recording. This body camera footage shows a wildlife officer patrolling a boat ramp just after sunset. He observes a vessel approaching the ramp without navigation lights displayed. He can also hear loud arguing coming from the vessel. What's up, y'all? Now, you turn that down. [Music] Y'all got nav lights? Yes, sir. Do where? Do they work? Yes, they do. Can I see them? We will. Thank you. All right, cool. You're just right at it. I want to make sure y'all had nav lights working. All right. Y'all have a life jacket for everybody on board? Yes, we do. All right. Where they at? Would you like to see them? Yes, please. All right. There's three. Where's the one I was using? All right. How about your uh fire extinguisher? Where's that at? I have a question. What's up? Are you stopping us? Huh? Why are you stopping this? To do a safety inspection cuz your nav lights weren't on. Is that okay? Why? What's going on? Why is everyone perturbed? What perturbed? No. What happened? She's little officer. Anything I need to know about? No. Teenage girl. Hi. Okay. Where's your life uh fire extinguisher? It's right up there. Can I see it, please? You're more than welcome to climb up there. I need you to grab it for me. No, I need you to climb up in there and see it. I can't climb in your boat. It You have permission to climb up in my boat. It is under there and you can go up in there and find it. Hey, find your your flashlight. No, I can't. Why not? Because it's it was uh zip tied in there pretty difficultly. Your difficulty. Difficulty. Okay. Well, in order to check it, I need to go check it out for the fire extinguisher. If that's what you want to do, get my friend out of there. Can you get If you want to get me for a fire extinguisher, I'm I'm fine with that. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on here. That's all. I'm pissed off cuz I have teenage [ __ ] girls. Yeah, my wife is upset and if you want to be a then be a I'm not doing being a dick. I'm just trying to do a safety inspection. You're being a safety. How am I being a dick? Because you're here doing a safety inspection. Yeah. And you can't provide a fire extinguisher and I say get up in there and look for your because per when you take your boat out per log. You want to be a Just find me. All right. Come on. Let me talk to you. Yes. Find me. I don't care. Listen, man. We just need to chill out, okay? I don't know what's going on. Let's just take a chill. Okay. Absolutely nothing to do with it. Nobody. Your guys right. Just trying to make sure safety equipment is there and you can get to it. Okay. I don't want to make this a bigger deal than it has to be. Yes, sir. I understand you're under some stress. Okay. Thank you. Get it. That's why I had you step away. Okay. It is. Okay. So, it isn't me. Are you okay to drive? I'm if if you just let me get her, please. Who's driving y'all? I'm going to drive. I don't think you're good enough to drive. These your daughters. Okay. Come on. Get out of the way so you don't get ran over. What's going on? Y'all all right? Can I I'm all right. Can I please put my boat? Listen, you need to Hey. Hey. I'm trying to save you right now. Okay. We need to drive. Please hold the back end of the boat. Do you understand me? Are you okay to drive? No, I'm driving. I don't I don't have I don't have a driver. I will drive. You can't drive the trailer like this. I will drive. She will drive the trailer like this. I will drive. Can I just at least back it down so she can come here. You want me to go? Listen. How much have you had to drink? You had four beers. All right. Will you please just just come? All right. Yes, cuz he's trying in order to make this. Hey, you need to get out from there. You need to get from there. Holy crap. I just want to You said I'm getting a little So, you've been drinking, right? Yes, sir. All right. You really need to do some tasks for me to prove that you can operate this vessel in the vehicle. I will. Okay. When I tell you to touch the tip of your nose with the tip of your index finger and immediately return it to your side. This is the nail of your finger. This is the tip. This is the side. And then this is the pad. Okay. You're going to aim with the tip of your finger to the dimesized portion on your nose. One more time. On the tip of your nose. Okay. Which one you want? Okay. For the next 30 minutes, the wildlife officer conducted a seated sobriety test on the boat operator. Begin. Which one? Left. Right, [Music] left, right, right, left. Okay, open your eyes and straighten your head and relax for a minute. Ma'am, you can't drive right now. Okay, let's not make matters worse. Kids and everything. I I understand that. Listen, he's trying to let me go. Listen, go do whatever. Let's not make matters worse. Let's try to let me go. Go do whatever you need to do. Where? Listen, I don't know. Listen, ma'am. Please don't drive. Okay. Did you understand what I just said? Yeah, I got you. Please. So go down. Like my daughter is trying to find the keys. I can't I get it. I get it. I understand, but please don't don't drive. Okay. I'm telling you, don't drive. Back to help me out. So fine. Don't drive. Okay. Can you go back over the boat? Just don't drive. Yes. Hey, listen. Don't drive. He's trying to help me out. Don't drive. Shut. Shut up. The fourth task is to open your hands palms down and place them in your lap like this. Do you understand? That makes sense. All right, begin. Remember what our starting position was? Good. Begin. What do I want to begin with? You're beginning the list of tasks that I Oh, I have to do all at once. Well, so it was it was one to four, right? Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Okay. All right. Last task I need for you. Stand up. Turn around. Place your hands behind your back. You're under arrest for voting under the influence. Search to eat. Rest. How the are you arresting my dad? Step back. Hey. Hey. Don't make it bad. Step back. Hey, listen. Just go back. Please. Please. Listen. I'll be It'll be fine. Go back. It'll be fine. No, because I want to know why the you I'm going to explain it to it. Chill out. All right. Let's not get it back. No, because I literally could have drove home and if you arresting him for a DUI me, cuz I will drive home. I'm not rearresting him for DUI, ma'am. the one who you That's for boating under the influence. Okay. I drive. I have my license. All he did was pulled it into here cuz he didn't want me to hit the dock. Sit down. I drove the whole time. I had my voter license if you want to see it. You want me to go get it? I believe you. I will go get it cuz I drove the whole time and all I wanted. All right. Listen to your dad. Go ahead. Hey, the guy's Don't you touch me, youshole. Go back there. cuz I'm a dick. [ __ ] Stop. You are a dick. Okay, I understand that. You are a [ __ ] Sit down. You sit down. [Applause] We ain't driving. I know. She's driving that [ __ ] off. All right, stand back. under arrest that [ __ ] got nothing. Why do you got to be telling? Do you understand? 1094. The officer calls for backup as the family gets aggressive. Get back. Easy. All right. Get back. I don't want to tase. Let's go. Easy. Easy. Easy. The operator's brother is seen trying to restrain the two females as they continue to harass the officer. Y'all be easy. Don't make this. I know. It's You're a sit down. Easy. Listen. Go. Come on. [Music] Give me the mother truck. Let's go. Stop. Easy. While waiting for backup to arrive, the officer tries to deescalate the situation. Back. All right, I understand. Back. I don't want to tase you. I have my phone. I have my body. I have not been taken. I am not intoxicated. I'm I'm asking you. You guys are tearing me to your family. Hey, come over here and just sit. Just sit down on the curb. All right. I understand you. All right. No. You okay? Why is he being a little [ __ ] for? Hey. No. No. No. No. No. I got you, dude. Dude, don't make me tase you. Don't make me tase you. Stop. Stop. Get down on the ground and stay right there. You hear me? I'm not around now. I'm not around. Hey. Hey, stop.