You're stopping me from what I'm doing. Because you're concerned? Because Yes. Did I commit a crime? I said I'm just doing a well-being check on you. Did I commit a traffic infraction? Nope. I'm just doing a well-being check. >> You're illegally detaining me on the side of the road, sir. I'm just doing a well-being check. I never said you're being detained or anything. Sir, I'm not detained. There's lights on behind me. You You pulled me over to the side of the road. How am I supposed to believe that I'm not being detained? You have me detained on the side of the road and you don't want to listen to me? Sergeant. In this video, the man was simply driving when a patrol car started following him closely, watching every move he made. And instead of leaving him alone, the officer suddenly pulled him over claiming it was just a well-being check. Even though nothing illegal had happened, the driver immediately pushed back, questioning how he could be stopped without committing any violation. And instead of giving a real answer, the officer kept repeating the same excuse while avoiding the actual legal standard. As things escalated, the driver didn't back off and made it clear he understood exactly what they were doing, forcing the situation into a corner the officers clearly weren't prepared for. Watch how this turns into a serious problem for them. Hey, how's it going, man? I'm Officer Balanza with the Violent Crimes Unit. What'd you pull me over for? For a well-being check. That's all it is. A what? >> that once I got behind you, you keep turning off and then >> A well-being check, huh? Yeah, I'm trying to make sure you're okay. You keep going off the road and coming back on the road and stuff, so I'm trying to see if you're having a medical emergency or anything like that. That's all. You're pulling me over. You're stopping me from what I'm doing. Because you're concerned? Because Yes. Did I commit a crime? I said I'm just doing a well-being check on you. >> Did I commit a traffic infraction? Nope. I'm just doing a well-being check. >> Is this what the What is your name? Officer Balanza with the Violent Crimes Unit. Who's the other officer? What is it? Who's the other officer? Officer Amon. He's right over there. Just doing a well-being check on you, man. You keep >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm concerned Do you have a supervisor on duty? I can get a supervisor. >> I'd like a supervisor over here. Give me a minute. 511 210 P. He's up in my truck, sir. He's watching his watch. Yeah, it is. All right, I have a supervisor coming, man. Is this something that you guys typically engage in? What is it? Is this something that you guys typically engage in? We conduct well-being checks all the time whenever a car, you know, if we see that a car is doing some type of maneuvers or anything like that, I would What maneuver was it that thought that you >> said that you were go you were you kept pulling off and on onto the road and all that. >> How many times did I pull off the road? It was a total of two times that you did that, so I was trying did that, so I was trying Is Is this the second time the traffic stop? No, the second time was when you pulled off into the Stetson uh field, where they >> When was the first time? The first time, it was by the potato patch, if you know where that is. That's right down there by the Dixie Lodge. I don't know if you're from the area >> Really? Is that on video? It is, actually. My dash cam records up to a minute before the anything happens. Anything happens, so when did you start recording? It's a minute before the the lights turned on, so I was in that Stetson lot for more than a minute. >> out in my presence. I was just doing a well-being check. The supervisor's coming. Okay, he's going to Well, I mean, you You're You're the one that pulled me over. You You've got me You Yeah, >> Yeah, cuz you've got me over here on the side of the road. >> Yeah, for a well-being check. That's all it was. Yeah, I should >> So, how how long How long do you need to conduct your well-being check? This was it, but you called the supervisor, so I'm waiting on him. Because you're illegally detaining me on the side of the road, sir. I'm just doing a well-being check. I never said you're being detained or anything. Sir, I'm not detained. There's lights on behind lights on behind me. You You pulled me over to the side of the road. How am I supposed to believe that I'm not being detained? >> Like I said, my supervisor's on his way. Well, go ahead and talk to my supervisor. You called You would have been free to go now cuz I see that you're doing perfectly fine, but you called for my supervisor, that's why. I'm concerned that you're pulling people over for not doing a goddamn thing wrong. >> Okay. Well, my supervisor I'm concerned that you're detaining people on the side of the road for no good goddamn reason. Well, I was just doing a well-being I'm not real concerned about your well-being check of me. You're pulling citizens over on the on the side of the road for for their well-being? Is that what I'm to understand? >> We can do that. We can do that. You can do that, huh? What kind of medical issue would somebody have pulling over on the side of the road? Like I said, if you pull over more than once, I was trying to make sure you were okay. I don't like to be followed by police. Okay. It's a public roadway. I'm allowed to follow you if I wanted to. If I wanted to. Yep. Right. And I guess you're allowed to illegally detain me, too, huh? I never said you were detained. I said Sir, I'm not detained? I'm not detained? What do those lights mean? >> leave right now. >> Okay. When you When somebody When an officer pulls When an officer pulls behind you, you rude You see what's going on here? I'm in the land. I'm in the land. I got pulled over for a well-being check. They want to check my well-being. I got a supervisor coming here. Yeah, no no, you're good, man. All right, let me get back to this. I got They got a supervisor coming up here. Yeah, I'm good. All right, man, be safe. Uh How's it going, man? How do you think it's going? Uh Is this Sergeant still Sergeant Salmon? >> It is. Why are your officers pulling people over for for no crime? Okay, so he was conducting a well-being check on you. You were doing some concerning Concerning behaviors? Like like pulling to the side of the road safely in a safe manner? He said you pulled over several times. You were doing some concerning behaviors. You have me detained on the side of the road and you don't want to listen to me? Sergeant. I'm not being detained. I'm not being detained. I'm not being detained. He's not being detained. He pulled me over for my own well-being. Unbelievable. And then, I wouldn't stop talking. And And since I wouldn't stop talking, that enraged the sergeant and he could no longer listen to the person complaining. These All right, we're going to go to the PD. How about that? You guys want to go to the police department? We're going to go to the police department and we're going to complain about this. After they abandoned the stop and ran away like cowards, he didn't just brush it off or move on like most people would. He went straight to the department and made sure this stop didn't disappear. He filed a formal complaint, forcing them to answer for why he was pulled over with no crime, no violation, and no legal basis. That decision put real pressure on the department because now everything was on record, from the officer admitting it was just a well-being check to the supervisor refusing to address it. He didn't give them anything during the stop, and afterward he pushed it even further, turning their bad decision into something they actually had to deal with.