilty so everyone looks at you differently, your reputation and integrity are irreparably damaged, and you must lay out thousands of dollars. All because one person, usually with minimal training and respect for rights, developed a skewed opinion because their sole job is to get you behind bars. Keeping your mouth shut is an understatement.

[@johnrcornell]

Not to mention you now have an arrest record for the rest of your life.

[@thomasjefferson1457]

As a one time police officer I would always give the benefit of a doubt to the driver and if it seemed unethical I didn't use those tactics but you have to understand that drinking and driving is about the worst thing a driver can do and on a scale of 1 to 10 it's at least a 9 1/2.

[@ivancliff2514]

Why can’t we just have honest policing? Why do we have to know all these tricks they’re likely to employ? Why not just have good officers? Up here in Canada we aren’t even legally allowed to refuse the FSTs. The problem arises when there are legitimately intoxicated drivers out there and we waste tax money chasing innocent folk just to get the convictions.

[@Isaac_132]

When I got pulled over the other night I was thinking about how a cop would try to convert everything I did into a DUI investigation. I was thinking about the advice from this channel. I purposely stumbled when I got off my motorcycle and almost fell. I dropped a glove and bobbled it while failing to catch it. I stuggled with opening the combo lock on my tail bag to get at my wallet. I looked in the wrong side of my wallet for my DL and then laughed when he said what he pulled me over for and told him that was impossible. I was totally expecting him to take the bait but he didn't. I would have refused FSTs and was wondering if he would try to arrest a guy who the only thing he had in his system was a gas station ham & cheese sandwich. I think this cop figured out I was messing with him.

[@DeannaWalsh]

What if he didn’t figure that out? Lucky you that everything worked out.

@@DeannaWalsh People who are still naieve enough to think justice exists actually think they have a case to sue and make some money. They're completely wrong and are willing to spend 3 days in a cell to find that out.

[@selfdo]

Driving while eating shitty food...probably some cops WOULD try to making something out of that.

[@Isaac_132]

@@selfdo Yup, guilty of eating shitty gas station food, but at least I didn’t pick the sushi!

[@selfdo]

@@Isaac_132 We have AM'PM where I live. 'Nuff said.

[@ErikB-g5g]

If your flat footed you can't do heel to toe test or leg balance. You can't keep your balance. This is a known fact.

[@cali1374]

If a cop takes you out to do a field sobriety he gonna say you failed no matter what!!

[@wesleyhoward5599]

How did things get so bad in this country?

[@heythere4970]

Weak people relying on the state vote for more and more government power. The biggest step in the wrong direction was FDR's presidency.

Israelis started training all our police. And our FBI.

[@philmann3476]

We are no longer a nation but merely 330 million strangers occupying a common geographic area who don't really like each other and don't really care about our supposed "countrymen." Nations have common bonds of blood, culture, language and heritage. Paper certificates are no substitute.

[@walterdavies6434]

Answer: Democrats.

[@PrezVeto]

​@@walterdavies6434 It sounds absurdly tribal, but it's true. There's a notable exception: Republicans are largely responsible for the drug war, in the name of which the courts have whittled away some important legal protections.

[@lloydevans2900]

How about this for an example: You are pulled over for suspected DUI. The police ask for your drivers licence, registration, proof of insurance, all of which you have and provide for them, and there is no issue arising from any of those documents. They ask you to get out of your car, and ask you to do field sobriety tests. You perform all the tests flawlessly. They go get a breathalyser, ask you to blow into it, you comply, and it shows zero alcohol. To make sure, they repeat the breathalyser test, and it again shows zero alcohol. But they arrest you for DUI anyway, despite having absolutely no evidence to back that up - and to the contrary, the breathalyser tests prove that you have not consumed any alcohol at all. What are you supposed to do then? You did everything right, you did everything the cops demanded of you, they no longer have any valid reason to believe that you had consumed alcohol and therefore any suspicion of DUI should have been dispelled. But they completely disregard all of that and arrest you for DUI anyway? If they can do that to you - arrest you for something that both you and they know for a fact you are not guilty of - then how the hell are you supposed to defend yourself? The above example is not hypothetical at all - there are at least two videos I have seen where it happens exactly as I described above. In both cases, there was a further addendum - the drivers were taken to hospital for blood testing, which in both cases showed that not only had they not consumed alcohol, but they also had not consumed any drugs, legal or otherwise. But even then, they were still charged and taken to jail - it took going to court and having the judge ask the cops what the fuck they were doing and/or thinking before they finally admitted their mistake. Which I would argue was not a mistake at all - to persist in trying to prosecute someone that you know is not guilty is not an error - it is straight up malicious, or the cops being so arrogant that they are incapable of accepting that they might have been wrong, or having such a fragile ego that they are incapable of apologising, or whatever other bullshit "contempt of cop" reasoning they invented.

[@thetavibes9021]

Land of the "free".

[@elgato7134]

"Are you on any medication." Answer: "Let me make sure I understand your question, officer. You are trying to unlawfully obtain my CPNI. Correct?"

[@markmalasics3413]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 So I would guess if THAT'S how you intend to answer that question, then indeed you ARE on some serious mind altering substance. 😅😅😅

[@elgato7134]

@@markmalasics3413 Where I live, there is this little law: www.governor.state.nm.us/2021/04/07/gov-lujan-grisham-ratifies-civil-rights-act/ So, that one question stops the fishing expedition. Most officers know they can get sued personally, and try to avoid stupid questions.

[@BEAUTYnIQ]

what is CPNI ..

[@KennethSuthard]

Customer Propietary Network Information

[@elgato7134]

@@BEAUTYnIQ It's covered under HIPPA, and also classified as CPNI since it's available in the 'network' of care/insurance providers. Customer Proprietary Network Information Here's HIPPA: www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html

[@Hethalean]

"You don't have to answer his questions." Well you're out there with him and his gun and taser knowing full well 'qualified immunity granted' is a judge's favorite words.

[@markmalasics3413]

Guess what, Einstein. You don't HAVE to pay taxes, either.

[@scuba6797]

​@@markmalasics3413Bring a phone or camera with you!

[@glintinggold]

@@scuba6797 The cop always has those on him.

[@scuba6797]

@glintinggold Why do I care if the cop has a camera? He can "forget" turn on or delete his footage in some cases. The cop camera is looking at you. You want to be able to film him assulting you or harrassing you from your perspective. The camera on his chest isn't going to caputure everything he's doing.

[@nunyabeeswax8485]

A cop asking about medication should be a HIPPA violation.

[@brandonhobbs8563]

HIPAA lawyer here. Only covered entities are bound by HIPAA's privacy rule. Police are not covered entities.

[@Bu2Spike]

You say that the field sobriety test are voluntary but from what I have seen if I say no and that i can not do the test due to my medical conditions they will arrest me for refusal and tow my vehicle at my expense then my license will be suspended for up to a year for refusing to take the Feild Sobriety Test. I'm on methadone medication that I take once a day every morning at 8am and it does not matter what time I get pulled over, if they arrest me and do a blood test they will automatically assume I took it before I started driving. This is not protect and Serve by the police when they are pulling people over and arresting them for a DUI when the driver is not under the influence at all.

[@Mannard74]

The 5th Amendment is your friend, as where police generally are not.

[@FraaaaaankRizzo]

Generally are not?

[@walpolescrew]

Cop: “Do you know why I pulled you over?” Me: “Because you got all C’s in High School?”

[@stephentraskos3130]

All "C"s go to the army, Hopelessly D- students go into the police force

[@susansilvey1614]

Had a forensic scientist test thier freaking blow meter at the Tustin police station proving it was calibrated plus three units

[@tracedehaven2190]

Sleeping it off: I had a friend in WA state maybe 20 years ago, who had stopped on his way home from the bar because he realized he was too intoxicated to drive. He was sleeping in the driver's seat when the cops encountered him. Though obviously not operating the vehicle, he DID LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. So according to the law, he was "in control of the vehicle," and therefore legally DUI. A legal nightmare of good intentions that could have been avoided by taking the key out of the ignition and probably it would be a good idea to sleep in the back seat or passenger seat to avoid any insinuation of vehicle operation.

[@MabrysDad]

‘A legal nightmare of good intentions that could have been avoided by’ just continuing to drive home carefully.

[@joecoolioness6399]

He should never have driven at all, do you get that? Had he slept in the parking lot of the bar I'd be okay with that. But he still chose to drive drunk, what if he ran over someone before deciding to pull over and sleep it off?

[@stinkycheese804]

I have an issue with what you stated about "always have your license and proof of insurance ready", because if an officer pulls you over and then sees you fiddling around in your glovebox ahead of time, that can make them nervous that you might have grabbed a weapon. I would advise not getting the license and proof of insurance ready until asked for it, to keep your hands on the steering wheel or otherwise in plain sight. At the same time, do have both of these conveniently located so you aren't digging through a lot of junk to find them.

[@MabrysDad]

“Always having it ready” simply means having it available nearby. Keep the Ins on you phone or on the visor. If you have to dig all around for it while they are standing there, that’s not good. Have your license in one hand and your Ins in the other with both hands on the steering wheel. Registration also if required.

[@jakeeasterwood3204]

I worked in law enforcement community for 14 years. A few are bad… but not all are. We all knew who the bad ones were… the ones with the “attitudes”. Unfortunately the public only gets to meet the bad ones for obvious reasons.

[@thetavibes9021]

You all knew who the bad ones were. Okay. And what'd you do about it? You ever buy fruit, and decide not to separate the molded ones from the "good" ones? What happens when nothing is done about it?

[@jakeeasterwood3204]

@ Complained… a lot…and let them finally do themselves in when the superiors finally had enough of their BS. It’s hard to get rid of an asshole when you’re not the one with the disciplinary authority. Sadly most of the time it takes a while for them to eff up enough to get canned before someone gets hurt… or dead. I’m sure you know in any job you have those that screw things up for everyone.

[@thetavibes9021]

@@jakeeasterwood3204 I'd spend the time to reply, but YT is a 3-inch bagel with a big nose, ironically in this regard, so I won't waste any more time explaining why law enforcement is not only in the wrong but gets away with it.

[@beautie5138]

99% of cops give the other 1% a bad name

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL, just like 99% of the losers in life give the normal citizens a bad name. I'm sure the millions of people who have gone through their entire lives, and those millions who will do so in the future, and not encounter a single negative interaction with police, will all agree with your logical and unbiased conclusions. LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@MabrysDad]

100% of drivers are Aholes that break the law behind the wheel.

[@robertrhoades983]

I got pulled over in 86 and I told the police officer I had been drinking and I was drunk. He asked me to do the test anyway. Lol I knew I was drunk and in the wrong. He thanked me for being honest. I can admit when I'm wrong. They thanked me for my honesty.

[@searcymasonry]

ive been cut some real slack a few times for being honest and polite to cops . i dont like someone lying to me , it implies you think im stupid . ive told em " i got weed " and told them where it was stashed and they destroyed it in front of me . being polite and honest goes a long way in my experience . cops have a hard job , they dont need fn attitude from you .

[@piobmhor8529]

With #5 sleeping in your vehicle. In Canada we have a charge called “Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle”. I had a buddy who was impaired, but asleep in his vehicle, keys in his pocket, and inside a locked parking compound. He couldn’t get out to drive on a public road if he tried. A cop on a routine patrol saw his car there and investigated. Sure enough, he was charged with care and control. Same punishment as DWI. I forget how much the fine was, but he lost his licence for a year. Regardless of the fact he was in a locked compound, if he just threw his keys under his car before he went to sleep it off, he’d be ok. Brutal.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

I did that once. But in my case I threw the keys in my glove box. Cop was inclined to just ignore me.

[@markmalasics3413]

It's called "the law." Just because you don't agree with it or it's ramifications doesn't mean you have a right not to obey it.

[@mrmotofy]

@@markmalasics3413 So why don't Police obey THE LAW then??? and why don't they get held to it the same???

[@andrewdavid9412]

Automatically assume a cop is lying to you, because they always do.

[@RickHollmer]

I have to mention this as I had a police officer do me a solid in Florida years ago. I was at a bar one weekend back in the 90s and I got way too drunk. I exited the bar and asked the valet to call me a cab -- and that I was plastered. He chuckled and said no problem. I had parked myself so I had my keys and I went to sit in the car... in Florida in July. I started the car, laid the seat back, cranked up the A/C and waited for the cab. A police officer approached me and said "I just want to let you know, I could arrest you for DUI as your car is started, you are obviously intoxicated. But I was standing right there when you asked for the cab... and you didn't see me. Just for future reference, you can get in trouble for that." So while I agree that they can do you dirty, there are some good ones out there too. He could have ruined my life that night... but he did the right thing. Grateful he didn't let a youthful indiscretion screw up my career. =)

[@SaraphDarklaw]

That was the 90’s. And no offense, but you have the correct complexion.

[@goaks8811]

Always invoke your 5th amendment, your 1st amendment to record them, and every time that officer continues with questions, it's a violation of your civil rights. The police are your enemy.

[@machoman2881]

Question, if you're wearing sunglasses, are you required to remove them if asked?

[@darkkrenaissance42]

No you are not required to remove sunglasses,,, but just refer to them as "glasses'

[@PrezVeto]

Not that I've ever heard of

[@paulylasania5685]

When going through a DUI check point completly sober the officer asked if I had anything to to drink .... I said " not yet " ....and was sent to another lane for further inspection.... when the next officer asked the same question i said " not yet " ... he seemed annoyed but sent me on my way fully realizing what was going on ...

[@chrisgilley3077]

Thank you for what you do! Appreciate your videos!

[@hamptonlawfirm]

My pleasure!

[@gregkasza1925]

I disagree. If the cop asks if you have any medical reasons for performing tests, and you do, say yes. Then when they ask what, tell them you only speak of your health with your doctor-then shut up.

[@kevinphillips150]

Avoid any tests and get your blood drawn. Any evidence taken from a roadside traffic stop is used for evidence against the driver.

[@gregkasza1925]

@@kevinphillips150 and invoke ALL rights clearly for the camera, then go silent. Yes, you will likely still get shackled and caged. Let your lawyer handle it from there.

[@truthteller6701]

When I was in college I drove a drunk friends car and had no license. Was pulled over said it was left in my other pants at home. Had to do this sobriety test. Tuck right ankle behind left knee and squat down, touch the ground with left hand and stand back up without losing balance. No one can do that sober but I did easily and was sent on my way. I was drunk at the time; so much for that test-very unfair to most people but I happened to have excellent balance.

[@itsnotme07]

I've learned a lot on this channel Jeff!! Thanks for posting these and I hope I never need your services. LOL