I'm not writing you a ticket if that's where you're trying to get at. I just want to make sure you're not intoxicated. If I ask you you come to Oklahoma very often you tell me no. Kind of if you're going to lie it kind of makes me think that there's other stuff going on than just you know, just coming up to visit somebody. >> Came January, came in March. >> Okay. If I wanted to search your car would that be a problem? >> That is a problem. >> Why is that? >> It's my private property. >> I don't know if that's going to stop. You might think so but it's not. This is Oklahoma, this isn't Texas. So if there's a little bit of personal use or something like that, not really uh not looking for that. If you've got 25 lb of marijuana in the trunk then we've got a different conversation but >> This is a motorist from Garland, Texas operating his vehicle on an Oklahoma highway when he is abruptly pulled over for allegedly touching the white fog line. However, instead of adhering to the traffic mission, the officer extracts background tracking data from his automated license plate readers to grill the driver on his personal travel logs from months prior. >> [music] >> This represents a severe overreach of Fourth Amendment boundaries. >> How are you? >> Fine. >> Do you have your driver's license on you, sir? All right, did you cross the fog line? I just want to check and make sure you're not intoxicated, okay? I'm sorry, what? The fog line, the white line right here. >> I didn't cross the fog line. >> Yes, sir. Yeah, you crossed over the fog line. >> You got that on the >> Yes. I'm not writing you a ticket if that's where you're trying to get at. I just want to make sure you're not intoxicated. Okay. I don't know that till I come up and talk to you. So, I need your driver's license and the insurance, please. What brings you to Oklahoma? >> Seeing somebody. >> Okay. Going to be up here very long or Uh you have the insurance? >> Okay. >> This is your vehicle? >> Yeah. >> Cuz there's only a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 2004 Lexus on this >> Do we have a last known direction of travel or any other calls on this subject? >> Negative. >> Okay, myself and 25 had a negative contact in the area with anyone matching the description. Show us back 10-8. >> 10-4. >> 10-4, 10-4. >> Okay. >> Just come back here. I'm just going to write you a written warning. I'll send you on your way, okay? But, I need you to come back here. Be careful getting out for me. No guns, knives, or weapons? >> No. >> Okay. Can you have a seat in the front for me? The front seat? You having a good day? >> Oh, yeah. >> Good. So, you said you're coming up to see a uh friend? >> Yeah, I said I was coming up here to see some >> You come up this way very often then? >> No. >> No? All right. You don't have any outstanding traffic tickets or anything like that? >> No. >> Okay. Never been in trouble. Never been arrested? >> No. >> Okay. So, you still live in Garland, Texas? >> Yes. >> Okay, cool. What do you do for work down there? >> Oh, I work in semiconductor. >> A what? >> Semiconductor. >> Like a truck? Is that a truck driver? >> No, it's a circuits, chips. >> Oh, okay. I've never I've never heard of that. You like it? >> Yeah. >> Yeah? 429 >> 429 Baker. >> Got it. >> John Victor Boy 0. >> How long have you been down there doing that? >> Oh, since the '80s. >> Okay. You've been doing it quite a while then. >> Mhm. >> 2017 >> Is it green or is it just something you >> 2017 black in color. >> Yeah, okay. >> Eric Foster, red and blue lights on. >> Not there, thank you. 325 mobile. >> Got it. >> And you don't come to Oklahoma very often? >> I mean we left the house and followed him out of track, so I'm tracking him. >> You sure? >> You shouldn't have been following him over here. >> Yeah. No? >> 34's en route to 25's location. >> No, what you talking about, March 10th? >> I'm just asking if you came to Oklahoma on March 10th. >> What was March 10th? >> I don't know. Or January 20th? Or January 11th? >> Oh, around the holiday. >> Well, that's after the holiday. >> You got plate readers? >> I mean, yeah, there's some on the front of my car. So, that's all I was asking. I mean, what Obviously, you're coming to Oklahoma for something. >> Yeah, friends. >> Okay. Well, I mean if if I ask if you come to Oklahoma very often, you tell me no, kind of if you're going to lie, it kind of makes me think that there's other stuff going on than just, you know, just coming up to visit somebody. >> Came up in January, came up in March. >> Okay. You staying for a couple days or >> I don't know how long I'll stay up here. >> Are you all right? >> Yeah. >> Are you sure? Cuz you're increasingly getting more nervous the longer this conversation goes, the more we talk about your travel to Oklahoma. >> Uh you're exceeding your limit of this being brief. >> No, no I'm not. Especially with the increased nervousness. So. So there's nothing illegal in the car then? You're not coming up here to get anything or do anything you shouldn't? >> Well, I never crossed the line, so. >> Oh well. I'll beg to differ about that. But you didn't answer my question. Is there anything illegal in the car? Um or any reason you're coming up here to get anything from Oklahoma to take back to Texas? >> So you're one of these trained observers. >> Trained observers? >> Yeah. >> Uh >> Tell me about your trained observer. >> No, I'm just a uh I'm just a cop. That's all I am. >> Sure. >> Is there something I'm supposed to be? No. >> The trained observer. >> You still didn't answer my question though. Is there anything illegal in the car? >> No. >> Okay. Is there any marijuana? >> No. >> Cocaine? >> No. >> Heroin? >> See? >> Methamphetamine? Fentanyl pills? >> Now you've exceeded. >> No. Is there any firearms in the vehicle? >> No. >> Okay. Is there any large amounts of US currency? >> No. >> Okay. If I wanted to search your car, would Would be a problem? >> That is a problem. >> Why's that? >> It's a vehicle stop. >> No, it's not a vehicle stop. You may think so, but it's not. >> All right, well go ahead. >> So there'd be no problem with me running my dog around the car to ensure there's nothing in there? >> Make it real quick. >> Huh? >> Oh. >> I didn't hear what you said. I'm sorry. >> I mean Oh. Oh yeah, you're uh run around the outside. >> Okay. Do you possibly have the insurance on your phone maybe? For the vehicle? Or do you Do you always have it mailed to you? >> It's mailed. >> Okay. Do you know what year that what year that vehicle is when Got a very long >> No. >> Did you get gas one of these? >> For an SUV. >> Yeah. >> So, when I run the dog around the car, there'd be no reason for him to indicate on it at all. >> What kind of signal do you give him to indicate? >> I don't give him a signal to indicate. >> You touch >> Huh? I don't touch anything. I mean, we can go down this road if you want to, but that's completely up to you. Um this is Oklahoma, this isn't Texas, so if there's a little bit of personal use or something like that, not really uh not looking for that. If you've got 25 lb of marijuana in the trunk, then we've got a different conversation, but you know, if there's some personal use or something, like I said, this is Oklahoma, the laws are a little different than than Texas. So, I'm not worried about some personal use. You'll uh go down the road and be on your merry way. Anything like that in the vehicle? >> No. >> Okay. All right. So, I'm going to have you sign right here where I've got a circle. Like I said, it's not a ticket, not a citation. There is no court, there's no fine. >> 337 Go ahead. >> So, I've got two rules while I'm out there. >> 2599 at 30 >> Don't exit the vehicle for any reason. If you need something, you can roll down the window and holler at me, okay? >> Okay. >> Do you have any questions? >> Okay. >> You sure? >> I'm fine. >> Okay. >> 27 in route. >> Off. Off. Off. Do you mind if I roll your window up, is that fine? >> No, don't go in the car. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Hello. Please. Shh, run it. Jump. Please. Hello. 45 is Okay. I'm 48, tied up. Can you send me another unit? >> 48 out of service, roger. >> Okay, clear. >> 334 out of service. >> You're good. >> 4108 from over here. Brandon was advised to put the fire out. He goes back to 108. >> I'm clear. >> Okay. >> Did the driver advise where they went or there's no one in the vehicle? >> Stand by. >> 328 >> Go ahead. >> Did he advise where she would be other than in the vehicle? >> Post 137th and 9th. >> Okay. >> 2025 I'm 50. >> Can you be on the air James Town apartment 517 801 West? Check on a suspicious subject. If you did check on those crews. >> 2025 28 on my 9. >> 2028 on my 9. >> I'm 90. >> Here. 2028 >> Go ahead. >> Give me an ETA on my 9. >> Watch my 10-4. 29 on my 9 10-4. >> Here. >> This dude's going This dude's going to be pissed. Well, he's lying about everything he's doing. And then told me I couldn't search the car, lied about all his trips coming up coming up and down. Told me I'm just a trained observer and told me I'm extending the stop and all kinds of [ __ ] So, he's he's not very happy. >> 25 on my 9 10-4. one day trips. You want to check the back? No. Huh? No. No, he works with uh circuits and [ __ ] Huh? Probably. I'm trying not to be. You got a what? No idea on that. >> Okay. Now, what caught my attention is the It looks like the exhaust is way lower when I drove by like it was hanging down and stuff. No, I haven't climbed under there yet. I've been I didn't want to climb under there with him. >> No? >> 25 alpha everything's normal. >> Yeah. >> Looks fine. >> 52 9 >> All her property is on the front porch. She's going to be waiting for a ride. She was about >> That's probably nice since What's your name? >> 9 >> What's going on 78? Who says it's going to be that? Visit a friend? I didn't know that. >> No. Yeah. You got your ID? >> Yeah. >> All right, have a good day. >> Case details. Initial pretext, crossing the white fog line. Legal violations, >> [music] >> unlawful prolongation of a traffic stop, pretextual drug dog deployment after consent refusal. Outcome, driver signed the warning ticket under duress. [music] K9 failed to alert. Driver released on scene.