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Posted by: 94c

Hello, everyone:

I'm hoping someone out there, with REAL knowledge, can give me advice.

If you stop someone for speeding and he has only one leg, can you give him field sobriety tests? I'm looking for answers from real men cop only. Thanks.

Posted by: Andy0921

lmao

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

Quote:

Originally Posted by 94c

Hello, everyone:

I'm hoping someone out there, with REAL knowledge, can give me advice.

If you stop someone for speeding and he has only one leg, can you give him field sobriety tests? I'm looking for answers from real men cop only. Thanks.

of course...you just have em do it on theyre hands silly!

Posted by: Minion

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Originally Posted by 94c

that's just plain wrong.

its normally such a sausagefest in here I'd think a female would be a welcome change of pace... guess not

Posted by: Crvtte65

with a prosthetic or without? Guessing without but to clarify

Posted by: HousingCop

So, you stop someone for speeding, and you detect an odor of an alcoholic beverage eminating from the person. You then realize he has a prosthetic limb instead of a real live leg. Can you then perform a field sobriety test......AKA Roadside Aerobics? Hmmmmmm. That's a tough one.

I dunno. I don't do any C.90 but consider myself a real cop man. I don't think you have a legal leg to stand on.

Posted by: Mikey682

Alright sir, I appreciate your cooperation..the next test will be the nine step hop and turn.

Lord, I apologize for the above comment.

Posted by: Southside

If you believe them to be ip then by all means lock em up. Field sobriety tests are a good tool but people can refuse them. If you can articulate in your report about the smell of alcohol and other factors ie. blood shot eyes, slurred speech, erratic op..nystagmus, you have enough. It will probably get beat in court, but at least you get them off the road that night.

Posted by: Minion

is it just me or is nobody else getting the subtle humor intended in 94c's original post?

perhaps I'm missing something ...

Posted by: mcpd704

This is actually pretty funny, I guess you could give them the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus...I would rule out the one leg stand since they are probably already well versed in that one. I will have to run that one by Jakobowski

Posted by: Mongo

Had an MVA once when an old timer got rear ended.

Upon checking on his status noticed his right leg was on the passenger side floor.

Turned out to be a prosthetic.

Kinda cool though cuz my inital thought to self was [he didn't get hit that hard]

Posted by: Curious EMT

Depends if the officer wanting to conduct the FST's are "AAA with guns" or real cops...

Also, if they crashed the amber, forget the FST's and hook them at once....

Posted by: CHROMECOLT357

HA! I thought "crash the amber" was gone forever. Thanks for bringing it back!

Posted by: ROCK1122

Capt. Eugenio (ret) would know what page this was on, the case number, the paragraph to find it from and whether or not Mcgilicutty won the case or not. "As Mcgilicutty was performing FST's, he fell resulting in claret, from his proboscis falling to the macadam.

"

We lose cases with people who claim to have back pain during FST's, nevermind missing limbs. Be creative, have him do the one legged stand!

Lord, I also apoligize for the words that have just been typed by my fingers.

Posted by: HousingCop

Ya, Big Ray was funny the first time. But after many years of the same old repeat performances, it got old. Guy needs new material.

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