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That's correct. >> Is that Verizon? >> Yeah. >> And then right across from the baseball field? >> Yeah. >> That's the sign. You hit it. >> Knocked it down or >> Yeah, knocked it down. >> Okay. >> Just the directions sound like what you're saying. >> Right by the ball field and then right there. >> That's correct. >> And then right in front of the firehouse, get onto 208. >> Yeah. >> Chicken bone. >> Just before midnight, police pull over an SUV after a caller reported an erratic driver who had just knocked down a road sign. The driver is calm and cooperative. When the officer asks how much she has had to drink, she says, "Two drinks." But two drinks does not usually put a car up onto the grass. So, the officer decides to take a closer look. >> Any more than two? How much you think you had to drink tonight? >> Two drinks. >> Two? Okay. How do you feel right now? Do you feel like you're going to be able to do some tests for me? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Mhm. All right. Once you step over here on the sidewalk for me, okay? All right. All right. >> Once we get settled, um the caller said it was uh >> He has her step onto the sidewalk for field sobriety test. He starts with the eyes, asking her to follow his finger without moving her head. These tests are standardized for a reason. The officer is not just looking for a stumble. He's watching for the small involuntary signs that alcohol leaves behind, the ones a person cannot fake or hide. >> You're going to be placed under arrest for DWI, okay? >> Why? >> Why? Because I want I observed you as you were driving. Drive off the roadway up into the grass. Okay? There's a bottle of alcohol in your car. You're slurring your words, okay? And you're not >> in my car. >> And you're you're you're not You can't stand. I don't want you doing a test and getting injured. But based on my observations so far, I have reason to believe that you're going to be driving while intoxicated. Okay? So for your safety, the test I just administered to you >> As she is placed in the patrol car, the weight of it starts to sink in. "I am a nurse." she says. "I am going to lose my license." It is a reminder that a drunk driving arrest is rarely just one charge or one bad night. For people in licensed professions, it can follow them far beyond the courtroom. >> I'm so not a big deal. I'm a nurse and I'm I'm going to maybe lose my license. >> No. We're going to go inside, okay? >> I want to call my boyfriend. >> What happened? All right. Sit tight, okay? What's your mom O'Brien's badge number? >> 117. >> During the search of her vehicle, officers find an open container of alcohol inside. In New Jersey, having an open container of alcohol in the passenger area is its own violation, separate from the DUI itself. It also helps explain what the officer suspected from the very start of this stop. Then the man who called it in tells police what he watched her do. She had driven up onto the grass, gone the wrong way near a ramp, and knocked down a road sign by a baseball field. At one point, she reversed and nearly hit his car. Because that happened so close to school grounds, New Jersey adds an enhanced charge for driving under the influence within 1,000 ft of school property. >> And what? >> Unlock me? >> Unlock you? Not till we get to police headquarters. >> Why? >> Because you're under arrest. >> Why am I under arrest? >> For DUI. >> By the time she reaches the station, the question she keeps asking is a simple one. Why am I under arrest? The answer is just as simple. For driving under the influence. What began as two admitted drinks became a stack of charges, unsafe operation, an open container, and an enhanced DUI. What would you have done if you were the officer on this call? Let us know in the comments. And subscribe for more.
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