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Thursday, February 9, 2012

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1. Under What Condition Can a Police Officer Search Your Car?

Read more: What Are Your Rights During a Police Traffic Stop? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6309838_rights-during-police-traffic-stop_.html#ixzz1lfCsGlVt

2. Police Traffic Stop Procedures

3. Police Procedures for Stopping a Car


  BY Julie Segraves
Police traffic stops can be harrowing for officers because they never know what they will encounter. When stopping a car that is known to be stolen or driven by a wanted person, police know that the vehicle's occupants may offer resistance, and they can prepare for this by calling for additional officers to help. However, in an everyday traffic stop, an officer doesn't know how drivers or their passengers will respond to being stopped and must be prepared for anything.
    
  Detection
    • When an officer has determined that a driver will be pulled over, the first action should be to call in the traffic stop to the dispatcher. Included in this call should be the reason for the stop, the location, the vehicle's license plate number, a description of the car and the number of occupants. Activate your vehicle's police emergency lights to alert the driver and try to have the car pull over where there are no curves or intersections.
      Stop your vehicle about 15 feet behind the car, leave your vehicle's engine running, the doors unlocked and the wheels turned into traffic so it will be easier to get back into your vehicle and chase the car if necessary.

    • Approach
    • At night, turn on your high-beam headlights or spotlight to obscure your approach on foot and light up the inside of the car you are stopping. Check the car's license plates to ensure that they're valid, check the trunk to ensure that it's closed. If anyone gets out of the car, order the person back inside. Check for odd movements in the car or weapons as you approach.

    • Contact
    • Position yourself at the driver's window, but just behind the driver. Watch the driver's hands at all times and have the person give you a driver's license with the left hand if possible. If there are passengers, keep your eye on them. Try to keep your gun where no one inside the vehicle could reach out and grab it.

    • Completion
    • If you need to have the driver get out of the car, order the person to step away from it with their hands high, palms facing you; have the person kick the door shut. Have the driver turn around slowly while you check for weapons or have the person place both hands on the hood of the car so you can search them. When you are finished, have the driver step away from the car and face the light to limit their night vision.
      If you are satisfied that the driver isn't a threat and hasn't committed any violations other than the one that prompted the traffic stop, have the person get back into the car. Go back to your vehicle to write any ticket that is necessary. Return to the driver's car and hand the ticket to the person along with the license.