police officers often prefer to escalate and complicate simple issues rather than resolve them quickly today we will look at an interesting example of this on May 30th 2022 two Yavapai County sheriff's deputies on patrol noticed a vehicle with broken headlights and initiated a traffic stop the encounter was recorded on both officers body cameras just go over there and let know oh yeah can I get out and leave go home yeah you can you're a passenger yeah yeah I can yeah you're the passenger are doing I live there yeah what is what is this okay my is open calm down stop talking just stop talking stop talking I'm good okay go whatever you need to do what's your name I own the property right do you have a middle name and what's your date of birth oh my God he's going to stand here and give you a goddamn lecture do whatever you need to do you've gotten the information he's a passenger this is nuts you are too young to be doing this hey can you step out of the car please no go on with what you need you have my name you have my birthday what other information do you need you can look up by that address and you can find my name that's me I need to step out okay no I don't need to step out just I'm good I if you're going any further with anything I'd like to talk to a supervisor I'm good I don't want to talk to you anymore so here's the deal I understand you don't want to talk but I am going to talk currently we are doing a traffic stop I'm not going to let you just go off across the street you are not free to go at this current moment in time for all I know oh my God he's going to stand here and give you a goddamn lecture do whatever you need to do you've gotten the information hey have first step out you just started because you said my headlight is out you don't do all of this for a headlight my father's a police officer you are completely out of line both of you this is nuts here's the deal we need to call your supervisor your supervisor out here now and you need to explain to them what the [ __ ] you're doing to pull my wife out of the car this is super super stop talking get the super your supervisor out step out of the car now all right we're pulling the police department right now during the traffic stop officer Galay approached the driver Becky Bailey from the driver's side instead of informing Miss Bailey of the reason for the Stop officer gay immediately demanded her personal information as can be seen in the footage the Second Officer on the passenger side displayed a similar Behavior both officers asked Miss Bailey to step out of the vehicle but it can be argued that there was no Val valid reason for this request given that the reason for the Stop was a broken headlight don't you [ __ ] touch don't touch call hey okay you need to step out of the car now given the behavior ma'am step out of the car now step out of the vehicle now okay that's fine but I want you to step out of this vehicle right now that is a lawful order step out of the vehicle or you will be my father is a police officer completely out of line This is a traic stop right highlight this out there's no reason for me to get out of the car you need toite me a ticket and go on your behavior why because I'm annoyed about you coming up here and giving us lectures what is your goddamn problem now I'm trying to call your supervisor or get another police officer out here but instead you're standing outside my door and yelling at me you're not even allowing me to call the police myself and you're telling me that my behavior is suspicious your behavior is suspicious I am angry because you are stopping me from going over there to my house this is nuts Bor and want something to do step out of the vehic you [ __ ] know I calling your supervisor sir can you please calm down ma'am will you step out of this vehicle please what do you need me to step out of the vehicle because given your behavior right now I want to for you to step out of the vehicle for everybody's safety for all I know for everybody's safety yeah and plus I am asking you to step out of this vehicle will you please step out of this vehicle and you're being like a child because I won't do what you ask you to do because you're police and you have the authority you're going to you have no reason for any of this you said you needed to know my information you are asking me questions about who me step out of the car stand back here every single question that you asked me now you can go and run that information right there and you'll find out that my record is completely clean I've never been arrested for anything I've got no traffic tickets there's nothing wrong just because I have no teeth it doesn't mean that I'm doing speed or me or anything like that because why are they telling me to step out of the car this is [ __ ] insane they're not going to stop it so go and run my name run my information and then you can find out who you're dealing with can I ask a question can I just ask you a question I I know for myself that we were just running the store and back and this is spiral so now I'm because that's happening and she is just irate I'm asking for a supervisor before you end up touching in my wife we are in the influence of nothing this is about a traffic light I'm worried you're about to ticket and go it's apparent that both officers had malicious intentions during the traffic stop as admitted by the Second Officer he explicitly stated that Miss Bailey's attitude and behavior were the reasons for asking her to step out although they later claimed it was for safety in Arizona officers can order occupants to exit a vehicle for safety or investigation reason however even though technically allowed we can argue that the officer's basis for doing so in this case was unjustified as conceded by the Second Officer supervisor I never said you guys were under the influence of anything you telling us to step out of the why why step out the vehicle why any of people around go you have my information Becky run my information please quit yelling behind me Becky Becky Becky yes go run my information you're worried about me what you're worried that I'm going to drive away take the keys to the car why the hell would I drive away my house is right there where am I going to get what am I going to do can I just oh please you've been dying to that's why you got mad because I rolled up the window and and let you give him the speech so give me the speech that you need to give this is nuts okay first and foremost now I'm going to start believing you are under the influence of something cuz you guys are talking about that I never said anything about any drugs or anything like that great that's one two if you want a supervisor down here it's going to be an hour plus for them to get down here we've got kids in that house I know they don't give a [ __ ] they're on their little game their little Power Trip okay this is nut can I call my no I submit whatever the [ __ ] you want I will do for you so I can get the hell out stay in the car now oh my God don't touch her stay in the car now don't touch her oh my God I'm not going to do nothing I'm not getting out of the car is overacting over here you're like trying to JP on me as I'm walking out stand the back of the car I submit whatever the [ __ ] you want I will do for you so I can get the hell you need to calm down sir stay in the car now oh my God stay in the car now oh my God I'm not going to do nothing stay in the car I'm not getting out of the car is overreacting over here you're like trying to jump on me as I'm watching out to stand at the back of the car go do what you need to do I'm Miss Bailey complied with their unfounded orders and stepped out of her vehicle subsequently the officers charged at her husband ordering him to stay seated officer gay then directed Miss Bailey to face the vehicle for a pat down and handcuffing further prolonging the detainment without a clear justification it's noteworthy that at this point the officers had not provided any legitimate reason for their actions it seems as if Miss Bailey's resistance to the violation of her rights displeased them I'm standing at the back of the car now Mr turn and face the car hands on the hands on the TR pleas no I'm not no I've done nothing but drive here you're not doing this to me no you're not doing this to me I there's no reason for you to arrest me you have you are being detained at this current moment in time the reason being stop Becky stop you do not get in that car please don't touch her I will give you the police number for dispatch get to the back of the car tellr I don't know what to do he's telling me he's going to arrest me what are you doing sir you are being detained this is this is nuts I don't know I don't even get to the back of the car now or I will place you in cuff and I will put you in the back of the patrol car what what are you going to right me up for for um having a a burnout taite for not getting out the car standing here when you wanted to for being upset when you're stopping me and all my kids are right there and I can't go take care of them I don't get this okay you've got to make up something real quick here for what it is and why this way this is I am treating you this way because of the way you've been acting in that vehicle to that Deputy to myself you flung that door open he tried jumping out of that vehicle as well I have half the mind to put both of you in cuffs right now okay if we had intention on running I mean that would have been okay this is not this guy is dumb okay I got you you're the boss I will dip my lips and just let's go on so we can go back to our house do you have her information yeah run her now please oh my God you tried jumping in that car I want you to keep your hands where I can see them please here they are what is your name my name is Dey raford I will give you a business card if you would like one I will we'll be going down to pay a visit to G County Sheriff tomorrow this is insane oh you are making such a mistake oh my God and that's fine it's not the first time my job has been threatened your job has been threatened I'm not threatening your job I'm just saying that you're definitely making a mistake the way that you're reacting the way that you're treating people but those I'm going to tell you right now in fact I'm actually handling this a lot calmer than most others oh my gosh well then you should not be a police officer it's it's that's crazy it is clear that officer giles's conduct toward Miss Bailey was motivated by his attitude and contradicted the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office mission statement which emphasizes honesty and respectful Behavior officer gal's condescending behavior is contrary to the rules of conduct set forth in the Arizona Administrative Code this code requires employees to to exhibit respect fairness care impartiality courtesy efficiency and integrity in all interactions with the public officer gal's conduct clearly constitutes misconduct out my call I'm stuck here for so long I'm I'm yes shut up [Applause] I mean this is a funny thing I mean the problem of not my ID is like right there but it's like the problem is created because we can't be sensible [Applause] [Applause] call S tell him to get the pizza out of the oven what's his name Joe Joe Joe do you have somebody in the house right now she's in the they're in the motor okay if you want to make a phone call to have her take the pizza out that is fine watch her that is fine watch her what are you doing you ran my stuff everything you find on my information you can't act like there's something wrong with my information we're going to figure this out okay you're not you're detained right now okay that doesn't mean you're under arrest you just can't leave right now okay because my headlight is out you understand this is why you stopped me yes and you're detaining me because I very SW the door open and almost hit us no I swung the door open you told me to get out of the car what do you tell me to get out of the car for it wasn't cuz I swung the door open of course I swung the door open because I'm mad I'm very annoyed I'm trying to go up to the store get some ice and soda go home and get pizza and then you come up in all of this for a burnout headlight I have had burnout headlights before millions of times never never all of this never get out of your car I mean wow stop talking these guys are just wow too poor tonight so you ran my information and what did you get everything is fine so now what do we do what do you do now we're going to wait wait for what just going to wait right now are you waiting for the my information to come back mhm you oh you're waiting for it to come back oh okay I thought you said you already got the information yeah we're just waiting right now for what for the information but you said you got it or you don't we're waiting for it okay so if you get this information I guess hypothetically and it comes back and like I'm saying there's my name is clean there's nothing going on and I go home is that true or are we waiting for another police to come because you guys are going to arrest me because I got mad because you stopped me and started all this to the headlight now we're going to make it be longer and longer is that what you're doing no I really hope not like so what you're telling me is if we run the record and the record's clean then I get to go home is that true we're going to figure that out in a second okay figure that out in a second you can't give me an answer to that oh Joe this is going to be long just calm down just sit there okay this is crazy got so much work going on oh my God D just keep your hands up on the trunk okay you're not even going to tell me I'm not going to give you the pleasure of sitting here with my hands on your truck until your backup comes to arrest me to make up your stupid story about why you're going to take me to jail tonight this is this is crazy because of a burnt out headlight this is insane obviously that's what we're doing because if you're not telling me what was the use of getting my information if it doesn't matter what the information is can you answer me that I'm sorry what's your question I'm like it obviously it doesn't matter what the information is that you get back about me right you've already already decided what you're going to do it makes no difference about my information no well if I say if my but then if I'm saying if my information is clean then we're going home you're saying well we don't know we're just waiting on the information okay right right but in the hypothetical the information comes back and everything's fine then I go home is that true you're saying you don't know so that's why I say well then what's the use of the information because if you have information that there's nothing a problem then it should be pretty clear that at that point then we go home but instead I need to learn my lesson that when a police off comes and talk to me I need to be absolutely respectful to him or he can arrest me make up anything he wants to arrest I just asked for your name and you became angry about it right so you're going to arrest me no right now I don't know well yeah see and if you're telling me that you don't even know if my information comes back clean or not you still don't know then that means that you're thinking about whether to punish me because I'm not happy with you when you pull me over and start asking me all the questions just kind crazy right so what and I said I so I don't like what you're asking me I'm allowed that that doesn't me you're supposed to have a driver's license too when you're sure but I mean you arrest people for not having the driver's license on them I never said I was going to arrest you well you're telling me that you don't know if you're going to let me go so I'm curious as to what is the thing that has happened here that you don't know if he'd let me go or not it can be argued that the traffic stop was unnecessarily prolonged because officer Galay waited seemingly without cause Arizona's law regarding the extension of traffic stops is based on the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution which protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government while Arizona does not have a specific law directly addressing the unreasonable extension of a traffic stop or the use of an extend ention as a pretext the Constitutional requirement of reasonableness applies to all police conduct including traffic stops does that make sense during a traffic stop I have to identify you okay you didn't have a driver's license okay so I could site you for without your headlights out too right okay so if you're going to arrest me for that is that what you're telling me for yeah you are you're waiting for your backup to come oh my God ma' hey stop no I'm I'm not I'm just letting you know go back there telling me now go back there now because they're waiting for backup to come go back there now to arrest me just so you know they're going to arrest me because I didn't I wasn't nice enough to him when he pulls me over about the front tail light cuz my record's clean so if you're arresting me that's all that it's for that's crazy okay well now okay I'm going to ask you some things okay all right so are were you why were you trying to get back in the car I was walking over to tell that Joe know that is very clear that you guys are planning on arresting me so he can know what he needs to do okay so here's the deal okay given your behavior right now and how you're up and down up and down okay you're all over the place will you consent to fscs for us the standardized field sobriety test if I can do it right here yeah this traffic stop initially for a broken headlight escalated absurdly to accusing Miss Bailey of being under the influence of alcohol such a significant shift often indicates officers searching for reasons to justify an arrest after subjecting her to a sobriety test for over an hour the officers concluded she was under the influence leading to her arrest for driving Under the Influence at the station she underwent a drug recognition evaluation to assess impairment and identify potential substance use or medical conditions I have nothing in my yeah whatever you want yeah no right here would be perfectly fine sure okay would you you'll consent to them of course all right you want to grab a h uh FST she can I take your glasses off for just a minute okay I'm going to have you follow the pen with your eyes yes what's that is that the pen thing yes I can follow the p with my eyes Okay I'm going to be doing different things in them I'm going to be doing some of the same things but I'm going to be doing some some different things so try not to anticipate what I'm going to be asking you to do because I'm going to be doing different step okay okay so and it's it's it's easier and this will go a lot faster if they just listen to my instructions okay instead of interrupting me and and trying to anticipate what we're going to be doing all right are you doing okay I saw that look on your face I'm sorry it just I'm sorry we're doing our job that's good so I need you to follow this far my pen you're going to follow with your eyes without moving your head do you understand that yes I'm curious like do we not get like the immediate results back from the analysis yeah we'll get that but I'm doing a Dr so I don't I don't look at that before before I've done my it it tains the the examination so after I've made my call then I'll look at the the results and okay I need you to hold that under your tongue hold it with your hand cuz I'm going to be taking your blood pressure your left just relax it on your leg wor my blood press us very low try not to talk um because it'll take longer to get you have your huh yeah was extremely extremely F cuz I see anything when was the last time you smok marij this morning this afternoon before I left so I just asked you if you were on any medications or drugs not like a medication or drug marijuana is a drug maybe legal but it's still a drug so everything that I have have nothing so her heart R the only thing that I got on at that was the only test so let me uh it's your case right so so basically you've got THC in your system and based on what they saw out in the field with their fsts they saw impairment out in the field so we're going to S and release you for DUI okay beautiful an hour of testing proved that Miss Bailey was not intoxicated however as a result of Officer Gay's efforts Miss Bailey was charged with driving under the influence and released even though the tests proved otherwise at the time of the video's release Miss Bailey's lawsuit against the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the officers is ongoing for audio recordings of the trial you can access Miss Bailey's YouTube channel via the link in the description take care stay safe