Can I see your ID, I'll get the court order. >> Well, this is a two-way street here. There is no court order as far as I know. >> There is. >> There is? >> showing you a court order if you're not going to identify yourself as the one on the court order. >> a private citizen, so >> Police officers arrived at a man's home demanding that he hand his daughter over to her mother following a child custody dispute while also requesting that he provide identification without explaining a clear legal basis for the demand. The father immediately objected arguing that the matter was civil in nature and repeatedly asked the officers to produce a valid court order or explain the legal authority for their intervention. Calm but unwavering, he continuously questioned the officers authority and refused to surrender his daughter without a lawful order. Despite repeated pressure from the officers to comply, he stood firm in asserting his rights and insisted that no action could be taken without proper legal authority. Ultimately, when the officers were unable to present a clear legal basis for compelling the father to hand over his daughter, they ended the encounter and left the property. >> Yeah, how you doing? >> All right. >> Is there anything I can help you with today, sir? >> I guess the sister is here for child custody issues. >> Well, first of all, can I have your name and badge number, please? >> It's Eckman. 1057 is my badge number. >> Thank you very much. >> your ID with you? >> Uh, no. I've There's been no crime committed. I don't need to present my ID. >> Okay, well, there she's here to pick up the child and she has a court order for it. >> Can I see the court order? >> All right. >> Can I see >> your ID, I'll get the court order. >> Well, this is a two-way street here. There is no court order as far as I know. >> There is. >> There is? >> showing you a court order if you're not going to identify yourself as the one on the court >> Well, I'm a private citizen, so if you're here, I've identified myself as the father of my child. >> You can do it the hard way. Your choice, right now. >> Okay, you understand you're on private property, right? And there hasn't been a crime committed here, right? >> you live in? >> I live in my state, the constitutional state of Connecticut, and I follow the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and you took an oath to do the same, did you not? >> I am, that's why >> Okay, well, thank you very much. Please respect my rights as a citizen. I'm a father and in deep concern for my daughter's safety. I'm doing the right thing. >> for you. >> Yeah, thank you. I just want to see the court order. >> I told you, you give me your ID, I'll show you the court order. >> I don't need to ID myself. >> The paperwork is on I sure will. It's not anything against you. I have the utmost respect for the law, sir. >> You're being recorded as well, so it's the same thing. >> That's great. It's It works both ways. I do first amendment audits all the time. I got a civil case, federal case against the Department of Revenue Services. >> I just got a call from her saying from the child custody >> All right, so the issue here is I mean, you need to be brought up to speed. I don't know if you're on a one-way ticket or not. This is a two-way street. We have equal custody of our of our kid. She's in danger over there. She's been abused. She's been traumatized. And we're breaking her out of her shell. We're giving her a safe environment to live in. >> It's a civil issue. >> That's right. >> All right, listen. I told her before we even came over here, we don't remove children from a biological parent. >> Thank you very much. >> if you don't want to give up the child, she would have to go back to court. Explain to them or call DCF as DCF has the power to remove a child. >> Sure, they can try. I know my rights with them. We got a lawsuit against them, too. >> All right, we don't get involved with it. We deal with the criminal side. This is just a civil issue. >> It's fine. That's That's why I was I've been harassed by police for the last 2 days. I haven't even committed a crime. Yeah, I've been getting phone calls all day and night. >> Not from me. >> From your office, from your department, and from Vernon. And to me, that's unacceptable. >> trooper or something. I'm not >> Being a civil matter, you could have educated your superiors and said, "Hey, isn't that a civil matter? Why are we even going to go out there and waste our time and resources?" >> I'm not the resident of the town, all right? So you can bring up >> Oh, I certainly will. We're auditing this town. >> You want to see the court order. You show me your license so I can prove you're the one that court order. I'll be more than happy to get it from her and show it to you. >> Okay. >> You want to do that or not? >> I don't think it's necessary. I'm going to make her go through all the channels. >> All right, go through the channels, all right? >> So she can do whatever she feels necessary. She's already got a DCF case working against her, so it gives me more grounds to take my daughter out of her house and bring her here. >> I'm not here to pick the sides between you and her. I just want to >> I >> I just want to give you a little side piece of advice. >> Mhm. >> All right, she has a court order from a judge. >> Mhm. >> All right, it's a civil so I don't I don't involve enforcing it, all right? If you're looking to get full custody of your child, which >> Oh, I certainly am. >> whatever issues she has at her place >> Major issues. >> Cuz I don't know. All right, the only advice I can give you is it's not going to look great for your case when a judge is saying she can >> because she's in imminent danger if she leaves this driveway. She is in imminent danger and it doesn't matter if a judge is ordering to put her in imminent danger to me or not. I'm her father and I'm not going to allow my daughter to be put in danger. >> you had to. I'm just saying right. Just thinking about that. >> any legal recourse if there's no criminal violation involved with me making her go through these channels, correct? >> We have rights of abuse here or >> of abuse here or anything, so >> No, yeah. This place is good, man. I got five kids here. Yeah. All of her brothers are here. We're all united as a family for the first time. >> as long as you thought about that avenue >> Oh, we are very >> about your business here. >> We're very well prepared for this, sir. And I didn't mean to be rude coming off of the rip like that. >> That's fine. >> You know, it's just I felt violated immediately cuz I haven't committed a crime and now there's police in the driveway and I told her, "Hey, I know you're on Strickland waiting for an escort and I've already advised you not to come on my property. If you come on my property, I'm going to have to have you trespassed." >> escort her down the road anyway. >> Okay, but still if you ever have if anybody's ever going to escort here, she's not allowed on this property. She is not allowed on this property and I would like her warned right now and she will be trespassed next time. All right. Yeah, thank you very much. >> other questions or anything I can >> Bless you and yours. Be well. Be swell. >> Stay safe. >> Dude, it's so much that's just pure paranoia. The mortality rate is less than 1%. You're probably going to die of pneumonia or something before you ever get COVID. >> the same opinions you do. Unfortunately, I'm in the uniform. I got to go by our policy. >> capacity. I get it. >> Like wearing the mask, I think it's pointless. >> And you know what? I'm actually pleased to see you wearing it and I'm going to make a story of that later on because my wife and I have been talking to a number of attorneys around the state about police who aren't wearing masks and are within 6 ft of other people. >> We have the policy. That's why I have to wear it. >> That's good. I'm glad the state police is doing that. It's Troop K, right? Out of Colchester? Very good job. Well done, Troop K, out of Colchester, ladies and gentlemen. This man is wearing a mask. >> Anything I can answer? >> No, that's it, man. Thank you very much for your service. >> Wednesday. Make sure you're there. Bring whatever documentation you want to bring for them, all right? >> Now, is it customary for a police officer to make me aware of my court date or does the court have to do that? Don't I have to be advised and and made aware by the court? Aren't I supposed to get a letter in the mail? Well, then I'm not going to acknowledge any court date until the court tells me what my court date is. >> on that service. >> There you go. So, there you go. I don't have to show up. >> one, so that's what you forgot or whatever the case may be. >> There is no court date that I'm aware of. This like I took custody of my daughter on Sunday. There's no way I got a court date on Wednesday. Let's put it like that. Or Friday, whatever it is. Until the court notifies me, I have no court date. >> Absolutely. >> All right. >> Sounds good? >> Oh, yeah. I'm all set. You're dismissed.