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gangle
Guest
Georgia
I ask this because about five yrs ago, I was leaving a friend's wedding (after 3 beers in 3 hrs & weighing 180lbs, I thought I was safe) and got pulled over. DUI TF was called in and gave me the Fld Sbty routine. I asked the officer if video was running and he said yes. I saw the camera and red light on. To try making a long story short, I blew a .08 and he charged me w/ DUI, then wrote a huge report full of editorial liberties on how I was falling down drunk, etc.
In this jurisdiction .08 is "officer's discretion," so I had no problem (except for being extremely bummed-out) with the fact that I was arrested, since the law provided for such. What I did have a problem with, was the fact that he wrote a seething report that was 90% made up. When my atty requested a copy of the video, he was told that the camera in that car wasn't working. I told him that the officer had said the video was running. My attorney said that this jurisdiction had an audio policy as well, but when we requested the transcript to reveal the concealment of the V. tape, we were told that that the tape was being changed at HQ during the 2 hrs. I was being marched around and standing on one foot. So it came down to my word against his. When we got court the officer immediately suggested a plea to reckless and my atty said to do it, so I did.
I have a gay family member who was beat-up by police in the midwest. My brother's girlfriend was punched (requiring stitches) in the face by a cop for being a wise-ass.
I have had some very pleasant and professional encounters with police officers, so I don't have any bones to pick with them and truly respect and am grateful to people willing to do a tough job with most of society working against them and little recognition.
In light of the above, and the stories in here, and elsewhere, I have advised my wife and would personally prefer to proceed to a public place, especially one with video surviellance and preferably people if we get pulled over. I thought I would dial 911 on my mobile phone and inform them of my vehicle & location and ask them to tell the pursuing officer that I/she/we are proceeding to the nearest public place to stop.
Thanks in advance for any feedback
The question(s):
Is this illegal or an especially bad idea? Also, if searched against my will, can an officer prohibit me from video taping the process? I know that it'll anger some cops. But if most cops themselves don't inherently trust anyone, how can they expect others to? It is unreasonable to to solicit a witness?
I ask this because about five yrs ago, I was leaving a friend's wedding (after 3 beers in 3 hrs & weighing 180lbs, I thought I was safe) and got pulled over. DUI TF was called in and gave me the Fld Sbty routine. I asked the officer if video was running and he said yes. I saw the camera and red light on. To try making a long story short, I blew a .08 and he charged me w/ DUI, then wrote a huge report full of editorial liberties on how I was falling down drunk, etc.
In this jurisdiction .08 is "officer's discretion," so I had no problem (except for being extremely bummed-out) with the fact that I was arrested, since the law provided for such. What I did have a problem with, was the fact that he wrote a seething report that was 90% made up. When my atty requested a copy of the video, he was told that the camera in that car wasn't working. I told him that the officer had said the video was running. My attorney said that this jurisdiction had an audio policy as well, but when we requested the transcript to reveal the concealment of the V. tape, we were told that that the tape was being changed at HQ during the 2 hrs. I was being marched around and standing on one foot. So it came down to my word against his. When we got court the officer immediately suggested a plea to reckless and my atty said to do it, so I did.
I have a gay family member who was beat-up by police in the midwest. My brother's girlfriend was punched (requiring stitches) in the face by a cop for being a wise-ass.
I have had some very pleasant and professional encounters with police officers, so I don't have any bones to pick with them and truly respect and am grateful to people willing to do a tough job with most of society working against them and little recognition.
In light of the above, and the stories in here, and elsewhere, I have advised my wife and would personally prefer to proceed to a public place, especially one with video surviellance and preferably people if we get pulled over. I thought I would dial 911 on my mobile phone and inform them of my vehicle & location and ask them to tell the pursuing officer that I/she/we are proceeding to the nearest public place to stop.
Thanks in advance for any feedback
The question(s):
Is this illegal or an especially bad idea? Also, if searched against my will, can an officer prohibit me from video taping the process? I know that it'll anger some cops. But if most cops themselves don't inherently trust anyone, how can they expect others to? It is unreasonable to to solicit a witness?
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