excuse me hello yeah Sergeant Harris nice to meet you hi okay these are all closed businesses you don't have any warrant oh you need to dispel our alarm while you're stopped in front of two businesses that are closed okay like I said I'm not convinced it's any of your business what I'm doing out here listen if you're a private investigator and you're working that's fine I'm still not convinced to any of your business oh I see yeah so am I free to go no no during a routine Patrol in bunnel Florida officers approached a private investigator parked near closed businesses alleging loitering and prowling Florida statutes section 856.021 defines loitering or prowling as conduct that justifies immediate concern for Public Safety or property a threshold that merely being present near closed establishments does not meet the investigator conducting a lawful activity demonstrated there was no Reasonable Suspicion to Warrant their intrusion exposing the officer's attempt to fabricate suspicion drop back windows um it might be detained or something yes sir for what reason we got you for loing but you're driving around you drove past us three times it's loitering you think yeah you want to bet you qualified to me on that so right now you're in the position you're not out out at of awful time somebody else would be out it is 3:00 in the morning you're out driving around I've seen you make three loops around us while we were over there on a security check and your point is trying I mean I'm not convinced this in your business uh what I'm doing out here I'm just trying to see why you're out here this late you know this early in the morning yeah I'm not convinced it's in your business it is my business I'm just trying to figure out why you're out here I'm still not convinced all right give me your license registration protion for what reason you're lawfully detained right now you need to provide ID I'm lawfully detained yes sir uh I'm not convinced this any of y's business why what I'm doing excuse me hello yeah Sergeant Harris it's nice to meet you hi okay these are all closed businesses you don't have any warrants you're free to go you need to dispel our alarm while you're stopped in front of two businesses that are closed okay might I'm going to dispill your alarm right now you can do that but you need to understand this is our traffic stop ex you don't run it ex you don't have a traffic stop you haven't stopped me for a traffic stop yes yes you did you stopped in the middle of the roadway sir I stopped in a lawful parking spot I've got a Das can it took you a second to get there like I said I'm not convinced it's any of your business what I'm doing out here listen if you're a private investigator and you're working that's fine but you need to verify that I'm still not convinced it's any of your business oh I see yeah so am I free to go no no what do you have me detain for sirar I'll go to the back I'll be what do you have detain what do you have me detain for Ling you were driving out is it Ling or prowling or or cop watching not cop Watchers loer Inc we saw you make three Loops a around there's a closed businesses a par are you guys cops yes we are have you ever heard a cop watching I have okay I'm just trying to figure out just have you to spell my alarm when pressed for justification the officers claimed the investigator failed to stop at a stop sign Florida statute section 316.123 mandates a full stop at marked lines or intersections however the investigator confidently refuted this allegation noting that he adhered to the legal requirement revealing the claim as baseless with without evidence to support the accusation the officer's actions reflected a lack of legitimate cause for detainment how's it going sir my name is atin p Police Department yeah so as of right now you are detained okay you're not free to leave all right okay so as of right now we have a lawful reason to detain you we've notified what is that lawful reason okay you a traffic stop it's not a traffic stop traffic stop for what reason what's the traffic stop for whenever you pull off of East drain Street mhm you failed to come to a complete thought before exiting the roadway okay we are on foot you see I've got a dash can okay that's cool that's fine this isn't roadside Court Okay so we've notified you for the reason you can please provide me the driver's license registration proof and if I don't what'll happen at that point you're failing to identify to a law enforcement officer MISD so you're you're claiming it's in my pocket so you're claiming that you have me stop for a lawful reason yes sir once again this is not roadside court so uh you know what you guys are full of [ __ ] okay so if you can can you please provide me I'm out here cop watching that's all I'm doing I've told you what I'm doing I've dispelled your alarm I'm out here I'm a grown man and it doesn't matter if I'm out here at 2:50 in the morning it's it's irrelevant that's fine all right but that's my reason for coming over here okay all right you guys can have a nice night and let me go for you no you're not free to leave when am I free to go once you identify yourself you don't you don't get to just identify me for no reason you don't have me for you do not have me for a legitimate traffic stop so here's the thing you don't have me for tra stop sir I stopped at stop sign explain the reason you said I stopped I failed to complete stop yes sir I stopped it at stop sign I counted to three okay so sir this is not roadside court it's still going okay so this is our roadside Court sir you can please identify yourself my name is Jeff okay can I please see your identification she just identified me she je I need to see your identification the tag does not come back shifting tactics the officers alleged that the investigator's dealer tag was invalid Florida statutes section 3 20 070 outlines that dealer tags must be registered but acknowledges occasional system discrepancies upon presenting the vehicle's registration the investigators swiftly invalidated this claim forcing the officers to concede their error their Reliance on a system error as probable cause highlighted the absence of substantive grounds for their stop the tag does not come back it's not showing a registered vehicle now you have to show some registration and verify cuz it's not legal on the street you guys are so full you're so full [ __ ] I just ran it on you're full of [ __ ] shut up thank you sir I may see your registration and insurance please thank you sir sir sometimes that happens with a dealer tag so that's why I'm asking is the vehicle registered to the de this whole stop is is [ __ ] you're going to be free to go in just one second as long as because I'm not doing anything wrong you guys have stopped me for a constitutionally protected activity is what you've done understood but the tag is not valid sir so that tag does not come back to this car so now it is a good probable cause I've got it right there on the registration okay well I'm verifying to you what our dispatch said the first initial stop was the stop sign violation next to the church that was the first one okay but we were checking to business so we couldn't get to our car you you guys you I don't want to hear your [ __ ] all right just shut your mouth until I'm free to go all right I don't want to hear you [ __ ] I don't believe any of it I think you're all full of [ __ ] okay you're making [ __ ] up you're making lies up not at all sir absolutely and my dash cam will prove it okay no worries I'm out here doing cop watching that's why I'm riding around I've told you what I'm doing I've dispelled your understood that's all my job is is to keep sure my businesses don't get broken into at night night that's all all right thank you just let me run it once again that's the reason for the stops that's what we observe right Mr Jeff just two things when we first initially saw you where we were on foot by the business it appeared was a Stop Bar violation we were over there we couldn't get out with you no big deew when I get to the vehicle and I run the tag dispatch says it doesn't have a record which is common with a dealer tag I didn't know that you had this registration so I advised you on the other side it appeared to be a dealer Tech so it is all your credentials are verified sir you're free to go have a good night thank you very much you too after exhausting their claims the officers admitted they had no grounds to detain the investigator further despite this they prolong the interaction showcasing a clear misuse of authority Florida law prohibits detainment without Reasonable Suspicion or probable cause yet these officers persisted in an apparent effort to intimidate ultimately their lack of legal justification and improper conduct were exposed leaving the investigator free to continue his lawful activities unimpeded like And subscribe for more police camp 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