hi you got to open the window for
me can I open the door it's probably
just Frozen okay cool thank you hello hi
my name is Officer Geraldo with West
Lake do you have your driers licenser ID
with you I do um yeah is there a reason
you pulled me over yes there is I'll
definitely explain that to you here in a
second once I get your driver's license
ID was I speeding or anything that's
part of the reason how fast were you
driving I thought I was going about 3540
35 40 m an hour I was driving behind you
what's that that is the speed limit here
on Crocker Road yep 35 miles hour I was
driving behind you since thank you so
much Miss yeah I was driving behind you
since the time that we got off the
interstate and we're doing all sorts of
speeds up to 52 mph 45 then you would
slow down kind of getting me I'm trying
to see gotcha and then also the other
reason is when we turned off of the
interstate onto Crocker Road we turned
southbound uh you were in that outside
Lane you turned you went over the uh the
hash marks and turn in the left lane
what's going on you're having trouble
staying in your lane in my Lane mhm oh
I'm just trying to go home I took my big
home um the snow's kind of getting me
I'm trying to go home my parents live in
um press with Crossing okay Goa where
you coming from tonight um I took my big
home my sorority big um took her home in
Lakewood Wagner Road area wag I'm just
trying to go home gotcha where you
coming from Wagner wag Road and I'm
going home to Lake Prestwick the Bradley
and back todge okay gotcha gotcha um
when was the last time you had something
to drink alcohol wise probably 10 p.m.
10 p.m. yeah I can smell it your eyes
are kind of real GL yeah yeah oh yeah oh
God I'm sorry no not a big deal um what
were you drinking um I ate a Stella a
Stella okay so beer uh we
at um we were over in Willoughby in
Willoughby gotcha she was in my car with
a couple of drinks uhh she was
definitely very drunk yeah um well she's
not in here now you're the only person
in the car she's definitely the only
person in the car I took her home no you
are you are the only person in the car
she was the only other person in my car
as I mean I'm I'm going home I we're
probably another 2 miles at my house
okay cool you're valid no warrants
nothing like that no gotcha um do me a
any guns in the car no no cool do me a
favor hop out of the car real quick make
sure you're all right to drive as long
as that's the case we'll get you
required yep yep yep it's a lawful
order I'll do it yeah okay cool I
appreciate it
you can leave your purse and stuff in
the
car yeah I don't I don't feel drunk or
anything I took her home a while ago I'm
just trying to go home if you smell it
I'm very sorry someone spilled something
on me earlier I really I don't feel
drunk at all I'm just trying to go home
I know it's 3:00 in the morning I got um
I'll I'll walk whatever you want for me
um that
there your car's onl all right you don't
mind if I patch you down for your safety
and mine do you cool come on right here
next to my headlight yeah awesome just
face my car for me nothing on me cool
just spread your feet for me awesome and
then just put your hands behind your
back Palms together like you're praying
or clapping awesome awesome I just want
to patch it down make sure you don't
have any guns on you before we keep
chatting cool we're at in Willoughby
Warrior um you know I'm really not
familiar with the area you were at um
Norah's bar in willby as bar yeah okay I
hear you let me turn off some of these
lights I I fully understand what you're
saying about the highway I the snow is
really kind of getting me I moved down
to Cincinnati I'm not used to the snow
okay the I was trying to find the lines
on the highway I'm really sorry about
that having trouble finding the lines on
the highway just just trying to go home
gotcha no big deal hey do me a favor
stand right there where my light is and
then face behind me awesome awesome can
you stand with your feet together just
like mine are cool do you wear glasses
or contacts no no have you ever had any
head neck back injuries no what about
legs knees or feet no no cool cool and
what I'm going to have you do is put
your feet put your hands up here on your
cheeks for me awesome you're going to
follow tip of my finger with your eyes
and your eyes only don't move your head
you understand my
[Applause]
instructions
one more time
up awesome if you want you can button up
your shirt yeah yeah yeah you want to
button it up um it's yeah yeah I know
it's kind of breezy out well the snow
the wind thankfully died down okay it's
still pretty
windy it's been worse it's been worse
throughout yeah I've just I've been in
Cincinnati for so many months I'm not
used to the Cleveland cold I hear
especially if you're close to the lake
right yeah oh my God the lake effect it
gets me for sure it trust me it gets all
so all right do me favor stand right
here where my lights at and you're going
to face your car okay now listen to my
instructions all right do you have any
issues with your legs knees or feet uh I
have a knee injury from a couple years
ago but not anything Ser nothing that
prevents nothing serious no okay nothing
that prevents you from walking obviously
I saw you walk from your car back in my
okay cool you having issues buttoning
your button there just fingers are cold
but other than that we're good awesome
you're good all right listen to my
instructions first what I'm going to
have you do is use this imaginary line
it's imaginary so you can't see walk on
the line no no no okay it's imaginary
okay what I'm going to have you do is
put your left foot on the line and put
your right foot directly in front of
your left foot on the line of the light
or here nope nope nope okay right in
front of you it's imaginary okay okay
like what's with tire put your left foot
on the line put your right foot directly
in front of your left foot put your your
arms down to your side stay in that
position to to to begin
okay left foot on the line and now put
your right foot in front of your
left you keep moving forward can you go
back can you go back to my car for me
yeah awesome that's good all right let's
try this again left foot on the line and
now put your right foot directly in
front of your left foot touching Heel To
Toe nope don't start
Play okay don't start tell toe to begin
okay arms on to your side what I'm may
have you do is take nine H to toe steps
forward it's going to look like this all
right one two 3 simulating that this is
your ninth step leave your lead foot on
the line take Serious of small steps
with your trailing
foot take Serious of small steps turn
around and take nine more hit or toe
steps back in the direction that you
came one two three okay make sure the
entire time you're doing this you look
down at your feet you're counting out
loud your arms are down to your side
once you start the test don't stop till
you've completed it to its entirety oh
there's two of you now do you have any
questions for me um I'm really just
trying to go home I'm I'm really just
wondering why I got pulled I mean I know
that you said I'm the lanes I'm I've
told you the snow I'm really just my
parents are like 2 minutes that way okay
um do you have any questions about the
test not any questions about the test no
all right go ahead and begin for me okay
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
together are you done yeah I'm done you
done all right come on back here where
my lights at all
right you remember when I told you to
take nine H toe steps forward right make
sure you're touching H to toe nine and
then 10 together turn around and then go
back you want me to go back I'll do that
yeah sure no you're good don't worry
about it we'll move on past that okay
now I want you to stand with your feet
together just like mine are yeah exactly
how you've got them arms down to your
side listen to my instructions all right
what I'm going to have you do is pick
one foot either one you raise it about 6
inches up off from the ground it's going
to look like this while you're doing
this you're going to count 1,1 1002 13
and so on till I tell you to stop so
make sure the entire time you're taking
this test you're looking down at your
feet you're counting out loud your arms
are down to your side make sure your
foot is straight your leg is straight
and your foot is parallel to the ground
I'll be totally honest with you I don't
know if I could do that and let me
finish it and then you can tell me okay
remember you can pick whichever foot I'm
going to tell you when to start and stop
do you have any questions for
me how long are we going cuz I tell you
to stop I can I
mean until you tell me to stop is just
very ambiguous I don't know how long I
can stand on one foot for
you're going to I'm going to tell you
when to start and stop you can pick
whichever foot you want doesn't matter
to me does that make sense it that does
fully make sense to me but like one can
only stand on one foot for so long and I
just don't want to agree to something
okay it's okay you don't you don't have
to do if you don't want you know I
really want to agree to anything I don't
come on over here next to my tire again
yeah yeah yeah right here next to my
tire same thing face my car face my car
and just put your hands behind your back
Palms together like you're clapping or
praying all
right you ever been stopped by Westlake
Police before I have not no okay well at
this time you are under arrest for Obi
because I wouldn't agree to standing on
one no nope let me read you your rights
you do have the right to remain silent
anything you say can and will be used
against you in the court of law you have
the right to an attorney if you cannot
afford an attorney W be appointed by the
court you to stop answering questions at
any time you also have the right
side you guys are to stop answering
questions that any time speak to a while
understand your rights man
cool it's not the r she
asks and then I should be good
here all right yeah no all right thank
you
my bradle no worries trust me how I said
my goal is to try and get your home okay
I would spread your feet for me so
obviously I kind of talked to you
through the reasons why I stopped you
all right I walk up to the car your eyes
are red glossy bloodshot I can smell the
odor of an alcoholic beverage coming
from inside the vehicle you're the only
person in the car
okay um you admit to me that you were
drinking some Stellas right at like 10
p.m. at 10:00 p.m. okay it's about 5
hours ago nothing sharp in your Pikes
that's going to poke me prick me stick
me nothing like that cool cool um I get
you out of the car while we're chanting
outside of the vehicle I can smell the
odor of alcohol coming from uh your
person all right where the you're the
only occupant in the vehicle and stuff
like that
okay all right come on over here we put
you in the back of this car so you're a
little bit
warmer seeing signs of impairment all
right you're having trouble with my
divided attention skills test and stuff
like that let me Buckle in all right no
guns in the car nothing like that
no my car or my phone netive I'll get
you in here in a sec would you go ahead
and give my parents a call my phone is
in the front seat of my car yep we could
do that um your car is going to get
towed uh we're going to I'll grab your
purse I'll grab your cell phone it's not
my car um it's my dad's car I understand
it's going to get towed please give him
a call first we will you the car nope
we'll do it
afterwards can I
ask what's up was iing from my Lane
after I got off the highway no the you
you had trouble staying in your lane
when we made the turn we're fluctuating
speeds consistently driving for the most
part over 35 miles an
hour at what point am I allowed to make
a call um after we get to the after we
get to the police station um and then
you can hopefully call somebody so they
can pick you up yeah all
right I would just like it noted that
there was snow on the ground when I made
my turn okay and it was pretty difficult
to see the lines on the road mhm
um I really have not had that many
drinks not that many drinks yeah I've
had I had a couple drinks around 1011
p.m. okay it's now like 2 3 a.m. sure
just a couple drinks right around 10 or
11 p.m. yeah and it's been multiple
hours okay I really were they
Stellas yeah okay it was just beer no
liquor just beer no liquor all right
very
well take her purse her phone
wallet
[Applause]
yep I've got your purse thank your
wallet and then your phone's in
[Applause]
there can I ask what you guys are doing
it's called an administrative inventory
of the vehicle that way we all know
what's in there it it's kind of like to
protect you us and then the toe company
in case something goes missing and stuff
like that at least we're all on the same
page all right let's use the restro and
a glass of water please uh you can't
have a a cup of water until afterwards
you can come on out
man oh careful let's walk around the
back of the car
walk between these two police cars we're
going to follow this gentleman
inside back okay go ahead I just got a
patch it down uh I guess we're not
allowed to in here are we all right uh
come on over
here keep
coming awesome and just hang out right
here here on against this white
wall can I please use the restroom yes
as soon as we get a female back
here we got to wait for a few minut to
come back
[Applause]
here we got to hang tight for a second
we got a we got a waiting list here and
then we'll try and get you in and out as
quick as possible please use the
resturant we got to wait for a female to
come back here to patch you down I'll
make sure you don't have patted me down
before I got in the car correct but now
we're at the jail these are just the
rules that we have to
follow I pain myself it's on
you uh no there's a female walking back
right
now this young lady hasn't peed yourself
yet well I've asked you twice and I had
to go when I got in the
car what would make you have to go to
the bathroom so drastically a small
bladder small bladder okay who use your
bathroom me
okay yeah unless Polly buzzes me yeah
okay
quick can I take her
yeah
okay watch me
go I'm not going to look directly at you
but yes I'm going be while you go yeah
cuz you can't have anything in your
mouth nothing like that mhm that I have
anything you got a shirt on under this
you want me to un yes thank
you you're so
good
yeah they're good we used each other's
cuffs to arrest people that was
good you can take it
off
a s I know us using number eight Paulie
for my theme oh yeah number eight
myone all right you put your hands up on
that wall touch it take two back for me
and then spread your like
something how you take your shoes
off go to
the I'll get you some sandals no worries
your leg up for me so I can start
St some sand put your foot
yeah this is all because I drifted
Lan in
the I'm going take you back
in he's going get you some foot this is
where we're
coming
and what was wrong with my shoes nothing
you just can't have them in the
jail okay hold
it once she leaves you can't go to the
bathroom cuz we can't take all right
have a C4
yeah well iess can I have my shoes yeah
you just got I really don't want those
okay that's fine you don't have to wear
them can I have my shoes
no she's been pretty Cooperative
actually and once you guys are done with
yours then hopefully she could just call
for a ride
cool good
deal I always wondered what it looks
like in here I didn't think I'd get in
here for drifting in the sow
no is it snowing yeah it is snowing
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