Ma'am, is this your firearm? >> It's a car. >> She's 20, she can't have a concealed firearm. If it's not secure, but it's hidden and easily accessible, it's a concealed firearm. >> Then I'm going to get it back. It's It's evidence. >> On June 24th, 2025, in Volusia County, Florida, a traffic stop on South Atlantic Avenue produced three separate criminal charges in under 20 minutes of body cam footage. >> Four Bravo 10, Central Park traffic stop. 2600 block South Atlantic Avenue, Florida tag 18 Delta India Echo Alpha white Chevy. I don't know. I got a second unit. 10-15 traffic stop. All right, now it looks like we're going to be stopping Bellmeade and South Atlantic Avenue. 401 21 601 for the transport. >> Shut the vehicle off. >> All right, can we go around to the right side of your car? >> Driver! >> Gun? >> Show me your hands. >> 10-4 5-1 central, traffic stop. >> Jackson, do you have eyes? Give commands. >> I can't see the back seat. It's got tint It's tinted. >> Hey, ma'am, with your hand Sir, whoever's in the back seat, please let me see your hands now. Just you? All right. With your left hand, reach out, open the door. Keep your hands where we can see them, please. Step out of the vehicle. Turn around. Walk backwards towards my voice. Keep walking. Keep walking. Keep walking. Stop right there. Spread your legs apart. >> I need Jackson. >> Yes. >> Put your hands behind your back. I got the car. >> Okay. >> 4-Robert-10 central, go to motion 15 for your channel. >> Is that going to clear the car? >> Yeah, go ahead. >> Back seat. >> The initial stop was legally solid. Officers observed the vehicle at approximately 80 mph on a surface street, which satisfies the reasonable articulable suspicion standard established in Terry versus Ohio, 1968. Florida statute section 316 192 defines reckless driving as operating with willful or wanton disregard for safety. 80 mph on a city street clears that threshold without additional analysis. The more consequential charge is fleeing and eluding. Under Florida statute section 316 1935 subsection two wilfully failing to stop for an officer with lights and sirens activated is a third-degree felony carrying up to 5 years in prison. The statute requires awareness of the signal and a willful refusal to comply. The subject confirmed both on camera. She acknowledged the lights and she chose to keep driving. From a prosecution standpoint that is a self-proving case. >> What's your name? >> This is I >> I'm not coming pull over. I'm reading something real quick. I'm off I'm I'm Sergeant Mike Pew of the Daytona Beach Shores. You have the right to remain silent. With these rights in mind, are you willing to talk to me? Yes or no? >> I mean I'm trying to see what I have pulled over. >> Well, that's what I want to talk about, but I got to see if you're willing to talk to me about it or not. >> Yeah, you can talk to me. >> Okay. Why wouldn't you pull over? >> Oh, because I mean we was in traffic and I was scared. And I just came back from my interview, my job interview. >> I've been I was following you for blocks with lights and sirens. You put on the brakes and then keep going. We went for blocks. You knew I was behind you. You kept acknowledging me. >> I knew you were behind me, but I didn't want to just stop in traffic. So, I just came to where I could pull over. >> So, you were going 50 mph with me behind you with your light lights and siren. You weren't even slowing down. Why were you going 80 to begin with, which is why I stopped you? Where's your ID at? >> It's in my purse. >> I got with her. >> Oh, I got to see I got to see that. >> Can you have female officer first search? We'll be at 2990 Santa Monica Avenue. What's the name of your friend? >> Huh? >> What's the name of your friend that owns the vehicle? >> Oh, it's My name is Jacqueline. >> Does she know you have >> girlfriend. Yes. >> Does she know she has a >> I was leaving on my job and got trying to get back home because I got a call a phone call at home. My uncle had died. That's why I was speeding. But I tried to pull over because Well, I didn't stop in traffic. That's why I didn't pull over. So, I pulled over here. >> You know, I first tried to stop you like well over a mile down the road. >> Yeah, I didn't see nobody behind me. >> Ma'am, is this your firearm? >> Huh? >> Is this your firearm? >> No, that's my girlfriend's. >> It's your girlfriend's gun? >> Yes. >> Does she know that she have it? I got it, sir. >> No, that's not No, that's not it. It's in my uh >> Oh, that's why she's not stopping. How long have you been suspended? >> No, my my permit >> Stop 16. >> That's where I got that from. >> Is this Is this you? >> Yes, but that's not the gun. I have another one. >> You said the gold purse, right? >> Yes. >> And it was in here, right? >> the other one. >> So, who's your um licensed driver to ride with you? Were they with you earlier at all? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I had to go to go to work. >> Where was that? >> Uh on Walker Street in Holly Hill. >> In Holly Hill? So, you drove all the way from Holly Hill here? >> Oh, I live in Daytona, but I dropped her off this morning. I went I went to my auntie's house this morning, too, to go to my auntie's. >> But, you didn't have a licensed driver with you. To come to your interview. >> No, that's not it. >> All right, sir. Here you go. This is our other one. She has a learner's permit. >> Okay. >> But, I don't know if that's That's not going to be a valid license. >> Yeah, that's fine. We have 12 active records driving. >> Okay. >> You got your phone on you, sir? You got your phone? Go ahead and take a picture. Well, here, let me get it from back here. Get a picture of it there. >> Okay. >> Cool. Yep. >> Let me get a wide shot real quick. >> Okay. Yep. >> All right. >> Yeah. >> Oh, grab a picture of the plate, too. >> What? [clears throat] >> Of the plate. >> Go ahead and take that. >> Great. I think the serial number here it is. This Let me get a picture of serial number. >> But you know that's her That's her burner's number. She probably forgot it was in there. >> Well, it's in your possession. If All right. Do you have any narcotics? All right. Well, do do a thorough inventory of the rest of the car and we'll go from there. I got stuff to do. Do you want this or us? I'll write up all the tickets for her. We have it the minimum 12 mph reckless driving charges cuz I initially had her at 56. I turned around. She's Uh I think it's just a moving citation. I I don't think it's She's not Uh put this in I I already requested it. First CH is good, but you the gun's going to stay with the car. If you see anything >> Good job. >> I don't have >> Did you order it? >> I ordered it. >> Okay. Okay. >> Have you ever been arrested for anything? >> I did unload the gun. The magazine is in it, but no no rounds are in the magazine and the gun is empty. >> Okay. 4 by 11. It's going to be Skyy 9 mm. Serial numbers C as in Charles 443016. >> The firearm discovery added a distinct legal problem. A Glock 9 mm was found under the front seat. Under Florida statute section 790.001, subsection 2, a firearm hidden from ordinary sight qualifies as concealed, regardless of whether it is loaded. Florida statute section 790.01, subsection 2, prohibits carrying a concealed firearm without a license. The subject was 20 years old. Florida requires a minimum age of 21 to obtain that license. No path available. The charge is a third-degree felony. The subject claimed she did not know the gun was there. Florida's constructive possession doctrine does not always require proof of actual knowledge. Her contradictory statements about ownership, first her girlfriend, then her mother, did not strengthen her position before any court. The Fourth Amendment analysis is clean. The stop was lawfully predicated, the arrest properly executed, and the vehicle search is supported by United States versus Ross, 1982. The firearm seizure became legally justified the moment officers confirmed the subject's age. Miranda warnings were administered correctly and in full following the arrest, consistent with Miranda versus Arizona, 1966. The subject waved voluntarily, and her statements were constitutionally admissible. The Fifth Amendment component of this encounter was handled without error. One moment stands out. Officers initially decided to leave the gun with the vehicle. Then, within minutes, one officer recognized the subject's age and immediately reversed course, retaining it as evidence. That on-camera self-correction is exactly what professional field judgment looks like. The case resolved with 36 months of probation and a 1-year license suspension, no incarceration. That outcome tracks with how Florida courts typically handle first-time non-violent felony defendants who cooperate and do not contest the charges at sentencing. >> Okay, I'm just going to put this back in your car, okay? All right. >> Um he's going to take the arrest. >> Okay. >> I got things to do. I'm just going to write up all the tickets for it. >> Okay, got you. >> Here you go, brother. >> And I don't have a computer, so I can't do a tow or anything. >> [laughter] >> My computer's inside. >> 33 831 30831 >> Yeah, I first lit her up in the 2500 block. >> Yeah, got you. Um do you want to try to get in touch with the girlfriend and see if she wants to come get the car or >> Yeah, I'll just give her a call. >> Okay. >> I'll just We're just going to check this trunk. >> I think I Oh, we just checked it for people. It's right there on the dash, on your left-hand side. >> Yeah, I appreciate you letting me know. >> Yep, and the gun is uh it was clear. >> Okay. >> What is this? >> No, that's not a rifle. >> Yeah, I was just sitting here with the gun in my pocket. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Well, where was the gun? >> I Right on the edge I could see the edge of it underneath the seat. >> Oh, she's 20. Never mind. Gun is evidence. She's getting charged with carrying a concealed firearm. She's 20. She can't have a concealed firearm. >> If it's not secure, but hidden and easily accessible, it's a concealed firearm. Never mind. Give it back. It's It's evidence. >> All right. So, you're being charged with reckless driving, fleeing and eluding a police officer with lights and sirens activated, and carrying a concealed firearm. All right? Whether you agree with it or not, that's what's happening. A female officer is coming to search you, and then you'll be going to our station, okay? >> Okay. Well, can I call home? >> You can make calls when you get out to the Volusia County Branch Jail. >> So, where's my phone and my phone and my purse? >> Where's your phone at? >> My phone and my purse and stuff is in her car. >> If you want your phone, we'll get you your phone. They only let us take certain things out there. So, we'll have your ID. >> Yeah, you can leave everything else. I just want my phone back. >> Okay. We'll get your phone. And you said it's in your purse? Yeah, but your phone's in the purse, so it can go with you. >> Phone and that can also go in Officer McDowell's car. >> I put the gun in your front seat of your car. >> Uh we'll give it to the officer. >> Okay. Um do you have enough to at least get started? >> I think so. >> And then I'll give you the more specific details. I'll write up the tickets. I'm going to go get my EMT fingerprints. Any questions for me right now? >> You're going to go get your fingerprints? >> I have to go get I was on my way to get fingerprints. >> Where are Where's that at? >> Uh basically in Ormond. >> Yeah. All right. I think I got it. Where's the engine going? >> I don't care. Um as long as something's up running down. So, you guys got the tow. Three charges. All right. Thank you for backing me up. Have you ever been arrested before? >> No. >> Have you ever been in trouble with the police before? >> Okay. >> All right. I know this is probably a little scary for you and I can understand why. Um but I'll tell you a little bit about what's going to happen and I can get things taken care of. Um so, the car is going to be towed. Okay? When you talk to your girlfriend at jail, let her know that her car was towed and she can get it out. She just has to uh bring her driver's license with her and she'll have to probably pay a towing fee. Okay? Um you're going to be taken to our jail. You'll be processed there. I would advise you to be cooperative as possible. Okay? Once you get processed in our jail, which is going to take about an hour or two, so it won't be quick. Then you'll be taken down to the county jail. When you go in there, being that you haven't been arrested before, um I don't know if you'll see a judge this afternoon or not. Uh but if not this afternoon, uh they may allow you bail. Um if you're allowed bail, you can call someone. They can get a bail bondsman and then they can bail you out. And the four year traffic offenses, it might be somewhere in the area of four to five hundred dollars. Um and they can take that to the bail bondsman. He will bail you out and you can get out sometime this evening. If they don't give you bail, then you'll go before the judge tomorrow. And then in going before him, um, you're going to have to explain to him about the gun that was in the car. Okay. >> That's I mean, that's not even I don't even know the gun was in the car. >> You didn't know it was in there? >> No, I didn't know it. >> Okay. Well, be sure to tell the judge that that you didn't know the gun was in there. You were just using your girlfriend's car. Um, you didn't use it anyway. You haven't touched it. You know, that type of thing. Um, and so >> I was driving and like coming this way. I didn't see like no sirens in this car like when I was driving. The only the only way I seen that is when he was literally like coming up here. >> Okay. I'm not sure all the circumstances behind that. But if those lights are on and a siren hit he hits >> I didn't want to just like cuz we was in traffic and there was no other like start stop and pull over. So, I just came up here and pulled over. I didn't want to be in the middle of the road. >> I can understand your thinking behind that. But as my sergeant explained cuz I heard him when he called it out. That's a 2600 block. Now, I can pick out four huge parking lots between there and here that you could have stopped at or you could have pulled over. One's being the park. There's a park right over to the left. You could have pulled into the park. Um, there's a huge parking lot over on the right-hand side right there by the big building. Um >> I'm not even from there though. >> Oh, I get that. But I'm saying if you were looking for some place to pull over, there were lots of opportunities. And that's what my sergeant was explaining to you earlier. There was lots of opportunities. If nothing else, pull over to the side of the road, put your hazards on and then wait for further direction. If he says, "You know what? I need you to pull off of the roadway." Pull off the roadway and side street. Or if he says, "Hey, can you pull in that parking lot over to the left?" Pull into the parking lot over to the left. But, understood. Understood. Uh but just be sure to explain that to the judge. And then he might he may, I'm not saying that he will, he may have some leniency in regards to that, especially being that you're a new driver. Uh so that that can come into play with that. So, um Hey. Don't try to give him directions on where he can go. Um so yeah, that's the thing there. Um and then as far as your girlfriend, tell her that um she needs to bring the receipt down or the bill of sale for her gun. And I'll present that. But that's going to be a couple of days, too. She won't be able to get her gun back for about 7 to 10 days. That's going to be a little while. >> So I have to get the receipt >> Yeah. She needs to get the receipt or the bill of sale for the gun. And um she can start working on that. And then when she gets a call or she can call down and ask when she can she pick up her firearm. And they'll let they would they would let her know when when she can do that. >> Yeah, cuz I didn't even know that was in the car at all. >> Okay. Well, just explain that to the judge. Okay, ma'am. Can I have you stand up for me, please? 1 2 3 up. Oh. Oh, ready? >> We probably have to try the other side. >> Okay. Good side. Tuck that leg under. There you go. Ready? 1 2 3 up. Oh. There you go. Okay. Have you walk over here to this officer. >> I want to find you. It's at 2600 block. >> Oh, that's where this all started. >> Okay. Hello, I'm Officer King. Come close to the thing here. You can face the car. You have anything on you that will poke you, stick you, harm me? Anything in your bra including money, paper, anything that we put in there? Anything in your underwear that needs to be taken out? Do you have any open wounds or anything that I need to worry about? >> Mhm? No. >> Okay, go ahead and spread your legs for me. All right. If you take something out of your drawers, >> I'll be right back, ma'am. Just give me 2 seconds. How you doing, sir? >> I was bad, but I'm right by you guys earlier >> [laughter] >> in the lobby. >> I told him we're in back of City Hall. >> They said right by City Hall. >> Oh, jeez. In back. Uh, you can drop your uh thing right there. White car. Taser and initial switch. >> Okay. >> Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. >> No problem. >> Appreciate that. Okay. >> So, what things you got? >> Okay. Is it okay if I leave this in your car? Or do you want to keep it with you? >> Did he take my phone? >> Yes, we got your phone. All right, thank you so much, ma'am. And your name, ma'am? >> King. >> King? All right, thank you. Thank for your cooperation. It goes a long way. We're going to let you know in a minute. Okay, go ahead and have a seat. I'm going to turn the AC on back here, bro. There you go. All right. >> Sergeant Mike receives a B+. The stop was legally sound. Miranda was delivered correctly, and his post-arrest explanation to the subject, covering bail, booking timelines, and firearm recovery procedures exceeded what the law requires and reflected genuine professionalism. The arresting officer receives a B. Tactical execution was solid, cover and contact roles were correctly assigned, and the female officer was appropriately requested for the pat-down. The initial error on firearm retention was significant, but self-corrected on scene without prompting. The subject receives a C+. Both the reckless driving and fleeing charges are supported by her own on-camera admissions. Her cooperative conduct, candor with officers, and absence of physical resistance are concrete mitigating factors that almost certainly influenced the sentencing result. Every decision captured in this footage carries a lesson that extends well beyond this case. Here are five, drawn directly from what this footage documents, for drivers, passengers, and law enforcement alike. First, if traffic prevents an immediate stop, activate your hazards and pull over at the nearest safe location. That single action reframes the legal narrative from willful eluding to a reasonable accommodation. The difference between a misdemeanor and a third-degree felony can be one parking lot. Second, if you are driving a vehicle registered to someone else, check the interior first. Constructive possession does not always require proof of knowledge. Only dominion and control over the space where contraband is found. Claiming ignorance is not a guaranteed defense. Third, Miranda rights exist for moments exactly like this one. Once in custody, you are not required to answer any questions. Anything you say after waving that right is on the record and admissible in court. Think clearly before you speak. Fourth, for officers, the firearm decision here illustrates why field evidence determinations require correct legal judgment on the first call. Pennsylvania versus Mims, 1977, confirms broad authority during a lawful stop, but authority and accuracy are not the same thing. Fifth, cooperative conduct matters at sentencing. It does not erase charges, but documented compliance is a mitigating factor that courts weigh. This subject received probation over incarceration, and her behavior throughout the arrest almost certainly factored into that result. Most encounters do not escalate because of bad intentions. They escalate because of decisions made under stress without a working knowledge of what the law actually requires. 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