That's correct.
>> All right. So, Mr. Rivera, the reason
why I stopped you is one,
you were all over the road. Two, you
have no headlights on.
Where were you coming from tonight?
>> I was hitting the slots.
>> Hitting the slots?
How'd you do?
>> Horrible.
>> Horrible?
No money?
>> All right. You know what I'm saying,
bro?
>> Okay. How about any drinking tonight?
>> No.
I got I got a beer over there.
>> Okay. All right, no drinks at all?
>> No.
>> All right, you give me your Mr. Rivera,
I'll be right back, okay?
>> 2:00 in the morning, a car drifts across
the road with its headlights off.
That is all an officer needs to pull
someone over. The law does not require
proof of a crime, only reasonable
suspicion, a few specific facts the
officer can point to. Weaving and no
lights at night clear that bar easily.
From the moment the window comes down,
everything said and done is evidence.
Asked if he had been drinking, the
answer keeps shifting.
First, a little, then none at all.
Officers are trained not to lean on any
single answer. They build what the law
calls the totality of the circumstances,
the driving, the odor, the odor, the
contradictions. No one piece has to
prove impairment. Together, they decide
whether there is enough to investigate.
>> 35
>> It's It's right up on the dashboard.
I'm going to need you to step right to
the back of the vehicle for me, okay?
>> You saw me swerving?
>> Yep, one sec.
Yep. Can you take your hands out of your
pocket for me?
Nothing to worry about, right? What's
this? Just a phone?
>> My phone. It's like a phone wallet.
>> Okay, perfect. I'm just going to put
that right there. All right, hey Mr.
Rivera, real quick. I'm going to have
you turn around.
All right.
I just got to make sure that you weren't
drinking or anything.
>> This is the eye test.
The officer moves his finger and watches
the eye, not the head. Looking for an
involuntary jerking that shows up after
drinking. It is one of three
standardized field sobriety tests.
You can refuse them, but a refusal and a
poor performance both become part of the
case for probable cause.
>> Follow my finger with your eyes.
>> You're making me a marijuana cigarette
again.
>> Okay. All right, again, just with your
eyes, and your eyes only. I just want
you to follow my finger.
>> Am I supposed to move my head?
>> Nope, you're not supposed to move your
head. Just with your eyes, and just want
you to follow my
>> The next tests are about divided
attention, following instructions while
keeping your balance and counting aloud.
The complaints about the shoes, the lost
count, none of it is what is being
graded. The officer is counting
standardized clues. The point is not
whether you pass.
It is whether your mind and body can do
two simple things at once.
>> Seven.
>> I swear.
>> Keep going. You're almost there.
>> shoes are weird.
>> Yep.
>> I really did seven.
>> But you're supposed to do nine.
>> Eight.
Nine.
>> That
See, there's the small steps.
We're going to turn around, and we're
going to walk He says he only drank Red
Bull and Gatorade.
The officer has seen enough.
That is the moment probable cause is
met. Are you serious?
he asked.
The law does not need him to agree.
And once a driver is arrested for
impaired driving, implied consent takes
over. By driving on public roads, he has
already agreed to a chemical test.
Okay, you can stop the search, officer.
All right. Hey, how many drinks have you
really had tonight?
You're an adult. You can drink.
>> Alcoholic? None.
>> Alcoholic? Zero drinks.
>> I drank Red Bull. I drank Gatorade.
>> Okay. So, what I'm going to have you do,
Mr. Rivera, is I'm going to have you
turn around and face your car. Okay?
Put this arm right here.
>> Are you serious?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Why?
>> Nope.
>> Nope.
>> Nope.
Nope.
>> Nope.
>> Nope.
>> Hey, get off him. GET OFF HIM.
GET OFF HIM.
GET HIM.
GET HIM.
STOP RESISTING. STOP RESISTING.
HEY, who is you fighting with us?
Stop resisting.
Stop resisting.
I got it.
You got it.
Get him.
>> He has legs up everywhere.
>> Thank you.
>> No.
>> [ __ ]
>> I was trying to get
>> Yeah.
>> Let me grill him slow.
>> Hell yeah.
>> It was
>> I hate to say I hate to say it, but
we can't even watch the body camera
video cuz both of ours are in the grass.
>> Oh, well. I ain't worried about the body
camera.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> That's why I was looking at the front
tooth over there.
>> Ooh, my bad, boss.
>> Yeah, I did.
>> I guess I'm a mess.
>> And change out of my uniform.
>> I'm only on your bumper for a minute.
>> Then it turned physical. Pulling away
during an arrest is its own crime
in this state. Interfering with an
officer and assaulting one are separate
charges stacked on top of the stop. A
driver who believes an arrest is wrong
still has to comply. The place to fight
it is in court, not on the side of the
road.
>> Couch.
And kicked it off me.
>> Luckily, I was I was beeping as like as
you were too.
>> Yeah.
>> So, they heard me though.
What a night.
>> Once he stops fighting, the force stops
with him. After a struggle like this,
medics are called to check everyone, the
driver and the officers alike. That is
standard. All of them were examined and
cleared.
>> You still want the car for me?
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
So,
thank you. Much appreciated.
>> You know what?
>> Much appreciated.
>> I was like it's kind of cold a little
too which sucks.
>> Yeah, I got wicked sunburn cuz I was in
Florida last week, so I'm freezing.
>> I thought I thought I saw you too and I
was like
>> Hey, you too. Thank you.
>> One traffic stop became a stack of
charges. Driving under the influence,
failure to stay in the lane, driving
without lights, resisting arrest, and
two counts of assault on an officer. A
short drive from the casino turned into
a long night. What would you have done
differently?
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