And the red light violation back there on Delpra. >> Red light. >> Yeah. >> Which red light? >> Which one? There's red on the top. >> There you go. That's why I was right back here. Okay. >> So, been drinking tonight? I smell some alcohol while I'm talking to you. On September 7th, 2024, Cape Coral Police Department in Florida pulls over Samantha for speeding, tailgating, and running a red light at the intersection of Delpra and Veterans. What begins as a simple traffic stop quickly becomes a full DUI investigation due to observed clues of impairment. Myers capable police department initiated a traffic stop for speeding following too closely and the red light violation back there on Delpra. >> Red light. >> Yeah. >> Which red light? >> The light at Delpra and Veterans when you pass under Veterans made that left-handed turn back there on a red light. Okay. >> Perfect. Thank you. I need that. >> I have registration documentation for the vehicle, please. >> Uh some clues of impairment. Okay. So, um, just cuz we're >> just outside of our jurisdiction. I'm going to make sure that we have someone that does have jurisdiction come over. >> You have any guns, knives, weapons on your person? >> No, there's uh two needles in here cuz I realized I grabbed them from work because I work as a medical assistant. That's about it. >> It's a steroid in the >> Yeah, it's a steroid. It's a >> But do me a favor. Take your seat belt off. Exit the vehicle. your car right back here. So, been drinking tonight. I smell some alcohol while I'm talking to >> All right. >> So, based upon the driving >> Uhhuh. >> speeding, following too closely. Red lie. Okay. Uh my interaction with you leads me to believe that you might be impaired and unable to safely operate the murder vehicle. >> Okay. >> As such, I'm going to do a DUI investigation. Will you participate in some standardized fields priority evaluation? >> That's fine. >> Okay. I have some questions for you tonight. Are you sick or injured? No. >> Diabetic or epileptic? >> No. >> Do you uh are do you have any physical limitations? Anything keep you from walking or standing? >> No. >> Okay. Do you take any medications or throws or anything? >> Okay. Um are you blind in either eye? >> No. >> Okay. You wearing contacts? >> No. >> Except for any major head trauma? >> No. >> Okay. Um I'm going to have you uh take a couple steps this this way. There's my officers over here. One more shot. >> Yep. Right over here. And then right there. That's good. You face me. Stand with your feet together. Hands to your side. Are you comfortable in those shoes? >> Not really. You want to take them off? >> Pretty high. Sure. >> Take them off. By >> all means. You can lean up against your car if you need to. >> No, it's fine. >> All right. Bring your feet together. Hands to your side. You see my pen there? >> Mhm. >> What color is my light? >> Which one? There's red on the top. >> There you go. That's what I was doing. All right. I want you to stand still. Do not move your head. I'm going to move my pen left and right. >> You follow my pen with your eyes and your eyes only. Do you understand? >> Yes, sir. >> Are equal in the resting stagmas. Follow my pen here. Equal tracking. Smooth. Hold it out here. Continue looking. Try not to move your ear. Keep your head pointed forward. Okay. That's the place we're staying. The officer asks her to step out, citing the need to investigate further. Key lesson here. Officers must articulate reasonable suspicion to prolong the stop under the Fourth Amendment. Here, it's the driving violations plus the smell. Samantha consents to the DUI investigation, which is her choice, but refusal often leads to automatic license suspension under implied consent laws in Florida and most states. Okay. Try to keep the chin down. We're going to go up. I'm stand. Just relax. Take a breather for a second. Get down the line. temperature down. Let's turn them on board. Come on over here, Samantha. All right, you stand on this end of the line for me. Face your vehicle. Okay. So, what's going to happen? I'm going to place you in the starting position. Then I'm going to give you the instructions to demonstrate. Okay. Don't start anything until I instruct you to begin. Do you understand? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. So, for the evaluation, go ahead and place your left foot on the line. Take your right foot, put it in front of your left, so your heels touching your toe and rest your hands to your side, just like so. Hands to your side. >> All right. All right. When I tell you to begin, I want you to look down at your feet and count out loud as you take nine heel to toe steps down the line. Turn around and take nine steps back. And it's going to look just like this. 1 2 3 4 5 all the way to nine. Very important, Samantha. Turn yourself around on your last step. Keep your front foot on the line. Take your back foot. Take serious small steps. Turn yourself around and then take nine steps back down the line in the same fashion. So, one, two, three, four, five, all the way to nine. Don't stop and pause until you've completed everything in its entirety. Do you understand all the instructions? >> Jack, can you stand on the other side of her with my camera? >> Yay. >> Okay, you ready? May begin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 I'm trying to make sure my heel touches my toe. Do I have to do that? >> Yeah, 7 9 Samantha must stand heel to toe on an imaginary line. Take nine steps counting aloud. Turn and return. The officer demonstrates perfectly in stresses instructions. Don't start until told. Keep arms at sides. She struggles slightly with balance and counting. >> Wanted no shoes for about 6 hours. So, my bunion hurt. Probably don't know what a bunion is, but yeah. >> Well, I don't envy you. I would never wear those shoes. >> I would hope not. >> Okay. I have you stand right here, please. Bring your feet together. Put your hands to your side. Is there anything else? You understand? Thank you. >> Okay. So, for this evaluation, it's your choice. You're going to raise either your right foot or your left foot. Okay. So, for example purposes, I'm going to raise my right and both of your legs are going to be straight. You're going to raise your right foot or your left foot. You want it 6 in up off the ground. If it helps, picture a soda popup game between the bottom of your foot and the ground. You're going to look down at your race foot and count out loud by thousand. So, 10,000 1,002,000 3,0004,0005. You'll continue counting until I instruct you to stop. You want to avoid hopping, swaying, use your arms for balance, and putting your foot down. Now, should you put your foot down as soon as you can pick the same foot back up and continue counting from where you left off. So, if I left off at five, same foot back up. 1607 1008. You're going to continue counting until I instruct you to stop. You understand? What foot do you want to raise? >> Okay. You do my time. >> Start a timer. Once you raise your phone, >> you got it. Please go. >> Okay, >> you may begin. 1,00 1,002 100,005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1001234 15 1,0223 124 1,025 1,026 627. >> You can stop 10 m just out of 16. >> Mhm. >> Uh we have five out of eight here and two out of four here. We didn't do that. So achieving the minimum stand of these observations during the season fair. Mhm. >> Bring your hands behind your back. Oh my god. >> What was it that I did that you think I'm imp? >> With multiple clues from the tests, five out of eight noted, the officer places Samantha under arrest for DUI. She's handcuffed and prepared for transport while the vehicle is set for impound. The case likely proceeds to chemical testing, breath or blood, at the station, which Florida law allows under implied consent. Potential outcomes: license suspension, fines, possible jail time, and mandatory DUI school. Serious consequences even for first- timers. Samantha charges with DUI and booked into the county jail. >> Here we go. Okay. All right. I'm going to take cussing over from me, charge. You good with that? >> Sure. >> Okay. Come on over here and stay in front of my mind searching her. >> Yes. >> Okay. I'm stand right here. Let me get a property back. for my vehicle.