Officer Alicia receives a B+ the initial discretionary use of the statutory alternative disposition sustained de escalation across two separate dispatches and proportionate force during arrest reflect strong legal judgment the only concern keeping this grade from the a range is the unresolved question of whether the domestic violence reporting obligation under Section 7 41.29 was fully satisfied the footage is ambiguous on this point the subject receives a C she arrived in this encounter in a potentially sympathetic position claiming injury without her phone and visibly distressed that position had legal value the decision to throw the lobby telephone at a hotel employee eliminated it that single act supplied probable cause for battery reinforced the disorderly intoxication charge and complicated any subsequent victim narrative separately the room damage established independent criminal mischief exposure potentially at felony level The Town of Palm Beach Police Department receives a B departmental training appears to support the statutory Alternative Disposition Framework and officer conduct reflects that training the open question is whether Department policy explicitly addresses the domestic violence disclosure trigger when it arises inside a disorderly intoxication call a gap worth examining at the training level three takeaways from this incident First Florida's disorderly intoxication statute builds in a non custodial resolution path officers who use it correctly as they did on the first dispatch reduce department liability and serve the legislative intent of the statute second property destruction at a luxury venue crosses the felony threshold faster than most people expect $1,000 in damage is not a high bar when the items being destroyed are premium furnishings third a domestic violence disclosure made to officers even inside an unrelated arrest is not optional information it creates a mandatory statutory duty officers must be trained to recognize that trigger regardless of the primary charge let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that you would like us to discuss in the comments below thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more content on police court interactions the subject alleges her companion took a phone valued over $1,000 she is legally correct on the statute under Florida Statute Section 8 12.014 theft of property valued at $1,000 or more is grand theft a third degree felony however probable cause for that charge requires corroboration the officers cannot independently verify at the scene referring the matter for a follow up investigation rather than a warrantless felony arrest is the appropriate response Florida Statue Section 8 56.011 subsection 3 gives officers an explicit statutory alternative to jail for disorderly intoxication officers may transport the intoxicated person to their home or to a health facility in lieu of arrest by escorting the subject back to her room on the first dispatch officers are exercising that statutory discretion correctly this is not permissiveness it is the legislatively preferred resolution when circumstances allow it the legal landscape changes entirely on the second dispatch officers now have direct personal knowledge of three separate Texan criminal acts visible intoxication in a public area destruction of hotel property and throwing the lobby telephone at a hotel employee each act independently satisfies an element of a distinct charge the throw of the lobby phone constitutes battery under Florida Statute Section 7 84.03 actual and intentional contact with another person against their will the room damage triggers Florida Statute section 8 0 6.13 on Criminal Mischief the degree of the offense is determined entirely by the dollar value of damage caused below $200 second degree misdemeanor 200 to $1,000 first degree misdemeanor $1,000 or more third degree felony in a luxury Palm Beach hotel the broken tabletop shattered glassware damaged lobby phone and scattered refrigerator contents collectively create a credible inference that total damage exceeds $1,000 crossing the felony threshold under section 8 0 6.13 subsection 1 paragraph b sub paragraph three disorderly intoxication under Florida Statute section 8 56.011 subsection 1 requires two elements first the person is intoxicated second that intoxication either endangers the safety of another person or property or causes a public disturbance in a public place both elements are met on camera intoxication is demonstrated by the subject's own admission visible behavior and the presence of open alcohol containers in the room the lobby phone throw satisfies both the safety endangerment and the public disturbance prong simultaneously the arrest is warrantless Florida law authorizes warrantless misdemeanor arrest when the offense is committed in the officer's presence officers directly observed the damaged room and received the phone throw report from the victim employee within minutes of the act under Illinois versus Gates probable cause is assessed on the totality of circumstances and here that totality is substantial the subject spontaneous pre arrest statements are admissible under burkimer versus Mccarty decided by the Supreme Court in 1984 Miranda warnings attach only upon custodial interrogation these statements were made voluntarily before custody without any officer questioning they carry full evidentiary weight the subject discloses bruising across her body during transport and attributes the injuries to her companion Dylan this statement made on camera in the presence of officers triggers a mandatory legal obligation Florida Statue Section 7 41.29 requires that officers responding to a situation where domestic violence is alleged shall prepare a written report and determine whether probable cause exists for an arrest that word shall carries no discretion it is a mandate whether that report was prepared and whether a parallel investigation into Dylan's conduct was initiated is not visible in this footage this analysis does not conclude it was not done only that the obligation exists and its fulfillment is unconfirmed on camera during the arrest the subject blocks the patrol vehicle door with her foot and repeatedly demands a physical inspection before transport applying Graham versus Conner decided by the Supreme Court in 1989 any force used must be objectively reasonable from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene officers respond with verbal redirection only no pain compliance techniques are applied no force escalation occurs the response is proportionate legally sound and consistent with department de escalation standards at the time of this analysis the case outcome is unknown no matching court records were located through public record searches based on the footage likely charges include disorderly intoxication under Section 8 56.011 criminal mischief under Section 8 0 6.13 and potentially battery under Section 7 84.03 you can't you can't come out again with your without any clothes on you can't be throwing stuff you did this you're damaging you're damaging the hotel room you're causing a disturbance then you go out in the lobby and you grab the phone out of the lobby and you throw the phone no you can see the bruises on my arms I'm not gonna f*cking lie to you okay mm hmm he got very on April 3rd, 2000 twenty four Town of Palm Beach police responded to an upscale hotel for a reported disturbance the footage raises four distinct legal questions probable cause for arrest the degree of property damage the alternative disposition obligation and a mandatory domestic violence reporting duty Viewer Advisory this video contains body camera footage of a police arrest and documented property damage presented for educational analysis viewer discretion is advised hello hi I would love to see okay so what's going on today the best ever okay where are you staying well I live an hour north okay he begged me to come get him I didn't want to okay and he what what happened tell me you can talk to me they're all like gagged up with like band Aids and f*cking sh*t okay were you drinking tonight I had a OK what are you gonna take me to jail no I'm just trying to find out what's going on so what happened tonight though how come you're on the just take me home and I'll be fine I can't I can't take you home where do you live well like take me home to my room you just wanna go to the room yeah okay so how come you don't go to the room then why do you want why do you want my key so you want me to take you to your room cause you lost your room key Jude I'm an independent woman I'll be fine but you just asked me to take you to your room can I just take a nap and then how about this let's start with this what's your name everything that you wanna see from me OK no problem am I not upset because like I'm a miserable person OK I'm just trying to find out what's going on if you have a room why do you want to sleep out here on the couch she wanted me to take her to a room yeah let's go back to him then no I would love for you to take me back to my room two seconds do you have anyone in the room with you no I'm a I'm a solo can I have my ID back please just wait one second OK in your office you said now you tell me that you keep saying we who what do you mean by we me and my best friend right here well I can't drive no no I don't want you to drive no if it was up to me I would go home I I know but like come on let's get real I can't go home right now we're gonna take you back to the room you gotta go back to the room but listen you can't you can't come out again with your without any clothes on you can't be throwing stuff you can't be loud am I not wearing clothes am I not wearing a jacket where's your jacket we're just trying to get you back to the room okay so you can so you can it's his jacket okay this is what I was trying to bring to him before yeah okay OK yeah Dylan Dylan's not here we talked to him he just said he he wants you to just stay in the room sleep it off and he'll see you in the morning OK because the last thing that I want is that we don't want to come back out here and we don't want to have to like take you to jail or make you you know that Dylan has my phone that's a felony right it's over $1,000 relax relax no no Alicia no Alicia no I'm not gonna relax he has my phone OK we'll have him we'll have him bring the phone back no I want my phone right now because I need to talk to my mother that's what I just said to you I just said to you we're gonna have no you said oh Dylan said he'll talk to you in the morning no Dylan needs to bring my get back here now Alicia Alicia I'm gonna take you back to the room okay oh let me okay okay can I not can we not agree on something is over $1,000 not worth a felony I'm gonna take you back to the room OK dinner everything was fine he just randomly left to get over and give me help you're talking on the phone OK OK so you already know so he was cool just like he's like just please put her in there and that's what she wants are you guys talking yeah I asked her if she wanted to talk she said no yeah um OK no you wanna go back to the room you said tampons oh I don't even have we have your room key we have your room key and it's open OK perfect like I what do I look like peasant cause I no I didn't say that I don't I have a cellphone no you don't leave your phone on silent or anything nope absolutely not he took my phone and and I saw him take it we ordered oysters um um um we ordered oysters uh that weird uh just sushi tuna thing and then my favorite part was the trying to help you but you know what you're not trying to help me well we got you back to your room like you wanted I'm f*cking leaving this room immediately the second you guys f*cking go you can't leave the room I am they're gonna call us back here I'm gonna get an Uber and I'm gonna go home okay that's up to you then but you just can't drive I would never drive I'm not saying you would we're happy that you you know that and if you want to take an Uber and go home that's 100% up to you or attack and you guys are I mean I swear to God I'm gonna file a lawsuit against you guys for this sh*t because I guarantee you I'm going to prove through my Verizon statements that he called me through you guys okay okay and I'm going to file a lawsuit against you guys okay you guys are not doing your job my mom was a paralegal for 25 years okay deadbolt deadbolt after we leave you have the phone there Alicia I have your your ID right here okay just lock the door when we leave and no one's coming in and the lobby's not gonna let anyone in either okay later police are dispatched back to the property again I would love to call my mom I would love it hey what's going on yes she stole my phone I'm just she threw the phone yeah why did you throw the phone because she's a horrible person and no I'm not horrible person excuse me no she's literally ignoring me and she's flipping through her papers like I don't Dylan f*cking broke my phone come will you come look at my room yeah what come here is the phone broken in the room yes he he broke the phone in my room so that I can't even call my own mother I don't I can't get a hold of anybody come on I'll show you what you did to the phone I all I want to do I don't even care I just want to call my mother what where's the phone where's the phone the phone's right there broken glass over here I just I had I just had everything was fine Dylan has not been back to this room Dylan did not come back and do this this is you did you guys eat you did this you're damaging you're damaging the hotel room you're causing a disturbance then you go out in the lobby and you grab the phone out of the lobby and you throw the phone no I didn't I've been sitting here doing this the whole time you can just wait right here you can check we will just hang out here for a second make sure you're recording she threw something at her the she grabbed the lady phone from behind the desk and threw it at her she has a boyfriend hi ma'am are you OK I'm sorry yes I know no worries it did the boyfriend come back no so nobody else has been there no he is asking for the keys to the car keys you give me the car keys who asked you for the car keys no that she asked oh she asked okay yep yep I can close it would you like a regular T-shirt here and then just make sure I mean it's on video that we got everything um I believe I do I don't need my f*ck oh wait but I do need my birth control I don't need the rest of the sh*t those are the glasses oh yeah those are nice they're expensive well not really they're like 100 bucks so not that big of a deal but they're kind of cool right uh here we'll open this one now all you need to do is put the bags down I'll take the bags wait are you guys arresting me wait are you arresting me give me my bag okay wait why am I being arrested OK when I haven't done anything wrong please what's the victim here broken glass broken glass broken table top glass broken glass on the floor yeah broken phone another broken glass uh money looks like a possibly a rocks glass or maybe some sort of decorative piece Ahem well she pulled out all the items from the refrigerator throw them all over the floor uh open alcohol container wine more alcohol stand still I tried to call my mom and my boyfriend 500 times OK can I please can I please call my mom and my boyfriend again when you get to the jail you'll be able to make a phone call you guys I didn't do anything wrong I literally was sitting in that room waiting waiting for him to come back and he came back in you can see the bruises on my arms I'm not gonna f*cking lie to you okay mm hmm he got very I'm not even gonna go there because I don't want him to get in trouble but if you look at my entire body I will show you I will show you this is so unnecessary I am not a bad person I own 2 houses this one yours yeah alright I'll toss in there I'll go down and I'll help you out with whatever you need to do yeah well like a sneak pass this is so unnecessary hey hang on give me one second can you grab my uh chopsticks out of the other side yeah thanks just a pop the trunk when you get a chance alright stuff's in there I think we got everything of her stuff yeah because my boyfriend f*cking showed up look at the bruises on my arms yeah okay um I think that's the only two things that she had but I think it's only two bags so okay um look at my arms look at my arms I'll just go there I'll meet you and I'll help you out with everything else yeah yeah to the station no no no no no please look at my I told you look at my body we're gonna take a look when we get back to the station okay can you please put your foot in so I can close the door just move your foot so your foot there's no reason for you to take me back to the station you can look at my body right now okay I am bruised from head toe dude okay can you please put your foot I literally have bruises from my neck to my to my ankles okay can you put your foot inside for me please watch your foot I will watch your foot thank you