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Hi how are you good I'm patrolman ridington with the Rumson Police Department actually to let you know my body camera is activated okay guys see your license registration proof for insurance please where you come from tonight boyfriend your boyfriend's okay all you just trying to get home or something yeah I live see right okay all right while you grabbed those reason I'm stopping you I was behind you you didn't signal 100 ft prior to making your turn onto Rumson Road you were in the middle of the road you weren't maintaining your lane at all okay and your license plate bracket covers the state which is another obstruction okay can you just grab those documents for me please thank you having any luck so I just switched car okay think it might be in the other one all right um at your boyfriends do you have anything to drink tonight no no not at all car H it's my dad's okay um if you have the registration for this car I need the registration for this car cuz you're operating this and in the insurance for it okay you might just turn the car off for me though thank you I appreciate it keep looking for that I'll be right back with you okay all right so initially I had thought I had some slight odor um definitely operation is all there very slow with her movements very slow with her talking um just trying to find those two documents I'm just trying to figure out where we're going to run these tests right here on this on the Rocks okay all right yeah right yeah all right just give me a second I want to call this out I'll talk to it too yeah just trying Melissa dude listen to this when I she was driving real slow then Ward when she came up to the stop sign she didn't signal whatsoever until I was like right behind her stopped way after the stop line you saw her she was in the yeah she was in the middle of the road C PD send one over then she had and then she had the one she was when she turned on the rumps and she was in the middle of the road for headquarters 1011 on Hi how are you good whose car is this my dad's your dad's okay okay where you headed to right now my home where my home okay where do you live okay uh where you coming from tonight again okay where where were you guys at tonight one hour place where were you go you guys were at his house all night or did you go anywhere you didn't go out dinner or nothing um you have anything to drink tonight nothing at all you want any kind of medication or anything like that no you don't use any drugs Recreation or anything like that no okay all you can have this back okay all right Melissa so I'm be honest with you all right we got some complaints about your driving okay that was one of the reasons for us stop and you investigating out of here tonight okay um your speech is a little bit slow with me okay um your movements are a little bit slow and the operation of your vehicle was a little concerning okay it's a different okay would you be okay with stepping on the vehicle and just talking to us out here so we can just make sure you're okay to drive okay well at this point it's it's a lawful order okay okay so I'm tell I'm telling you need to step out vle and come talk to us over here out of traffic okay thank you you can just step over there we just want to run you through some tests and make sure that you're good to drive okay you okay you all right I don't want to see a fall all right just come over here into the Rocks okay I don't want to see get hit byy a car all right Melissa I got to ask you just a silly question okay you familiar with the English alphabet you know the English Okay um just real quick for me without singing it would you able to recite the English alphabet for me starting with a and ending with z a c d f g h k Qs t Okay Okay um do you have any injuries to your lower back your legs or anything like that okay does that affect your balance at all uh every once in a while but it shouldn't okay do you want to just could you step in front of my vehicle just so that we're not on like an uneven uh surface right here we're just going to test your balance okay um if you think if you think it would be easier without your shoes on just being that they're heels you could you could certainly take your shoes off if not you could leave them on okay it's up to you you mind just stepping off the car and not leaning on that at all um you want to go talk to him yeah I would run her over there just cuz there someone H the back of your car you guys are both get her go back just step back over here if someone hits that car you're going to get hit so I I just want to get you off the road okay all right listen right here is good okay what's going on let need some hdn on it came in as a uh reckless driving complaint not you want to have her do this on a roadway so she ain't playing f f games in a rock yeah but I don't want to I don't want to see back call get hit either have her get [ __ ] hit oh what do you think's better yeah take it for they're going to give you [ __ ] on [ __ ] yeah you're right if you could just step stand right here okay I'm going to explain it to you some instructions okay for this test starting position you're going have your feet together completely okay I understand that we got to make sure you're good to drive okay so I'm just going to give you live like that that's fine okay I just got to do my job okay I'm going to I'm going to explain this these instructions to you okay you're going to put your feet together your legs completely straight and your arms completely straight your side's that side Perfect all right all right Melissa follow me okay not right now okay I'm good to go all right Melissa like I was saying for this test this test is called the one leg stand okay your start the starting position is going to be your like freezing I'm shaking that's okay like I said I just got to run you through these tests okay make sure you're good to go are you going to take account that I'm pleasing yes okay I I understand that I just got to do my job okay you're going to start with your your feet completely all your legs completely straight your feet together okay and your arms completely straight down at your side okay stay in that position until I complete the instructions okay you're going to take either leg of you're choosing you're lift it approximately 6 in off the ground okay you're going to keep your legs completely straight your arms completely straight you make eye contact with the tip of your toe I'm a physical therapist and most people can do that but sure I'll try okay you're going to you're going to keep eye contact with the tip of your toe and you're going to count out loud 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 so on and so forth okay until I tell you to stop okay do you understand the directions do okay you can begin first of all it's freezing okay listen do you want to try taking your shoes off a little easier I understand listen if if it's gonna help you it's not really Gonna Change much it's freezing okay you think the Cold's affect your balance okay about okay like I like I said feet together arms completely straight legs completely straight either leg of you're choosing 6 in off the ground making eye contact with the tip of your toe you're going to count out allow 1 1,00 2 1000 3 1,000 keeping those legs straight and your arms tucked to your side okay until I tell you to stop okay do you understand okay you can [Applause] begin okay is is it you you can continue it it's up to you it's going to help you maintain your balance okay it can be good okay okay you're good all right this next test we're going to do is called the walk and turn test okay similar to that last starting position you're going to start with your legs completely straight your arms completely straight you're going to have your left foot in front of your right okay you're going to stay in that position until I tell you to begin the test okay I'm going to give you some instructions for this test you're going be taking nine Heel To Toe steps forward and then nine Heel To Toe steps back I'm going to demonstrate before you begin okay but for demonstration purposes I'm going to give you I'm going to take three steps okay starting with your left foot in front of your right heel the toe keeping your arms tucked to your side you're going to count out loud one 2 3 in a straight line you leave one foot planted on the ground you're take small steps to turn around you take one two three all the way up to nine steps backwards counting out loud okay and you're going to walk a straight line do you understand okay you can begin okay thank you and then we just have one last test for you okay and this officer is going to conduct that test Hi man I'm TR man with you Police Department what's your name Mel Mel very nice to meet you Mel got anything medically wrong with your eyes no very good so what I'm going to have you do you stand right in front of me we're going to look face to face okay why you put your feet together hands that inside all right so for this portion of the test what I'm going be do you take this pen you're going to stay directly at the tip of this pen okay mhm I want you to move only your eyes and your eyes only called the pen but the eyes and the eyes only okay you understand these instructions very good man don't look up the light look up the pen sorry see you tip of the pen mhm it's okay we're almost done okay it's main we eyes on that thing too this Ro [Applause] this your eyes all right I know I'm breathing I'm sorry I know we're almost done we're almost done all right now listen just same test it's going to go up okay do just your ride your guys only please all right thank you very much man you put your shoes back on okay can I car not yet I know it's cold out I actually ready to go my car okay well you can't go in your car yet okay all right once again you didn't have anything at all to drink tonight you didn't do too well on these tests okay all right I'm just being honest with you I'm freezing I'm sorry okay that's fine all right at this time you mind just putting your your shoes down for me please puto back on yeah I'd rather like sit down and put them on okay my balance is not that great cuz my back is not that great okay that's fine you can we can walk over once these cars pass we'll walk back over by the vehicles okay all right you can follow this off all right you have a seat in your car with your shoes on okay do not start your engine Ty can you run the Box okay [Music] [Applause] okay well see mind just your hopping back out again and come to the back of your car all right Lissa listen oh you're going have to take it off okay so listen I'm going to give you one opportunity to be honest with us okay did you have anything to drink tonight no I really did did you take anything no okay because you failed every test including the of it okay I'm going to give you an opportunity to tell me what's going on okay what's going on today so I've had like one drink but I'm really also like I'm also it was a good idea to drive tonight I mean like I probably could have not okay all right so listen at this point this off place you under arrest for DWI okay dragon wall I don't have an I don't I'm not intoxicated I just put your your arms behind your back okay at this point you're under arrest for driving while intoxicated okay like I said you did fail every feel soety test okay so that's why right now you need behind your back yep you'll get one in a little bit okay just take your hands please separate your hands separate your hands yeah you can call them in a little bit okay just separate your hands okay tight enough you need baby CS again should be it's going to be toad qu s a 17 tow it no it has to be tow he can't take it no he's not going to take it you can call him when we're done processing you okay you know you're just you're going to be released on with with some traffic tickets at the end of the night okay okay you can follow me over to this car okay we're going to walk [Music] back yes I got you I got okay just have a seat there okay just that yep if you could just look straight that way okay I'm going to buckle you in we're going to bead can you drive back please you can it has to be told please please please there's no question to ask it has to be to okay please first getting towed are you notifying my dad uh someone will have to come pick you up no okay well if that's not the person you want to pick you up my boyfriend to pick you up okay but we'll we'll figure that out when we get back to the station okay by head four headquarters we're have one female 41 at this time yep sit with her yeah make sure she's good I'm just going to dve um she came to the stop sign here she when she stopped the stop sign she was in the middle of the road yeah and then uh she was past stop line um she pulled out on the rson road another car was like right behind her and I could just see her down driving down the center of the road so that's why we l her up here I wasn't I I wanted to light her up over in front of Tommy's and we just we couldn't let her drive any further she was driving down the middle of the road MSA can you just tell me where your your key is for the car if you keep me my purse I will give you that okay it's it's in your purse okay all right I'll be right back okay get my purse so I can have my phone and call yeah that's that's going to come with he's literally coming to my apartment right now so can you pleas see like I like I told you we'll we'll cross that bridge in a second okay okay all right I'll be right back with you all right purse um yeah she she's begging for that phone call but I told her we I told her that could wait um processed you want her whole en Tire purse with her yes she does first phone yeah why not oh yeah h thank you sir appreciate it all right for headquarters go ahead who' you contact for that toe this spam declin so far rece once you get a hold of someone just let them know to come to headquarters to pick up pair keys I to be transporting one female 41 103 1011 started you you can't I told you it's by law we can't let you drive anyone drive this car tonight do you have no headquarters 1011 starting miles transporting one female 41 103 47 796 477 96 w what was that cuz we're Rumson Police Department so we're going to the Rumson Police Department I just needed to turn around 41 County 1341 go ahead Linc with New Jersey Echo 4 re Point 28 41 [Music] 10 41 receive 10 10 10 23 29 47798 47798 okay we're going to have to put those back on okay turn around put your hands behind your back please yeah I can watch her she slipped out of the car I'm not trying to get out no it's okay it's okay we get we get it yeah yeah more um where will my car be uh we got to we got to determine who the the towing company is that's going to come pick up the car once you figure that that out let you know that'll that'll be on the paperwork you get when you get let go okay um once we get inside we can work on calling someone to come pick you up okay someone's going to have to take a uh possession of you tonight because you need to be watched for the next 12 hours watch your Stu watch your [Applause] St have a seat on that bench right there huh oh [Music] yeah fa stand up we just face that wall okay take the hand off you unclass your handam for me thank you hang on just have a seat again just have a seat slide this way a little bit is this handcuff too tight on you mhm I'll go grab your paper got [Music] it start 20 minute observation now uh 234 [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] yeah so we got to running through couple more things so listen so we got some paperwork to do and we got to process you okay can I call after okay you're not going to county jail or nothing like that okay she traic EV we going to do all I know is that right now okay you can't make any phone calls until we're done with this machine okay just cell phones hey how are you sir yeah okay I'm patroling cam with r and PD okay so you're Melissa's boyfriend yeah okay so I'm going to explain to you what's going on tonight okay so she was arrested for driving wall intoxicated okay um she cond traffic stop R through Fieldy test she failed him she was placed under arrest for drug W toxicated okay um in order for me to release her to you you essentially need to sign over custody of her to make sure she will not get behind a vehicle again tonight um and if she does get behind a vehicle again and you allow her to you you yourself can be charged with driving while toxy okay so drive yeah I got to read you this form for btim okay but that's basically what this says on Ling studs okay this says you have been summoned by uh or on behalf of the person whose name appears above as defendant that's Melissa okay to transport or accompany the defendant from this law enforcement agency the defendant has been arrested in charge with one or both of the following motor vehicle violations checked in the Box above uh pursuant to njsa 39 45022 this warning is to advise that if you accept responsibility to transport or accompany the defendant any permit or facilitate the operation of a motor vehicle by the defendant while the defendant is intoxicated or has a blood alcohol concentration at or above that permitted by law covered under 39450 then you are potentially subject to criminal penalties and civil liability permitting a person who is intoxicated or has a blood alcohol concentration at or above that permitted by law to operate a motor vehicle is a violation of 39 colon 4-50 a driving well intoxicated okay if you are charged and convicted under that statute your driving privilege will be suspended fines and monetary penalties will be imposed and you may be incarcerated if you permit or facilitate the defendant to operate a motor vehicle while the defendant remains intoxicated or has a blood alcohol concentration at or above that permitted by law and the defendant becomes involved in a motor vehical Collision where other persons are injured or killed then you may be subject to indictment and criminal prosecution if you are prosecuted and found guilty the court can impose fines and mandatory penalties and a prison sentence in addition to any criminal liability if you permit or facilitate the defendant to operate a motor vehicle while the defendant remains intoxicated or has a blood alcohol concentration at or above that permitted by law and the defendant becomes involved in a motor vehicle collision whether is property damage personal injury or death then you may be held liable for civil damages and those damages may not be covered by Insurance do you understand that okay so if you can just print your name uh and your address right there for me [Music] okay so I'm going to uh get to your own copy of this okay Le if you're all right like tickets or paperwork yeah so she's going to have tickets um she's going to be charged with driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit to uh breath testing um nothing criminal it's all traffic court okay I have a court date of I believe it's May 8th here in rson we just reports right next door and I'll also get you the information for her uh her car it's being towed to Hennessy's Towing um and she can get that 12 hours from when it was pounded till like 11:00 a.m. noon tomorrow okay okay [Music] oh [Music]
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