Can you citizen’s arrest a police officer in the USA?
To answer your question with either a yes or no answer, the answer is yes you can.But, there are several things you should know before jumping out there like Gomer Pyle and yelling “Citizens Arrest, Citizens Arrest.” In most states, if not all, for a citizen to make an arrest the crime must be a felony - no misdemeanor arrest or you just might find yourself facing criminal charges while the person you arrested is sitting home, drinking a beer and watching the NFL with his buddy.Secondly, if the person you arrested received any injuries during your arrest and is later found not guilty by a court of law, you may very well find yourself responsible for medical bills, not to mention the poor slob you arrested is suffering PTSD and will try to bleed you for the rest of your life.Next, yours and the public at large, safety. Let's say you go to arrested someone for a felony and he/she pulls out a 15 round 9mm and starts blasting away at you. Maybe you get lucky and do not take a round in the gut or elsewhere, but what about the little boy and girl playing in their own yard and take a bullet to the head, or that senior citizen coming home and takes a shot in the back. Or how about that high school student taking his girlfriend for a ride in his new car, take a bullet meant for you causing him to swerve into oncoming traffic and meets an 18 wheeler doing 65 mph, killing both the boy and girl and causing serious injury to the driver of the 18 wheeler. Who do you think is going to be held liable for those damages, not to mention how you are going to feel if say that senior citizen or that little boy or girl playing in their own yard dies from one out of the 15 rounds Billy Bad fired at you kills one of them. Was it worth it?So before you go racing out there to make a citizens arrest give some thought of everything that could go wrong. Chances are if you think about it, it is better to let the police handled any arrest.NOTE: Keep an eye out for my new blog “The Badge and Shield” starting around the first of Jan. 2019. The website will allow you to get answers to questions like this from local, county, state and federal law enforcement officers. I will be sending an invitation also to Interpol and you may be able to ask questions about tracking down and arresting criminals worldwide.
Why do American police arrest drunk people, instead of forcing them to call a cab?
I have arrested somewhere around 1500 drunk drivers. While there were some exceptions, one trait I noticed most had in common was game playing, a “How do I talk myself out of this?” attitude. They tried all sorts of ploys to subvert the process, rather than show any remorse or try to make amends for their conduct.Before these lessons had been fully absorbed, I allowed a couple of them talk me into having them take a cab home. They promised to leave their cars parked where they were until the next day. In every case, the car was gone when I checked back 20 minutes later. I am sure that those people have bragged to their drinking buddies again and again how they got over that sucker cop.So much for being a nice guy.My resolve to get drunk drivers off the road has been reinforced by the numerous times I attended injury traffic accidents where people who were doing nothing more than going about their lawful business had been injured or killed by someone who couldn’t be bothered to call a cab.No one thinks that injury accident is going to happen to them. Those things happen to other people. Next time you drive by one of these or see one reported on TV, ask yourself, “What would it be like to have caused that?”
Should police officers ever use potentially lethal force on any unarmed individual?
Sadly, ANY use of force is potentially lethal.Just because an individual is unarmed does not mean they are not dangerous. They may be larger or stronger than the officer, skilled in fighting, fueled by drugs or insanity. In more than a few instances, officers have gotten into “hand-to-hand” altercations with individuals and found themselves overmatched.In such case, there is always the possibility that the individual will be able to take the weapon of the officer and use it against him.In numbers of cases, individuals who were “resisting arrest” by fighting with officers were subdued, handcuffed, and then died. Heart attack, “cocaine intoxication syndrome”, whatever.Most all departments have a very specific “use of force” policy which delineates what level of force may be used against what level of resistance. These are general guidelines and things can change in an instant.Just yesterday, I read of an incident where officers were trying to arrest a DUI suspect who’d fled his car and was hiding in a shed. In the course of trying to arrest him, one of the officers shot him with a “beanbag” round… And the fellow died. We’ve seen videos of individuals shot with several of these sorts of rounds… To no effect whatever.
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?
Is youporn illegal and can you get arrested?
do they have childporn in youporn?? if yes can you get arrested since they are not liable for the video?? but youporn is one of the most popular site on the internet is that mean millions of people will get arrested for watch youporn since lot of performers in youporn looks young?? how can i or the police know if thats child porn like 18(legal) or 17(illegal) do they just arrest the onw who upload the video or the one who watch it too??
Are police officers trained to tell if a driver has legitimate mobility issue compared to those who are intoxicated? Can someone sober fail the road side test?
It is not whether you stumble that’s being tested on a field sobriety test, but how your brain processes the corrections. A drunk or otherwise impaired brain cannot make the types of corrections that other brains do. So, that is one thing for which officers are looking.Yes, brain injury and other disabilities can cause problems with those corrections, but that is why a field sobriety test has a number of components - they’re watching for proprioception (the body knowing where it is in relation to itself), nystagmus (involuntary eye movements), logic of thought (or lack thereof), ability to follow directions, etc. Some disabilities mimic some of these, but often not all. And, if your disability does mimic all of them, one should really discuss with a medical care provider whether operating a motor vehicle is a safe idea. I had to give up driving at age 35 because of a neurological condition - the fact that it was a disability and I wnt to be independent doesn’t mean it is safe or wise for me to drive. Additionally, complex neurological conditions often require heavy-duty medications. In most jurisdictions in the US, if you are taking a prescription medication exactly as directed and it impairs your ability to drive, you can still be charged with a DUI - police don’t care why you’re impaired, just that you are putting everyone else on the road at risk.But, assuming a disability impairs some but not all of the factors tests in a field sobriety test and that the driver wasn’t driving in a wreckless, dangerous or erratic manner (in which case they probably wouldn’t have been pulled over under suspicion of DUI), most officers can tell the difference between disability and intoxication. If it becomes a problem, just ask for a breathalyzer to prove you’ve not been drinking (but that won’t help with any ticket deserved which triggered the traffic stop in the first place).I’ve had EMTs watching me in public. When we ended up talking, they said I caught their eye because they wanted to make sure I wasn’t drunk and going to be a problem later. But, as soon as they paid attention, they started to worry about me having a stroke, not being drunk. They could tell the difference between the disability and intoxication by my movements. Just one example, and not indicative of all disabilities. But, illustrative of how a trained eye can see the differences
What's the penalty for driving with a suspended license in california?
IF ITS YOUR 1ST TIME YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET YOUR LICENSED REINSTATED AND THE TICKET WILL BE CLEARED UP BUT IF YOU CANT THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY A HEAFTY FINE AND A DAY OR 2 IN THE JAIL IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR DRIVEING RECORD YOU MAY GET A POINT ON YOUR RECORD TOO BUT THE JUDGE GIVES YOU TIME TO GET YOUR LICENSE REINSTATED ARE GET THEM BACK ARE GET A LICENSE BUT I WAS FINED $255.00 FOR DRIVEN ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE TOO AND SERVED A 2 DAY SENTANCE FOR THAT CRIME I HOPE THIS HELPS AND A WORD OF ADVISE TO YOU IS THIS ...DO NOT EVER AND I MEAN NEVER DO WHAT I DID . KEEP DRIVEING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE CAUSE I DID IT 11 TIMES WITH PRIORS AND I GOTE 6 YRS IN THE JAIL AND LOST MY LICENSE FOR 2 YRS AND PAID A FINE THAT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD SO MAINTAIN A GOOD DRIVEN RECORD AND THEY WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE GOD BLESS. AND HAVE A GREAT DAY DONT WORRY IT WILL TURN OUT OK AND LEAVE IT IN GODS HANDS AS THERES NOUGHTHING HE CAN FIX ARE HELP WITH.......
Why are police officers allowed to pace cars speed when there's so many variables?
Pacing a cars speed involves a lot of variables which means there's no exact about this methodology. So why on earth do we allow police officers to concretely use this from of speed measuring against us? I've seen pacing defenses and basically if you're smart enough you can make the cop look like an idiot when court day comes. You would basically ask the officer a bunch of scientific questions about how they paced you. From my reading, most cops have no idea how to answer the mathematical questioning with regard to the pace techniques they use. Once you prove they don't have vast knowledge about the process, their credibility is disproved and the case is dropped. Back in the day as I understand you had to be certified to be able to pace cars speed, VASCAR i believe. Cops underwent extensive training to be able to pace a cars speed and have it stand up in court. Now a days as I understand, ANY cop can pace a car without extensive training by simply using the mile marker for 1/10th of a mile. This is where a variables come into play, this form of pacing is not exact and I don't understand why we allow it to stand up in court. Radar/Lidar I completely understand, it's way more exact than some quasi educated officer trying to pace my speed without through training. My main questions are what type of training does the average police officer undergo if any, to have the ability to pace cars using mile markers? Second question, why do we allow this method of speed measurement to be concrete simarily to Radar/Lidar units? At least with radar you can reques to see if it's been serviced correctly ect, what rights do you have when a cop uses pacing as the means for capturing your speed?