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The above video is the correct way to handle a traffic stop. After the jump, I’ve posted several very informative videos about dealing with police, including the complete video that this excerpt was taken from, called “BUSTED: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters“.

If you get pulled over, just remain calm and remember your rights. Keep your hands on the wheel where the officer can see them. Police officers in some states have the legal right to search your car if they say they “smell” drug smoke. This is a very obvious loophole, but one you have to deal with since it is the law. The best way to deal with it is to only lower your window enough to talk to the officer and pass him your license and registration. You are under no obligation to lower your window completely.

When he requests them, show the officer your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. Try to remember the officers’ badge number and patrol car numbers, and write them down as soon as you have the chance. Police WILL try to intimidate you, and they WILL make you wait. Maintain your composure, don’t show fear, and be polite. The police officer will most likely ask you if you know why he pulled you over. Say no, never admit to speeding or try to guess why you were pulled over; just say no.

Don’t get into an argument with the police. You cannot win an argument with a police officer. Also remember that anything you say or do can be used against you, so say as little as possible. In some cases, police can search your car without a warrant based on “probable cause”. Make it clear that you do not consent to a search so you’re protected later on. It’s not lawful for police to arrest you simply for refusing to consent to a search. Remember that, NEVER consent to search.

Refusing a search DOESN’T mean you’re guilty. The age old argument: “Well sonny, honest people don’t have anything to hide” is nonsense. That argument has been debunked many times over. Don’t let that old line influence you.

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Thought this was very interesting and made a lot of sense.

As a frequent visitor to this site, I feel like I must reply to this.

Watching that video made me sick. As an Officer I can safely and truthfully say that that video is nothing like a true motor vehicle stop. I don't feel like going through the video step by step because I'm not here to flame, just to give some actual advice.

#1-The whole motor vehicle stop begins and ends with one thing in mind, Officer safety. Everything you do from the second my eyes land on you/your car is scrutinized. This doesn't mean I'm out to get you, but my main goal is to go home at night. So don't give the Officer a reason to be nervous. (Good example, opening your door while I'm walking to your vehicle. That is a great way to have a gun pointed at you(this can be made even worse if you have dark tints.)

#2-While the official rule is attitude doesn't carry any weight with enforcement options, common sense should tell you that isn't how the world turns. All I ask is you be professional and I will return the favor. Some days you'll get a ticket no matter what, some days you really have to earn it. It is your right to plead not guilty to the ticket, so there is no reason to argue it on the street. Doing this is burying yourself alive because we are supposed to write attitude and exact quotes on the ticket report so that the prosecutor can read them.

#3-If you follow the advice of that video you will be setting yourself in a position to get jammed up. If I see you lock your doors when you get out, that ramps up my suspicion. All I need to search that car is reasonable suspicion, which is not much. If you refuse to roll your window down, that's a little more of my suspicion. If your answers are vague and useless, that's a little more. It won't take me long to get in to that vehicle if I want to, if you act the way the kid did in that video. If eventually I do get in to the vehicle and find nothing, good. I'm not trying to get innocent people in trouble. If I don't find anything and you've been cooperative, you get to leave, usually with a verbal warning. If you copy that video there are plenty of options rather than just a speeding ticket that Officers can use against you.

I don't want to get preachy but I truly felt like this video could hurt people more than it could help. This is all my opinion and how I handle myself on a daily basis, I am by no means an expert. All of us work differently, just like in any other profession.

If anyone has any serious questions, please feel free to ask. I view my job as one of teaching the public and not making them my enemies. Hopefully this isn't seen as a flame post, as I do not mean it that way.

Drive safe.

My advice... don't get pulled over.

I'm with Narclax (Welcome by the way) on this one, suspicious behaviour like rolling up the windows and locking the car will get them to search your car.

Makes a lot more sense.

if i pull you over dont be a f*cktard simple as that. as soon as you open your mouth ill be your worst enemy. if you remain calm and just let me talk and state why i pulled you over and what violation you just broke, chances are ill just give you a warning.

then again, we cant all be as lieniant as me can we?

I agree with Narclax here, the video (to me) seemed very stupid and unprofessional, as every move he made i felt was very suspicious, even i (i am not a cop or anything, since im only a teen) would've tried searching his car, because of all the suspicious hints.

But where all of you FAIL miserably in agreeing with Narclax (and by the way, who the hell CALLS THEMSELVES a narc? weirdo...) is the assumption that appearing "suspicious" means ANYTHING. There is no probable cause, and thus any search made would be illegal. What that video shows is cheesy, to be sure, but in reality, everything the kid did was totally legit and the cop couldn't have done anything.

And as for you, Narclax, who clearly has no respect for the Fourth Amendment, if you pull me over, go ahead, search my car after I've explicitly stated I do not consent to a search. Do it because I wouldn't roll my windows all the way down. Do it because I was vague and quiet and refused to incriminate myself. And you know what, I hope you find loads of drugs and guns while you're at it. Know why? Because NONE of that will hold up in court--unlawful search, and ALL of the evidence gets thrown out. In fact, odds are good YOU would get in deep ****, and I'd likely be able to get money from the state/county for damages for your unlawful search. Good day sir.


Also, that stoner in the back seat was superb

Ever heard of "Reasonable Suspicion"?
Yes, simply refusing to roll down the windows, using vague answers, locking the doors, or not consenting a search is not enough for reasonable suspicion to warrant a search.
But the officer smelling dope is enough for him/her to search your vehicle.
Which that guy in the back probably smelt like. d:

If what you said worked, I could go around drunk driving, and not consent to taking a breathalyzer test.
And they'd get in **** and I'd get away for it for forcing me to do it/ making me do some other test to see if I'm drunk.
Which clearly isn't the case. =/

Um, no, not true. A police officer wouldn't have you take a brethalyzer or any field sobriety tests without thinking you're drunk first. If you're swerving all over the road, or when he pulls you over if you're slurring your speech, that DOES constitute "probable cause" (whereas not consenting to a search and exercising your right to the fifth amendment, i.e., self-incrimination are NOT) and you are required by law to submit to a sobriety test. Though, FYI, if you DID refuse and the officer took you into custody, by the time they processed you at the station and finally DID force you to take some sort of sobriety test, whether it be blood, urine, breathalyzer or whatever, you'd probably pass just because they take so long with their bureaucratic BS

Happy your a moron.

BE courteous to the cop answer his questions be open with him and he WONT search you period.

And usually they will give you a warning.

Also if your an eagle scout keep your Eagle ID card in front of your licsence cops notice that and it has gotten myself and a few friends out of tickets.

I will respond to Narclax comment in this way. I have been pulled over several times, and it's normally because my car is black and is a coupe, and is mistaken for a much more sporty car who has pulled away from a green light squealing their tires. Twice I've been pulled over far from the spot where the infraction has taken place, and twice an officer has lied to my face about going far too fast (last time was 55 in a 25 zone) and demanded he search my vehicle. BTW I never got a speeding ticked...

There are great police officers on the road today, but there are far more who work in small communities or counties who like to make everyone think their dicks are about 3 foot long, and do so by intimidating people. I see nothing wrong with the video above and the advice it's giving. If an officer is doing what's right, then he won't mind a driver doing the same things that's been demonstrated in the said vehicle. If he/she has a problem with it, then obviously the officer is trying to get away with something themselves.

Thank god! At least ONE person on WiiLoaded has some sense! I guess it's you and me against the world of corrupt cops, eh gft?

Lol that video was dumb

Yeah I guess so... Maybe we've just moved out of the "respect those with positions of authority (even if they're trying to dick you over) stage.

Maybe you're still stuck in that rebellious teenage stage of thinking all authority is evil

I thought its "respect your peers"?
Respect demands respect. Don't expect to be a dick and get treated like royalty.

And who said anything about dealing with a cop taking advantage of his/her position? That's a different story.
If the officer is being a dick, then sure; by all means do exactly what this vid tells you.
But its an everyday cop just doing his job; what reason do you have to do this unless you have been doing something illegal?
This video is obviously made to show people how to get away with illegal stuff (a la pothead in the back) in which case, they deserve to be apprehended by the law.

Or maybe I'm stuck in the "I've witnessed police brutality, seen cops getting high, and have fallen victim to tear gas for peacefully protesting" stage.

Also, I once had a cop throw his bike at me. No joke.

There is a REASON so many cops are corrupt--a HUGE number of people who go into law enforcement do so because they like to be controlling. They have low self-esteem, and so by being given a gun and a badge, they feel more powerful. Congratulations, you're a dick.

In the immortal words of NWA: "****, ****, **** the police!"

lol.. I kid, I kid

NWA's cause was a bit different then this vid i can assure you that.

Granted, but I still agree with them whole heartedly, and MY aversion to the police is more or less the same as theirs. Granted I'm Hispanic, not African American, but the same crap happens to me. You'd be amazed at the amount of racist and, particularly, ageist crap I put up with from cops.

In fact, I RECENTLY had a cop walk right up to me, snatch a cigarette out of my mouth (which I'd just lit, I might add...) throw it on the ground, stomp it out, and yell "You aren't old enough to smoke you ****ing little punk!" I pulled out my driver's license which shows that I am, in fact, 20 years old (gotta be 18 in the states to smoke) told him in a calm voice, "Yes I am you ****ing fat punk" and proceeded to light a new cigarette. The cop stood there dazed.