SASD Traffic Stop Procedure (Based off California Police Academy)

[RoryAnstruther]

I thought I'd post some of our procedures, such as common procedures like Traffic Stops. These procedures are taken directly from training for California Police P.O.S.T. Training. (Peace Officers Standards and Training.)

These procedures are only Required to be followed by SASD Deputies, I posted this here for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES to Officers, Cadets, and Freecops of ARPD/SAPD. If a moderator finds it unfit, I will snip my post, however I edited this guide carefully as to not contradict ARPD procedure, or Argonath Laws.[/color]
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Regular Traffic Stops
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A Traffic Stop is a duty you will face as a Law Enforcement Officer in the San Andreas Sheriff's Division every shift. It may seem routine, but there is nothing routine about a traffic stop.

Traffic Stops are the single most unpredictable scenario in a Law Enforcement Officer's job. Here we will teach you how to professionally and correctly conduct a traffic stop.
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You spot a vehicle doing 128 km/h in an 80km/h, and decide it's  time to issue this guy or girl a citation.

Initial Pullover
The first step to a traffic stop, is to pull up behind the offender, and radio in their ID # as their license plate. At this time you should also take a screenshot ( F8 ) incase you issue a citation, to use in court as a defense. Your transmission over the SASD Radio should sound similar to;
"Paul 32, Traffic Stop on Los Santos License Plate #12, West of GS9."
Of course, you're going to use YOUR badge number, the actual # of the ID of the suspect, and your actual location.

Once you have called it out, activate your emergency lights and siren, and type /m1. Once you have done so, they should pull over to the side of the road. If they have not done so at this time, you should issue several /m1 messages, and possibly even a "/pm ID pull over" message.
If the subject(s) still refuse to pull over, take a screen shot, and /su ID Evasion them.

Patrol Vehicle Positioning
When the subjects pull over, you can position your patrol car one of TWO ways, behind the offenders vehicle, no other way is acceptable;
- Slightly to the left, so the drivers rear view mirror is straight with the driver of the patrol car, or
- Slightly to the right, so the passenger's rear view mirror is straight with the passenger seat of the patrol car.

There is no other proper way of parking your patrol vehicle for officer safety reasons. Parking your vehicle directly behind the offender straight on, leaves you open to traffic collisions that are Officer VS Vehicle, and parking slightly to the left or right behind the offender, also gives your patrol car a direction to go into, instead of straight into the offender. It also provides you cover from the Offender and other traffic while writing a citation.

Never park your patrol car in front of the offender's vehicle, they can easily ram you, or if they are armed, shoot, before you have time to react. YOU want the edge over your subject, NOT them.

Depending on which position you park your vehicle, determines the initial approach to the vehicle.

If you parked your vehicle on the left side, you need to approach the offender's vehicle on the left side, making a drivers side approach.

If you parked your vehicle on the right side, you need to approach the offender's vehicle on the right side, making a passengers side approach.

Never, under any circumstances, in either patrol car positions, walk between your vehicle, or the offender's vehicle.[/i]


Initial Contact of the Driver
Once you approach the vehicle, determine how many people are inside, and the necessity of backup. You may want to call down a second unit, if you're by yourself stopping a car of 3 or more persons.

As I'm walking up to the vehicle, I usually time /registration ID first, so I can determine how my roleplay will go, especially on a speeding stop. People who do not have passports are unlikely to know there are speed limit laws, so I will be more lenient to give them a warning. In real life, your dispatcher will tell you if they have a license. Well in Argonath, this isn't the case, only /registration can tell you whether or not they should know better.

Greet, Inform, and Request

Upon contact, greet the driver. A simple "Hello Sir/Ma'am!" Is suitable. You want the offender to feel comfortable, a situation may get worse, or the offender may be hard to deal with if you're not polite. Remember, you can be polite and professional, but do not be friendly. Befriending opens doors to violence, and injury, as you're not expectant of that new "friend" to do anything violent to you.

After you greet the driver, tell them who you are. Such as "I am Sheriff Rory with the SA County Sheriff's Division, SAPD Freecop." Then, after such, let them know why you stopped them, "Sir I stopped you because of your speed." You can at this time tell them what their speed was, and the speed limit, and that you caught them on radar, or to be more "friendly", you can ask them first if they know how fast they were going, or if they know the speed limit. I usually say something like this:
"Hello Sir! I am Sheriff Rory with the SA Sheriff's Division," "The reason I stopped you is due to your speed of 128 km/h in an 80 km/h zone." I do not give the subjects room for question or misunderstanding, unless they are new. I greet them politely, tell them the conditions of their stop, and what I need, I do not ask them any questions or give them any signs except of guilt.

Once you have done so, request their license, or if they do not have one, some form of identification. If this is still not plausible, ask them for a name. If they give you a name that is not their player tag, roleplay it, such as going back to the patrol car and running their name, come back and say it was a mismatch with the computer, and inform them they gave you the wrong name, but try to be polite, such as "I think there's a problem, maybe I spelled your name wrong, or got it backwards, what was your name?" This gives them a chance to be honest, but if they give you the same name, tell them "Alright sir, well there is a mismatch here. You're obviously giving a false name, which I have the authority to arrest you over. Should we try this again?" If they continue to give a false name, call a supervisor and place them under arrest.


Returning to Patrol Vehicle for Information Check
In the case they give you their License, ID, or Real Name, tell them to remain in their vehicle and do not leave. Make sure they understand that they are NOT free to leave, and that you will return shortly. At this point, head back to your patrol vehicle, and run their information with dispatch (role play). If you decide to write a citation, now is the time to write one. If you get a "Ok" or a notice of understanding from the driver after saying "Do not leave, I will return in a moment, understand?", and they flee, you are well within your right to /su for evasion. They intended to flee.

Code 4 - No Further Assistance
When you return to your vehicle is when you should advise other units you are "Code 4" or if you are not, do not. You should NEVER say you are Code 4 at the beginning of a traffic stop, because you can be shot at, or your subject can run, as soon as you get out of your patrol vehicle.

Remember, "Code 4" means you are OKAY, and you do NOT need ANY further assistance. You do not know if you need backup until you initially contact the subject.

Driver trying to Exit Vehicle
If the Driver decides to step out of the vehicle, advise him that you told him to remain in his vehicle. But since he is out now, let them know to go ahead and step back to your vehicle, and that you are going to do a "frisk" patdown, or a weapon check only, for your safety. Him getting out of the vehicle to contact you or flee, after being told not to, is Probable Cause for you to believe there may be a safety risk involved. Your frisk patdown is ONLY for weapons, and if you find any drugs or contraband, that is too bad for you. Once the pat down is complete, advise the driver to sit back in his vehicle, or on your car's pushbar (front side). It's your choice, but YOU chose, not them. If they do not do what they are told, you can lawfully arrest them for disobedience, I mean, be fair about it. You're not trying to arrest everyone on the street, you're trying to deter crime.

Re-Contacting the Driver
When you approach the vehicle again, inform them of the situation. Are you warning them, or giving them a citation? If you are warning them, let them know something such as "Alright sir, here's your license back (/me hands license back). I'm just giving you a warning today, because (insert bulls**t reason here). Have a good day, slow down/drive more careful"

If you do issue a citation, inform them of the conditions such as the reason for citation, and the fine. Allow them to sign the citation, and take a screenshot of when they transfer you the money. If they fail to do so, the ticket can be disputed in court and you have no evidence.

The role-play allowance of screenshots here is the Radar Gun recording, and the citation as evidence.

Citation, or Warning, and 10-8
If the subject fails to pay the citation, inform them that they can be arrested if they do not pay for the fine. If they continue to dispute it, make sure they know they can take it to court. If they still continue, /su them for failure to pay ticket, and arrest. Make sure you call down an SAPD Unit for a witness, if one is available before you /su.

Once the citation or warning is issued, put yourself 10-8 and go your separate ways.
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High Risk (Felony) Traffic Stops
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Law Enforcement Officers in Argonath may be faced with pulling over a wanted subject, and the procedures are a little different than a regular traffic stop.
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Recognizing a Felony Traffic Pullover
If you pull up behind a vehicle that is a wanted subject, they may sometimes pull over. Officers are to take defensive action, before proceeding with taking down the suspect or suspects.

Order the Suspects out of the Vehicle
The DRIVER of the primary vehicle, shall step out of his vehicle with the door open, and gun drawn out at the vehicle, ready to fire. The shouting Deputy shall issue the following orders to the vehicle;
"/shout Everyone in the vehicle, hands up!!"
"/shout Driver!! Take the keys out of the ignition and put them on the roof!!"
"/shout Driver!! Open the door and step out facing away from me!!"
"/shout Driver, walk backwards towards the sound of my voice until I say stop!!" (They can walk backwards without turning their screen around, but their model will face you.)
"/shout Stop!"
(If there is no backup units, you can cuff your subject, and place him in the back seat, and continue to 'Passenger' section)
"/shout Side step to the right(or left, wherever your backup unit is) until I tell you to stop!!"
"/shout Stop!" (Stop them when they're in front of your backup unit. At this time, the backup unit will walk forward and arrest the suspect.)

Passengers
If the passenger of the vehicle is also a suspect, you shall do the same as section 1, but variations, such as calling them over to you if you're by yourself, and changing "Driver" to "Passenger". Arrest all passengers in the vehicle, and then

Vehicle Serach
Make sure the vehicle is clear of weapons and contraband.

Vehicle Positioning in a Felony Stop
Regular traffic stop positioning, except all backup units should be on the left or right of the primary unit, in a line.

All Deputies shall have their weapons on the vehicle at all times, not aimed at the suspect that is being arrested, due to crossfire situations. Only the arresting unit should have their weapon trained on the suspect.

[JaMeS Alterlis]

Good guide 

But I advise to do these following, since I am more expierenced with my Ex-Senior Officer rank

After you see a civilian speeding over 80km/h
You should report on the radio that you are gonna pursuit and pulling over [ID](car license) and tell them description of vehicle type, color, etc.
Hit your siren, use your megaphone. If the driver won't seem to pull over, you shouldn't PM them, coz PM is OOC and cannot use in these situation. After told them to pull over 3 times, you should /su them for "refuse to pull over" or try to "evading".

Dangerous situation:
1. If the driver pull over immediately, u can continue do normal traffic stop as they seem not dangerous.
1.2 Driver r acting not polite all sign of dangerous, you should carry ur nightstick and ready ur pistol.
1.3 I advise to carry nightstick after you get out from PD vehicle.
1.4 Do /registration [ID] b4 start Traffic Stop RP.

2. Driver don't seem to pull over after shouted on megaphone 3 times, u should report Code 1 on radio but u don't request assistance yet. In case this, u should park infront of them in case they seem to evade.
2.1 Do following 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

**Hold ur PD's door open in case of driver evade.

When the subjects pull over, you can position your patrol car one of TWO ways, no other way is acceptable:
- Behind their vehicle.
- Infront (blocking) their vehicle.
**Left or right is easy to let the driver evade and its block traffic.

When talking to the driver inside car:
- Go near the driver side mirror, but don't get near directly, u should a little backward (In back passenger mirror)
- See that if they carrying weapons or have weapons nearby the driver or not (U can OOC ask them)
- Tell them to turn off vehicle's engine, handbrake don't need ATM. Since there is no such that evasion.
- Do NOT act polite, I mean do NOT act anything at all. Just go and ask "Driving license?"
- Take their license and tell them to wait inside vehicle.
- Check their license with OnBoard Laptop inside car, don't take OBL outside from ur car, so u can ready to drive PD car if driver think to evade.
- Ask HQ Dispatcher about the driver record, or stolen vehicles.
- Save a ticket record on ur OBL and print it out.
- Give it to the driver and ask "Cash or Credit Card"
- If the driver don't have money, you must say "You will be arrest to "represent" ticket price"
- If the driver refuse to pay the fine, su them and arrest, tell them to step out from vehicle with hands in the air.
- Frisk them, take their sharp things and weapons. Cuff them. And drag to PD vehicle.
- In case of driver seem not dangerous or innocent, u should be polite to them as they will scare and won't co-operate with you.

If there is other passenger(s) inside that vehicle, u should tell all of them to remain inside the vehicle and don't do anything.

- If driver or passenger(s) act suspicious or dangerous, tell them to step out from vehicle with hands in the air. Frisk them, take their dangerous items.
- If they r too dangerous that u think u cannot control them, cuff them and make them remain sit on the sidewalk.

- If the driver or passenger(s) exit the vehicle once u didn't ask them to do. Frisk and take their dangerous items.
Cuff them if u think they r dangerous.

In case of the driver drunk or under influence of drug, test their alcohol with the alcohol device.
Make the driver walk in straight line, arrest them if they r really under influence of drug or alcohol.

Nothing more to explain I think.

 

[RoryAnstruther]

Very good addition, I appreciate the input.

One bit of correction, with the "Parking your patrol cars one of TWO ways, no exception" I mean behind the offender, and to left or right, not actually on the side hehe.

Such as:


Parking in front is never advised. If your subject is armed, they see you before you see them. It's bad officer safety.

Thanks for the additional input.

[JaMeS Alterlis]

I half agreed 

In case of driver seem not dangerous, but just an old granny fear a cop (for example  )
We should block infront their vehicle.

Well you should park behind them anyway.

 

[RoryAnstruther]

Ahhh okay I understand better now where you're coming from. Yeah, though I agree it works, I wouldn't advise doing it though :-p.

[JaMeS Alterlis]

lol I just saw the pic

Edited:

For pulling over Dangerable driver, advise to do this:


By paradise067 at 2009-04-15

 

[Chief J. Schappell]

Very nice explanation, but I'd like to mention that there isn't a California Police to use a P.O.S.T. from. Did you mean the California Highway Patrol's P.O.S.T.? That's what SATP is based off of.

P.S. It's "Police Officer Standards and Training".

Lol my dead step-grandfather is the main one that helped create the CHP P.O.S.T., but for some reason I didn't remember that until just now lol...

[JaMeS Alterlis]

Very nice explanation, but I'd like to mention that there isn't a California Police to use a P.O.S.T. from. Did you mean the California Highway Patrol's P.O.S.T.? That's what SATP is based off of.

P.S. It's "Police Officer Standards and Training".

Lol my dead step-grandfather is the main one that helped create the CHP P.O.S.T., but for some reason I didn't remember that until just now lol...

Awesome 

 

[RoryAnstruther]

No not California Highway Patrol, California State Certification P.O.S.T. for Law Enforcement, which is what ALL Police Academy's in California use, even Highway Patrol, it's just Highway Patrol training goes up and beyond the requirements of the POST.

[RoryAnstruther]

lol I just saw the pic

Edited:

For pulling over Dangerable driver, advise to do this:


By paradise067 at 2009-04-15

 

 
That's exactly what not to do. If they are armed, they have the advantage to pull the gun out and shoot you first, as you're in front and an open target. It's also bad officer safety,

If they want to run, all they have to do is backup and they're free. It's easier to chase someone when your car is behind them. Besides, if they really want to run, it's easy to just ram your car and take off forward, which is also bad officer safety. If they ram your car, guess who's in the way?
 

Also, positioning your patrol vehicle like that, if they backup spin around and take off backward, that means you have to go back to your car, get in, start it up, turn around, and then go, as well.. It may work for you, but it's not a good position to use in my opinion and my training.

[JaMeS Alterlis]

No no no 

1. Car's front is heading North East /    So u will be covering by the car btw driver and u.
2. Parking car like that, it can use as cover
3. Ramming un-straight car is harder than ramming straight car, they will have to reverse and go to very left lane, and finally got hit by car from South, or car driving against from North
4. If they success ramming, ur car will rotate yes. Same as the driver, they will get to the 2nd lane.
**When parking car nearby, there is no strength to put the car from that near distance, so while they reversing, u have chance to open fire, or get back to the car
5. Don't ever turn off the engine or close the door
6. If u in the way of ramming car try to escape, u can jump to behind the car, it's a good cover

U fail at scientlogy 

 

[RoryAnstruther]

Alright, I understand what you're saying. In theory I guess it'd be a good tactic. I'll have to try it some time.

[Chief J. Schappell]

No not California Highway Patrol, California State Certification P.O.S.T. for Law Enforcement, which is what ALL Police Academy's in California use, even Highway Patrol, it's just Highway Patrol training goes up and beyond the requirements of the POST.

California does not have a standardized P.O.S.T. for all agencies. They are too diverse in this state to accommodate that. Can you post your references please? Something is "fishy" here...

[RoryAnstruther]

The CHP Academy may use a different standards of training, but all Police Academy's POST Certify you for any job in Law Enforcement, at a City, or County patrol level. All Police Academy's train at the Basic POST level. If you attend Butte College, LA Academy, Eureka College, or any school that has Police Academy, certify POST on the city/county level, which is what the POST opens you to do.

The POST is created by the state government, and all academy's that certify someone to be a Patrol Officer at a city or county level, use the same criteria. It is state law.