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On March 30th, 2025, while on patrol, an officer saw a driver run a red light and conducted a traffic stop. Hey. Can you roll down the window, please? Is there a problem? Sorry, I know. You know why I'm stopping you, right? >> [groaning] >> Do you know why I'm stopping you? Why are you stopping me? Because you ran a red light. Do you have your license on you? All right, give me 1 second. Do you have registration and insurance? Yes, I do. Can you grab that for me, please? Where you coming from? You do understand my question, right? Yes, I do. Um I'm just going home. That's not what I asked. I said where are you coming from? A friend's house. Huh? A friend's house. Okay, just a friend's house. Do you have the insurance cuz this is your registration. I know it's hard to get out of the app. I can't I can't hear you. I know it's hard to get out of the app. It's online. Um my stuff is all there. Okay. All right, give me 1 second. So, stopped her for blatantly running a red light. It wasn't even close. It was she's traveling northbound on Frontage Road. >> I didn't smell it. Yeah, I'm basically waiting for my light to turn green. So, right now it's the turn lane to go south on Frontage and then the the westbound traffic from Spruce Street to go northbound on Frontage go and then all of the sudden she just runs this red light, almost rear-ends the car in front of her. Um she takes her a second to stop and pull over. She rolls down the window just a little bit. She's got that dazed look. She's looking off into the distance. I'm asking her a question and she's just like nothing and then she just has some um like I said, that the dazed look, the glassy eyes. I Um here, it's Christine. Okay. She said she's coming from a friend's house. You can actually, if you want to give this back to her as well, too, the registration. Hi Christine, can I talk to you out here real quick? Can I talk to you out here real quick? I don't want to get hit by a car. Can you step out? You need to step out of the car. Yes. You need to step out. It's for my safety. Well, what about my safety? That's why I'm asking you to step out so we can get out of the roadway. I'm not in the roadway. Okay, step out of the car. No. Step out of the car now. If you don't comply, you're going to go to jail. It's very simple. Step out of the car. Do you not understand what I'm telling you? Okay. Step out of the car. I'm asking you nicely, okay? Do you not understand what I'm telling you to do right now? This is a lawful order. Step out of the car. You have Okay, okay. Instructions are very simple, miss. Step out of the car. Turn around. You're under arrest. 134, 1 in custody. I don't know what was so hard about that. Sit. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, have him or her present with you before any questioning. You can exercise your rights at any time, none of your statements. Additionally, if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed at no cost to you. Do you understand your rights? Yes. Okay. What is so difficult about getting out of the car when ordered by a police officer? >> [clears throat] >> You don't have an excuse for that one? Okay. How much have you had to drink tonight? Because I am conducting a DUI investigation cuz that officer told me that you blew through a red light. And you smell heavily of an alcoholic beverage. You appear dazed and confused. >> [snorts] >> So, what I'm going to have you do is follow the tip of this pen with your eyes and your eyes only. Okay, you can refuse to perform field sobriety exercises, but I'm going to make a decision based on what I see right now. Do you understand? I understand. Okay, you're under arrest for DUI. The next thing I'm going to ask you is for a lawful sample of your breath. Are you willing to provide it? Okay, listen very carefully then. I'm asthmatic. You're what? Asthmatic. Oh, so you're asthmatic? Yes. And that's your reason you can't provide a breath sample? So, you're going to give me a blood sample then? Yes or no? I don't want to. Okay, I'm going to suspend your license then. Do you understand? You've been playing games since we got here. You've been playing games with me from the start. I'm not playing any games. That's why you wouldn't get out of the car. I mean, I have a right to defend myself in a court of law and that's all. Okay. You have to get out of the car when ordered by a police officer. You don't get a choice. What? That's the law. You have to get out. >> I mean, doesn't he have to tell me why at least? No, Pennsylvania law means we don't have to. You can be ordered out of the car at any time by a police officer. Also, So, if you refuse, you're committing a crime. >> was just I was just a little bit afraid. That's all. Okay, it's it's it's still the law. It's the middle of the road. It's the middle of the night. Well, we were we were afraid. And I'm a woman by myself. >> Well, you we were also afraid because you blew a red light, so we don't know what you're doing. You could be having a medical emergency. You could be under the influence. You could be doing lots of things. Normal people don't just blow through solid red lights. It's kind of not a normal thing. But just for your future reference, if you refuse to get out of the car, >> And look at the weather. I mean, it was raining very heavily. I mean, Okay, that's still not an excuse to disobey a law. It's not. It's not. But I'm just letting you know for future reference. You're receiving two charges tonight. You're receiving charges of obstruction, resisting an officer without violence and you're receiving a charge of DUI. Do you understand the charges? I didn't I I did not resist. I just explained it to you. I mean, the charges are the charges, but If I give you a command to exit the vehicle and you don't exit, vehicle that is called resisting. If I have to physically remove you, Well, you gave me a command and I didn't understand, which is different. So, Well, you told me multiple times to refuse to come I didn't understand. Well, you just told me you didn't get out cuz it was raining. So, which is it? >> No, I didn't say I didn't get out cuz it was raining. I said I didn't understand. >> You just said you were scared. Yeah, I was. So, that's that I mean, it doesn't make sense. You said you were scared cuz it's two men. Now you're saying and then you said it's the rain. >> Yeah, I didn't get out I was like, why would I get out and there's two men Two police officers telling you to get out of the car. >> Telling me to get out the car. >> But they're police officers in uniform. Without reason. They don't have to tell you a reason. By law, if we tell you to get out of the car, you got to get out of the car. Okay, but also, I couldn't hear him that good. The window was almost completely shut. You can ask him. She's just going to go on loops. Well, Okay, I I was trying to help the window open or closed? Well, I tried rolling the window up and I told you I was going to make you get out of the car, but that didn't work out. It was closed. When you were talking to me, the window was closed. And whose fault is that? It's not anyone's fault. It was closed and I couldn't hear you that well. Which is why I told you to exit the vehicle. And you should have explained yourself better. Well, he doesn't have to. I mean, it's just a misunderstanding. That's all I'm saying. It's just Okay. Well, you just made like six different excuses on why you didn't get out of the car. So, it doesn't sound like a misunderstanding. It just sounds like you didn't want to do what you didn't want to do. I'm just being real with you. I'm just It sounds like you don't want to take accountability for your actions, but you're not the police, so I don't know. I'm just asking if you understand that you're facing two charges today and your license is going to be suspended because you're refusing to provide a sample. Do you understand? I understand that I need a lawyer. Okay. She was charged with resisting an officer without violence and driving under the influence. Share your thoughts in the comments below, and don't forget to like and subscribe.

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