On June 8th, 2025, police in New Jersey responded to a report of a stop motor vehicle in which the driver of the vehicle appeared to be asleep. Here are the events that occurred. The following body cam footage details some of the events that occurred. Go around 38. >> 39 jersey. >> 39 jersey. Victor 43 uniform delta papa. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Roll down your window. See caucus police. >> What's up, man? See, Cocus police just to let you know my camera's on. >> Okay. >> What's going on? >> Nothing. I'm just chilling. >> You're just chilling? >> Yes. And I'm waiting cuz I'm You know >> You're waiting? >> Yeah. >> What are you waiting for? reason because I'm parked. Not parked, but you know, city in and I'm going to pull over in a minute. >> All right. You're parked in the middle of a ramp. >> An offramp. You're in the middle of the roadway. When I got here, you were knocked out sleeping. Little >> tired. I'm tired. >> You're a little tired. >> What's your name, buddy? >> Bernard from >> Bernard. All right, Bernard. Where you coming from? >> I'm coming from um my girlfriend house. >> Okay. Put the car in park. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Where's your girlfriend's house? >> Oh, I'm going to Yoners. >> All right. Your girlfriend lives in Yoners. >> Yes. >> And where you coming from? >> I'm coming from Jersey City. >> From Jersey City. >> Yes. >> All right. >> Little tired because I've been took a test. see like right here before >> cuz I was scrubbing and I' I've been out and I've been um coming from a sleep test riding and just tired like it's not like I'm you can get this flashlight up. >> Yeah, sure. >> Thank you. Thank you. uh like coming from that and just working the weekend concept from my Met Life and all that. I'm a little tired cuz I haven't had >> like sleep or nothing from that. >> All right. >> So, it's not like I'm like >> So, right now you're you're healthy right now? >> Yeah, I'm very healthy. I can get out and whatever you want me to do. No problem. >> Okay. You got your license with you, Bernard? >> Yeah. >> Can I just >> step out so I can >> No, just stay stay in the car for me right now. >> All right. You don't think like I'm just >> too crazy. >> I think you guys are good. >> So you can see the tag. >> Oh, I didn't say I didn't believe you about working at Metife. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm just saying. So you can see what I'm talking about. Which one? >> Can't see. >> He's not doing anything. >> Well, do you take any medication? >> Oh, no. I'm just tired. It's not like >> Is there a reason why you stopped right here in the middle of the roadway? Like you didn't pull off to a parking lot. >> You didn't pull off to the street. You're like right at You see where you at right now? Like you at the intersection. >> Sir, I understand. I I'm just tired. Like it's not low. Like tip up. >> No, I I understand you're tired. But I'm asking you why why didn't you park into a parking lot? >> Yeah. Like give me >> Huh? >> Uh no, cuz I'm just tired. I just stopped for a second. That's all. >> Okay. You had anything to drink tonight, Bernard? >> Oh, no. >> Nothing to drink at all. >> No. >> What's that? >> No, no, no. I'm tired. That's it. >> Okay. All right. Give me one second. All right. >> All right. No problem. >> Just stay in the park. >> All right. What you saying? >> Saying he's um someone from Jersey City going to Yoners. Says he did like a sleep apnea test. He's saying he's tired. Um what do you see? Do you see any uh >> I don't see any indicators that you can tell off the top of your head. Smell anything like that. >> I can't I don't really smell anything. He's like just learning his words though like he can't correctly tell me something. >> Okay. >> Yeah. We'll take him out and do the SOC's anyway. Yeah. I'm just trying to >> Yeah. There's not really >> Yeah. >> Talk to him real quick. >> Yeah. He's if he looks good to go, we'll try to just escort him down. >> Yeah. Down here. Maybe to the parking lot or something like that. Okay. >> Yeah. Just talk to him. 30th >> is that people come back to Bernard >> 38. You follow me? >> 38. Hey, Tina. The radio's not working, I guess. Um, does the vehicle come back to a Bernard police well? Oh, I guess that didn't go over either. Uh, Victor 43 uniform delta papa. >> Okay. Can you run him all around, please? All right. Uh, we're about to see. Yeah, >> my question would be like where did you like how did you get to see if city >> Oh, because I was coming through this way to get to uh like jump on the DW and all Yeah. So, it's not like I'm like going like out of the way like I'm just driving. >> All right. So, what we're going to do is we're going to escort you to uh this parking lot that's around over here and then we're going to do some tests over there and then we'll go and make sure you're good to drive and if you are then we'll let you go. Right. Right. >> I was going to say I don't know if you want to >> angle >> someone going front in the back in a sense. >> Yeah. You go in front of him and then tell him to follow you and then I'll just reverse out. Just wait till he comes in front of you and then follow him. Okay. >> No problem. He's going to blow up. All right. All right. What was your first name? >> Bernard. >> Bernard. >> Yes. >> Bernard. All right. My name is Mike. Nice to meet you. >> So, just so I get a little general information, just keep your hands out of your pocket. What do you have in your >> You can just put that in your pocket. That's fine. >> Yeah. So, I'm just trying to get a little bit more information just cuz I want to make sure I understand what you're saying. I didn't really get too much information there cuz I didn't think >> So, listen. Let's start off. Where were you coming from? >> I'm coming from Jersey City. I live in Jersey City. >> Okay. You got my license and that's fine. >> Tape in my hand. Like it's not >> You drove directly from Jersey City to where you are right here. You didn't make any other stops? >> No, because I'm like literally going to my I'm tight. That's that's all it is. I'm not like going crazy or nothing. >> I just want you to make sure I just want you to understand that obviously we have to do our job. Make sure we do a proper investigation. We're not just letting someone understand. >> Nothing against you. So all these questions more or less so I can get a better gauge as far as what you're trying to tell me. >> I get it. I understand. So, you trying to go from Jersey City to Yoners? >> I'm going to Yoners. >> Okay. Um, where are you right now? >> I'm in Chicago cuz I'm I'm with the police right now. So, I >> was trying Do you know what day it is today? >> Today is the or the day of the week and then the number numerical day of the month. Can you remember? >> Well, I worked the weekend con that was yesterday. >> It was uh the sixth day is the seventh or what? The eighth rather. Okay. So, and what day uh what month is it? >> It's it's June. I'm going I'm going to Greece Saturday. So, it's like we can be like coherent and talk whatever. I drive for a living. I I work for Waste Man, man. Like, you can see I can pop the trunk. Everything I got, like I said, it's nothing against you. It's more or less just to make sure we're doing our job. >> No, it's depressing me. I'm with you. I'm I'm with you. I understand. I get it. I'm just tired. It just I did a sleep study. I can show you everything in my car like whatever. Just go through a whole random whatever you want to do. >> You want me to walk a straight line? Whatever you want. >> Let me Yeah. I'm going to start off by just um checking your eyes first. Okay. Okay. >> Um do you have any sort of medical conditions with your eyes? Do you have any a glass eye? Do you have any other medical conditions that would affect your your eyesight or anything like that? >> No, I just did I did a sleep apnea test over the weekend. So, I'm a little tired. I worked 60 70 hours cuz I got two jobs. >> Okay. I understand. >> I just showed you the parking pass for Metife Stadium. Everything is like I'm just just a little tired because of >> like listen, I'm I'm here to Whatever you guys need. I I made up for you. No issues, no nothing. >> You got nothing to drink today. Did you take any medication or anything like that? >> No, I'm just tired. That's it. That's >> We'll move on to the test then. Yes. >> Um let me open up this trunk real quick. >> All right. Do me a favor. cuz you're a taller guy. So, just sitting right at the edge of here. I don't want the uh the rain affect your eyes, too. >> So, just so it's easy for me, what I want you to do is do you mind if I get this mind if I just put this in your car real quick? >> Um you don't mind? Um >> just keep your hands right down by your side. My finger, right? It's going to be this part right here. Follow your eyes and eyes only. Do you understand that so far? >> Yes. >> All right. So, I'm just going to be checking your eyes real quick. Don't move your head. All right. >> I'm not moving my head. >> Well, you are moving your head. >> Yeah, because you I just shook my head to say can you said not moving the light. Okay. >> All right. Just follow me around. >> Yes. on. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I just place a question. How long we going to do this? I got you. I got I just got to do my test. I'll let you know when we're done. >> Okay. All right. So, now next what we're going to do is called the walk-in uh turn test. Okay. Remember this? So, what I want you to do is you're going to stand over here, right? You're going to stand at the edge just this line. What I want you to do is you're going to put your left foot on that line and you put your right foot in front of your left heel to toe like this. Okay? >> You got you're going to hold this position while I explain the instructions. Okay? Can you get in that position for me, please? >> Yep. Left foot on the line. Right foot in front of your left foot. Touch your heel to toe. Make sure get a little bit more in front like me like this. >> And left foot here. >> Left foot on the line. Right foot on your left. Just like this. All right. Put your hands down by your side. All right. You're going to stay in that position while I explain the instructions. Do not move from this position until I tell you. You understand that? >> Yes. Yes. So, when I tell you to move, when I tell you to begin, you're going to take a series of nine heel toe steps down this line. >> Once you reach your ninth step, you're going to keep your front foot or your lead foot planted on the ground. >> Okay? >> Use the other foot to take a small series of steps to turn yourself back around. Okay? And then you're going to take nine or touch down the line. Do you understand that? >> Yes, I got you. >> Let me know if you have any questions. I'll try to answer them. >> No, it's it's it's like, you know, I got on shoes, socks, whatever. No socks. I got >> Do you want to take your shoes off or your pupp? >> Okay. >> So, like I said, once I tell once I tell you to uh begin, you take nine steps. >> I'm going to do three for my demonstration, but you're going to do mine just so you get that so you understand. All right. >> So, I'm going to show you how to do it just so you can figure out how to do it. >> Yes. >> Like this. All right. >> So, this one, two, three. You do three, you do nine. You're just going to turn yourself back around like this. And you're going to take nine steps back down like this. One, two, three. >> I got you. Cuz you you did the eye test. Now we doing this. I got you. I'm I'm I'm following you, sir. >> Yeah. I just have to explain these instructions, not to make sure I explain them and make sure you understand. >> Cuz you was like this and then you went and I'm like, okay, I get it. Like I don't I'm here to make your job easy. >> Yeah. Yeah. No issue. I'm tired. That's it. >> I appreciate that. I appreciate nothing. I don't >> So just just cuz I I know it's starting to rain. I want to get through this as quick as possible. >> No problems. No problem. >> Efficiently as we can. So, um, like I said, do you have any questions for for my instructions or anything like that? >> No, you you you explain it to me. You want me to do it? I got it. I'm just trying to >> So, what I want you to keep in mind as you're doing this fast, I want you to look at your steps as you take them. I want you to count out loud as you take each and every step. I want you to make sure you keep your hands down by your side. Okay? Can you can you do all those? >> Do you want me here or you want me right? >> No, by the side. That's good. >> Cuz I got [ __ ] on my pocket. So you can be clear with it. >> Do you want to remove those things from your pocket? >> It it doesn't matter. I'm just going to keep them here so you can see it cuz I'm not going to fold in my pocket right here, sir. We're not too concerned about that. >> Okay. >> Oh, I'm I'm I'm just tired. That's it. >> All right. So, if you have more questions for me. >> No, I'm not done. >> You can begin. >> Okay. >> Ready? Because >> Yeah, you can begin. >> Count out loud, right? Do you want me like cuz I'm I'm stepping so you want me to count now or cuz I take two steps. >> How do you take each of the steps? >> Okay. 4 5 6 7 8 9. So you want me to turn around? What do you want me to do right now? Cuz >> Yeah, you turn around like that. I explain to you >> like this. Yeah. >> Okay. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. You want me to take another step to make nine? >> Well, yeah. I did say nine. So, if you can do nine. >> Nine. >> All right. Cool. >> No, I'm I'm just trying to I'm just trying to follow what you asked me to do. That's it. I >> Listen, I don't I don't want no to Listen, sir. I'm just trying to do what I got to do. >> I want you to stand I want you to stand right here and I want you to face me. So, I want you to put your feet together like this, and I want you to put your hands right down by your side. Okay? You're going to hold this position while I explain the next steps. Do you understand that? >> Yes. >> All right. Cool. Next step is going to be the one leg stand. So, when I tell you to begin, you're going to raise any foot that you choose, left or right. You're going to raise either foot 6 in off the ground. Okay? So, what you're going to do is once you raise your foot, you're going to start counting out loud as you're looking at your foot in a matter of 1,00 2,00 3,000 until I tell you stop. >> And let me ask you a question. You want me to keep my hands to my side while I'm doing this? I just I'm just >> Listen, I'm trying to comply with you what you want me to do. That's it. >> Yeah. >> I don't want no trouble. I just I'm I'm asking you, that's all. >> No, no, I understand. Yeah. So, you're going to keep your hands down by your side. >> I'm I'm going to demonstrate this test so you know how it looks like. That way, you have a better idea. >> No problem. >> So, um like I said, you're going to lift either foot of your chest in off the ground. You're going to hold it up. You're going to count out loud as you're looking at your foot. >> Yes. in a matter of 1 100 1 2 1 100 3 100 and so forth until I tell you to stop. All right. >> No problem. >> All right. So, it's going to look like this. All right. So, I'm going to raise my left foot. So, you're going to hold it out like this. You're going to count 1 1 2 100 3 100 and so forth. Okay. What I want you to keep in mind, like you mentioned earlier, hands down by your side. You're going to count out loud and you're going to keep both feet straight. Okay? You don't I don't want to bend at any any foot or anything like that. All right? >> No problem. >> Do you have any questions as far as the instructions or anything like that? >> No. I got you clearly, trust me. >> All right. One second to get my time up. >> All right. You ready to begin? >> Yes. >> All right. You're ready to begin whenever you want. >> 1,00 2,000 3,000 4,000 >> Get a little higher. 1,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 4,000 5,000 3,000 7,000 Oh my god. >> 6,000 7,000 8,000 My god. So if we really got to go through this. No, no, that >> touch. >> Okay. So now what I need to say is my legs are weak. Okay. >> Cuz I had pain surgery in my legs cuz uh I had poor circulation in my legs. So my legs are weak. So we not going to be I'm not going to be able to hold my legs up that way cuz >> What kind of surgery was that? You said pain. >> Yes. >> What what exactly did he do? They burnt the veins in my legs cuz I have poor both both my legs here and here. They burnt the vein in my leg cuz I have poor circulation >> going to my feet cuz my feet still hurt. >> Gotcha. When was that surgery done? >> It was It was done probably like probably 5 months ago. >> Five months ago. >> Yes. So my legs my legs are still weak. >> I gota Okay. So, it's not it's not like you're going to get the best of my legs, honestly. >> I get you. All right. And I >> And I can I can like my doc I can show you everything. I work waste management. >> Like, it's all documented. So, it's not I'm not going to give you the best of my like >> balancing and whatnot. >> Yeah. Is there any other sort of injuries or anything that you have to your legs besides that surgery? >> No, it's just that. >> And that's still both legs, right? >> Both legs. And I I got injections everything cuz they burn like when you get poor circulation to your veins, they burn the vein. So after 6 months, the vein is gone and you get good circul. >> Let me get Let me just do one quick test cuz I don't want to keep you waiting here. All right. No problem. >> So what what I want you to do is I want you to recite the alphabet. >> It's going to be from A to Z. Okay. What I want you >> to know the ABCs like that cuz I'm tired. >> You don't know the alphabet? >> I know the alphabet, but I'm tired. >> Is there any way you you know numbers? >> Yeah, I know numbers. Is there any way you can count back from a certain number? >> No problem. Whatever. Whatever you Sir, I'm here to >> Yeah. So, what we're going to do is I want you to count back from let's do from 35 to 25. Okay. >> But I want you to make sure you don't you kind of you do it in a slow control manner. >> Don't try to rush or swing or do anything like that. >> What Whatever you want me to do, that's for me. Like I'm >> Yeah. So So once again, 35 to 25. Count backwards from those numbers. Okay. Whenever you're ready, you can start. >> So, 35 45 no 35 34 >> Yeah. >> 33 um 32. >> Yeah. Yeah. Cuz if you walk here, 30 uh to 31 uh 30 30 uh 30 20 29 20 uh 8 20 uh 7 26 25 to 24. Do you now you want me to go back up? No, that's good. That's good. And then um once again, you didn't have anything to drink today, right? >> No, I'm tired. Like >> not anything. Not anything at all. I have anything to drink now? >> No. I I I can show you paper like everything. I'm take I'm speak I'm speaking to you now. I can show you paperwork like line for line like >> All right. One last test I want you to do is you're going to spread your feet like this. Okay. >> As wide as you can like this. >> And what are you going to do? You you can make a triangle in front of your your head or your face like this. Like that right now. Make a triangle like this. And then when I tell you, you're going to make that same triangle behind your behind your back like this. Okay. So, just let me get behind you. I want to make sure that it makes sense. All right. >> Let me know when you want me to do it. >> I'll let you know. I'll let you know. All right. So, you ready? >> Yes. >> All right. Put your hands big triangle right behind your back. >> All right. So, you're under arrest. Okay. by the end of the ent if you don't mind if you can wait with him while we do the search to the car. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Go ahead. Like why are you >> why? Because just based on the test that I done, you know, I believe that you're either impaired and unable to drive based on either alcohol or maybe even >> I'm tired. >> Okay, let's walk over here then. But you're under arrest. Okay, just step back. >> Just do me a favor. You're going to face the back wheel. >> Just face the back. One under 450. >> Yeah. My feet >> as wide as you can. A little wider. You did a little wider. Thank you. >> Yeah. But what did I do? Like like literally like I'm not even doing nothing. >> Well, you're impaired. You're not able to drive. >> I'm tired. >> All right. >> Like I said, so we'll take you back to the station. We'll get you some paperwork and you wait for me. But I ain't do nothing. >> I understand that. I understand you feel that way, sir. But unfortunately, due to my test, my observations, I think otherwise. Okay. >> I I know what you got. What you got? >> Can I make a phone call? >> Yeah. Make a phone call. >> Yeah. But can I make it now? >> Once we get to the station, literally like this is crazy. Yeah. Hey, Carpenter. We have one under. >> You heard? >> We can hear I can hear you, but but I guess you guys can't hear me. >> Yeah, I get 38. No, it's not coming over. >> It's only It's only coming over in the the cars and not the portables, >> dude. But we have one under the hard for nothing. >> Trust me, sir. >> Not against you. >> No, I get it. I get it. Listen, I get it. But he's doing extra things for nothing. I have on shorts. You see that? >> I understand that. But we have to do a thorough search because we're responsible. You can do everything you got to do. >> We're good. He's done. You can send it back. >> Yeah. Thank you. Like, you're going like, come on. Come on, bro. Come on. Like, really, this is ridiculous. >> Can you got the cuff on the [ __ ] damn sit, please? Do you have any bags or anything for your car? >> Yeah. >> Oh, good. >> You want to grab it? >> Yeah. Yeah. Police arrested a 52year-old man for driving while intoxicated. He was issued his motor vehicle summon for driving while intoxicated along with an additional three motor vehicle summones and was released into the custody of a responsible adult. Please leave your thoughts on this arrest and don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notification bell for new videos.