Welcome to Bear Police, where we have Karen encounters, lawbreakers in action, and police confrontations all captured through officers' cameras. Join us for an exciting journey into these real-life dramas. In a twist of suburban misadventures, our protagonist, a self-proclaimed responsible adult, finds herself tangled in a web of open containers and a DUI stop. Armed with excuses and a defiant attitude, she's about to make a scene. Well, that's I'm over on this side now. I know. Okay. Oh, there's two of you now. Why are you working on that? Why? Can I just get you to step out and you keep working on that? Why are you What's that? I'm just a backup officer, ma'am. For what? Because on traffic stops, we have a backup officer. Can you step out for me, ma'am? Why? I'll talk to you once you get out of here. You want me to start on anything? Uh no, we're good. You can just kill my front lights. Donna, can you step out of the car for me? Hold on a second, please. I'm trying to find that for you. Goodness. How much have you had to drink tonight? You know what? I'm not doing this, okay? And my friend out of the car? No, you're not. Step out of the car. Am I free to go? Step out of the car. Step out of the car or I'll remove you out of the car. Am I free to go? No, you're not. Step out of the car. Okay. Hey, will you step back here? Go ahead and step back here. Meet Donna the First. She got herself caught by failing to use her turn signal 100 ft before turning, prompting the officer to pull her over. I'm going to. Okay, do it now. We're not going to keep playing these games. Step back here. don't care. Don't handle me. Okay, I saw the open container in your car. At this point, if you're going to be like this No, do not I see that, and you're not listening. I'm listening. Do not handle me. in your purse gives us probable cause to search the car. care. Go look. fine. Look. We'll go from there. All right, let's step back here. Look. Go ahead and step back there with my partner. Oh, and you. I haven't patted her down yet, so what happened? Oh, pat me down, ma'am, please. And might get me off. Ma'am, let's step back here to the front of this squad car. Thank you. Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to get off your phone while we're on this traffic stop. I need to call my daughter and tell her I'm being arrested. Hang on, you're not being arrested. Just stay off the phone for right now. Ma'am, ma'am. Please, let me Get off the phone. Please. Get off the phone. You can have a phone call after. You're not being arrested right now at this very moment. We're searching your car. Okay. You need to Oh, of course, Donna. Everyone knows the best place to store your empty alcohol containers is in your car until you can responsibly dispose of them at the gas station. Who needs kids scolding you when you have the police for that? from the street that off There's nothing in my car. Well, there's open containers. No, they're empty. I'm throwing them out at the gas station because No, no, Stay over here. Okay, I'm listening, but you're going to stay right here, okay? Listen to me. They're in my car because I can't throw them away in my house. Why is that? Because my kids will kick my ass. Why? You're not supposed to be drinking? Okay, they don't want me to, but Why is that? So, I Come on. Please don't let them tell me. I'm not. I'm just asking a simple them to the gas station. It doesn't mean I'm a bad person. No, one ever said that, ma'am. Oh my god. No one ever said you were a bad person, but with the way that the statute is written, if you have open containers, Can you Whether they are empty or full, I mean, I'm going to throw them away. But Okay, can I Can I Can Donna, you're right. Refusing tests, denying the obvious signs of intoxication, and then resisting arrest is clearly the best strategy to prove your innocence. And kicking an officer, a master class move to catch that felony charge with style. I have to drive home. Listen, at this point, your eyes are bloodshot and glossy. or Okay, they are. No, they're Okay, I can smell the alcohol coming from your breath. Okay? I'm not going to take any test. That's fine. I walk home. All right, at this point you're going to be placed under arrest for DUI then. I No, no, no. Don't you feel an extra charge? my glasses. You need to You are. No, relax. Relax. Relax. You're going to catch an extra charge. Stop resisting. what? For resisting. For what? For resisting. Okay, you're under arrest for DUI right now, okay? DUI? You're going to make it You're going to be charged with resisting. You have no proof. I You have I can smell Am free to go. You're a No. You bastard. You [ __ ] hurt my arm. Then stop resisting. Look up to the car. Then stop pulling away. No. Stop. Stop. Stop. You're kicking me. All right, that's it. Okay. Well, you just kicked me. Now you just caught a felony for aggravated battery on a police officer. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. What the [ __ ] You were hurting my arm. You can't get that through your head. Well, when you keep resisting like that, we're going to gain compliance. No. Yes. You were hurting me. Okay. Don't touch Just Don't hurt her. You're dumb. Sit up. You're dumb. All right, we're going to stand up. All right, 1 2 3. Stand up. You're really going to hurt a 55-year-old woman? Are you going to stand up or are we going to pick you up? Absolutely, Donna. Clearly teleportation landed you in the driver's seat and those artificial knees perfect excuse for how you plan to waltz right out of jail without making a call. You're a real Houdini in action. 1 2 Don't [ __ ] you. I'll get myself. Okay. [ __ ] All right. Yeah, you guys are so cool, aren't you? No, not really. So cool. Okay. You're so cool. Thank you, ma'am. Hurt somebody. Well, drinking and driving can hurt people, so Do I walk from that street to this street. Were you driving? Nope. Well, obviously you were cuz you're in the driver's seat. Nope, I wasn't. You got to shut my door. Yes. Where's my car going? Pull it into the It's going to go to Q-C tow. Sit down. Sit in the squad car. Thank you very much. Take a seat. Take a I'm trying. I have Ma'am, you My knees are artificial, so [ __ ] you. Take a seat. Oh, so how am I supposed to get out of jail when I can't walk on my own? We'll talk about all that here in a minute, ma'am. Off. Off. Okay. I'll grab your purse out of the car. Do you need anything else of value? No, just throw my bottles away cuz that's what I was going to do Okay. when I got gas. Okay. Wow. That escalated quickly. Resisting arrest is the go-to strategy for adding a touch of excitement to your evening because who wouldn't want to trade a simple DUI for a full-blown felony? Genius move. But listen to Donna's excuses. You were hurting my wrist. And you were not complying with authorized You were not complying You were hurting me. You were not complying Oh, come on. with direct orders to place your hands behind your back. No, please don't do this to me. Oh, you should not have kicked the officer. You were hurting me. And you were not complying, so you were resisting arrest. Well, I hope you guys feel super cool. I don't. Well, apparently you do. I don't, actually. You were hurting me. I'm not going to I'm not going to change from that. You were hurting me. What does one person do when they're being hurt? They resist. So No. Um, we held onto her for the longest time and she just would not put her hands behind her back. We pushed her up against the squad. She kicked me in the leg. Oh, okay. Um, and then we took her to the ground. Very mild use of force, but she's just screaming and just very Are you hurt? No. Okay. I think she's going to refuse everything. I was hurt by the officer grabbing my wrist. Well, because you were told you're under arrest. So you It doesn't give him the right to Yes, it does, cuz you're under arrest. Yes, it really does. In case if you don't know, if you try to resist arrest, an officer can take several actions to ensure compliance and maintain safety. Suggest physical restraint, handcuffs, or tasers. Okay, are you injured in any way? I don't see any visible My wrist. Yeah, it hurts. It's hurting? That's why I reacted in the way I did, because it was hurting. I'm not a violent person. Good just attacked a police officer, so that's No, no, no, no, no, no. I wanted him to stop with my wrist. Well, because you're under arrest, so now you're under you're being charged with that as well, okay? So you Well, that's dumb, because I would never Ma'am, ma'am, you need to comply from here on out, okay? That's fine. This don't give me the He was hurting me. an officer tells you to do something, you need to do it, okay? that. So everything is body cam, and we can and you can fine. I don't Look at me. I'm just making sure you don't need immediate attention. We'll get you going here in a minute. Thank you. The officer found out Donna had some strange pills in the car. Donna had been trying to explain that they were prescribed, even though no one said they were illegal. Prescription pills in a What? uh bag. No, no, no, no. Those are all prescribed, dumb ass. You, there's nothing illegal about those pills in my purse. Those pills are all prescribed. They're nothing illegal. Okay. Nothing illegal. Holy Are you kidding me? Did he say they're illegal? No, he did not say that. Better not, cuz they're not. Well, they do say don't drink and drive on them, so You know what? I have to take medication every day. Despite her insistence that she doesn't need medical attention, Donna is taken to the hospital by officers. She reveals past trauma from her father's attack causing her to react strongly when physically restrained. Officers assist her out of the car ensuring she doesn't fall. Just need to go get those I can show you coming to my house. Please, it's three blocks away. We're going to go to the hospital right now. Were you the one that was hurting me? I was one of the officers there, yes ma'am. No, were you the one that was hurting my wrist? I I don't know. Come on, you would know if you were. No, I don't think it was me. Can I say something to you real quick? Yes, ma'am. Two years ago my dad physically attacked me on the road. I'm not over it. I'm not over it. I have nightmares about it. I'm not over it. Okay. So if I'm physically attacked, I'm going into the PTSD mode. Okay. Can you step out for me? Well, I can try. But sometimes there's a reason to manage. Can you help? You have to help me. Right. What do you need me Do you want my hand? Uh I was going to grab your leg. Do you want me to grab your leg? I know. Okay. Can't stand Okay, I can't. There you go. I'm just going to scoot scoot scoot scoot. I'll make sure you don't fall. Okay, thank you. All right, can you step up here? Watch your step. Donna explained she didn't drink the bottles found in her car as they were just for disposal at the gas station. Instead, she admits to drinking a pint of McCormick's all day revealing her struggle with alcohol despite a recent detox. Despite her challenges, she proudly shares that her grown children are successful with four degrees among them. Well done, Donna, for raising such accomplished kids. You drink both those pints tonight? No, God, no. Those were Those were in my room and I was taking them to the gas station. I'm not kidding. I wasn't lying. Okay, so then what did you drink tonight? A pint all day. All day? All day, a pint. Okay, of the McCormick's? Yeah. Okay. Is that Is that Is that your drink of choice? McCormick's is cheap. That's right. But no, I just That stuff That stuff burns my throat. I don't know how you do it. I might go through withdrawal in jail, so. Oh, you drink you drink that often? Yeah? I just got out of [ __ ] detox. Did you? I voluntarily went. Hey, that's a big step, honestly. And I'm supposed to go to classes, but I would drink every time I went in. That makes me look like an [ __ ] and everybody else that is really trying. I have a big heart. I see these women have lost their kids, too. Whatever, you know, meth. Yeah, it's I have I'm not going to lose my kids. My kids are grown. Hey, it sounds like you did a good job getting them grown there and college for your degrees. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's something to be proud of. I am. They bust my balls over this. That's why you have to take them and throw the the bottles away at gas stations? Yes. That makes sense. I'm I mean, ultimately, they're trying to Despite her honesty, Face is going to county. The officer suggests this experience might help her pursue sobriety again, acknowledging her struggle with staying sober. Donna mentioned she previously blew off classes, but might consider returning. Keep going, Donna. You can do this. Okay. I hear you. What time do you start drinking that pint? I don't know. I don't keep track. When you woke up, or like after after like a morning shower, like Like, I don't know. After lunch? Put a little bit in your coffee in the morning, like what what are we talking about? Why are you doing this to me? I'm just trying to figure it out, that's all. matter? Okay. When did you stop drinking it? Hours ago. Okay. I got to finish up a couple of paperwork, okay? Don't worry, you're going to county. Oh, thank you so much. I appreciate you being honest. I know you're going through a lot. I'm an honest person. I think maybe this would be a good something for you to to a little wake up, maybe try to get yourself sober. I can get sober, that's not the problem. It's staying sober. Yeah. And maybe maybe these will help you go to the classes and and get the help that that you need. I already blew them off, so I mean, I'm sure I could maybe get back in. I don't know. Yeah. All right. We can keep talking. I'll just be in the front, okay? She was charged with The first Donna was charged with aggravated battery, resisting, obstructing, and driving under the combined influence of alcohol and other intoxicating compounds. Despite the challenges you're facing, I hope you find the strength and support you need to turn things around. Good luck on your journey to recovery and better days ahead. You've got this. Here's the end of our video. Please leave a like and subscribe. Thanks for watching.