Michelle08
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kentucky.
A few days ago, I was driving from within the city limits, to outside the city limits. A car was behind me, but I didn't think it was a police car. Yes, I was swerving as I was driving a little distracted. Nearly 7 miles out of city limits I was pulled over by an off duty city police officer. The time of being pulled over until the time of arrest was at least 45 minutes or more, but I will shorten the story and get to the points. I had nobody with me as a witness. The off duty officer called in another CITY police officer and they both proceeded to give me sobriety tests. I failed the "stand on one leg" one, as I can barely do that anyway, especially in boots on an unlevel ground. The heel to toe test, I was told I passed it (on my paperwork, it says I failed due to not standing in position while being given the intructions). My paperwork also says I failed the eye test with nystagmus prior to 45 degrees and lack of smooth movement. They took the brown ink pen (at night) to more like a 75 degree angle. While keeping my head straight, I could barely see the pen, though I kept trying even though it was out of focus. With two cops against one, I know there's no way to prove all this, and the city cops are dirty and would/have lie(d) in court. The officer claimed he followed me 7 miles and I was swerving the whole time. Also, I am on Suboxone, so taking one per day will make me over the limit, but anyone with any knowledge on opiod dependence knows after 9 months of daily suboxone use, it will not make a person "high". Thought I'd throw that in there, because otherwise, I will fail in court. My questions are as follows: Was my arrest (in the state of KY) legal due to jurisdiction laws (he turned his blue lights on appx .1 mile before I turned off), so he was not in pursuit, is that legal? Is there a certain amount of miles an officer is allowed to follow you (while claiming you're weaving the whole time) before he must pull you over? The paperwork says "Exact location of incident", and the paperwork just says the name of the road, which goes completely through town and the county. The only witness I have of any sorts is my father and mother. They came and picked the car up, so they know where it was sitting. In addition, my father has put me in jail before on more than one occassion. He and my mother are both upstanding citizens, and would be respectable witnesses in court. Thank you in advance for answering my questions.
A few days ago, I was driving from within the city limits, to outside the city limits. A car was behind me, but I didn't think it was a police car. Yes, I was swerving as I was driving a little distracted. Nearly 7 miles out of city limits I was pulled over by an off duty city police officer. The time of being pulled over until the time of arrest was at least 45 minutes or more, but I will shorten the story and get to the points. I had nobody with me as a witness. The off duty officer called in another CITY police officer and they both proceeded to give me sobriety tests. I failed the "stand on one leg" one, as I can barely do that anyway, especially in boots on an unlevel ground. The heel to toe test, I was told I passed it (on my paperwork, it says I failed due to not standing in position while being given the intructions). My paperwork also says I failed the eye test with nystagmus prior to 45 degrees and lack of smooth movement. They took the brown ink pen (at night) to more like a 75 degree angle. While keeping my head straight, I could barely see the pen, though I kept trying even though it was out of focus. With two cops against one, I know there's no way to prove all this, and the city cops are dirty and would/have lie(d) in court. The officer claimed he followed me 7 miles and I was swerving the whole time. Also, I am on Suboxone, so taking one per day will make me over the limit, but anyone with any knowledge on opiod dependence knows after 9 months of daily suboxone use, it will not make a person "high". Thought I'd throw that in there, because otherwise, I will fail in court. My questions are as follows: Was my arrest (in the state of KY) legal due to jurisdiction laws (he turned his blue lights on appx .1 mile before I turned off), so he was not in pursuit, is that legal? Is there a certain amount of miles an officer is allowed to follow you (while claiming you're weaving the whole time) before he must pull you over? The paperwork says "Exact location of incident", and the paperwork just says the name of the road, which goes completely through town and the county. The only witness I have of any sorts is my father and mother. They came and picked the car up, so they know where it was sitting. In addition, my father has put me in jail before on more than one occassion. He and my mother are both upstanding citizens, and would be respectable witnesses in court. Thank you in advance for answering my questions.
