I was raped at mile marker 164

No wonder.

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The dogs are trained to smell ink and paper used to print U.S. currency. The currency dogs have long helped federal agents sniff out drug money leaving South Florida in luggage and cargo, but local police now have started buying and training pups for their own investigations

If I was a small town sheriff next to a highway, I might consider training a dog.

The dogs are trained to false alert by a command of the officer. You can find numerous videos on YouTube where this is the case.
The cops are just on fishing expeditions looking for money.
In many states the police departments get a large percentage of the money they confiscate.
Your money is guilty until you prove otherwise.
The institute for justice helps many innocent victims recover their lost money.
They are one of the few organizations that I donate to every year.

One of the youtube channels (and there are likely several) I see recommended to me is a lawyer giving advice about what to say and do, or not say and do when you're stopped.

Like, get out of your car if asked to, but lock your door behind you. Then you have to verbally consent to any further looking around or official search. Or when the officer asks you where you're coming from say, "Officer, I don't wish to talk about my day, but am happy to show you my license and registration. "I plead the fitth, am I free to go" and so on. (some things vary according to the state)

I was thinking watching one of those videos yesterday, why not just write all those responses on a large piece of card stock in large writing, and even before he can stop you pull it up from between the seats or the floorboard and leave it displayed on the seat or dashboard, or on your steering wheel.

You don't want to wait and be fishing around as he is walking up to your car, but have it easily available. I guess you could use a wallet card as well, just as long as it's easy to get to.

Generally, I don't think there are more than a dozen common situations, you might want to address, though there might be more for some people doing weird s***.

Even if you don't commit a crime, these lawyers advise you to know and use your rights as it protects you to do so and not just be yapping at them freestyle without a care in thew world.

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You don't want to wait and be fishing around as he is walking up to your car, but have it easily available. I guess you could use a wallet card as well, just as long as it's easy to get to.

You have to be very careful fishing around while they are walking up, they may interpret it as you are going for a weapon. My thought is that it is better to wait until they get to your car unless you are trying to hide something out of view from your glove box.

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You don't want to wait and be fishing around as he is walking up to your car, but have it easily available. I guess you could use a wallet card as well, just as long as it's easy to get to.

You have to be very careful fishing around while they are walking up, they may interpret it as you are going for a weapon. My thought is that it is better to wait until they get to your car unless you are trying to hide something out of view from your glove box.
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You generally have time to grab something while you're still driving unless you keep it out of easy reach in the right-side glove compartment. Years ago I used to drive to work with a coffee in one hand, a cigarette in the other and my knee on the steering wheel. (and people wonder why I might get pulled over)

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You don't want to wait and be fishing around as he is walking up to your car, but have it easily available. I guess you could use a wallet card as well, just as long as it's easy to get to.

You have to be very careful fishing around while they are walking up, they may interpret it as you are going for a weapon. My thought is that it is better to wait until they get to your car unless you are trying to hide something out of view from your glove box.
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If you clip it above your visor, it is in easy reach with your visible hands making no sudden movements.

I've seen the same youtube videos with the lawyer explaining what to do. I've probably been pulled over or had other interactions with police 30x in the past 10 years. Not cause I'm a bad driver but because I drive a lot and it's bound to happen. I think I have 2 tickets right now on my 3 year record. A lot of the my interactions have been when I am pulled over in a parking lot or the side of the road at 2am betting sports or casino games on my phone. I'll admit it's not the best look and I understand why they would pull up behind me. Every other interaction has been relatively incident free and professional. They usually let me go. i don't think they like the crack your window, hand them your license and refuse any questions people. They are bound to just irritate the cop and will get a ticket. I think it's possible to be nice and polite while still not admitting guilt.

One time the first thing he said to me was I smell alcohol. How much have you had to drink? I said none. I don't drink. He said your eyes are bloodshot. He said you don't mind doing a few tests. I got slightly irritated and said, I don't drink, there's no alcohol. There's no way you can smell that. I kind of stopped myself and said ok what would you like to do? I just stepped out for a minute and he took a flashlight and followed my eyes. He then let me go.

I'm not sure I know the correct response in a situation like this. It's very clear a physical sobriety test is nearly impossible to pass under any circumstances. I think drunk driving is one of the most reckless things someone can do. Driving is the most dangerous thing you can do and they actually let people drink before doing it. But I don't like when cops create a crime rather than just catching someone actually committing one.

1. When betting sports on your phone, don't sit in your car -neither in a parking lot, nor on the side of the road. Particularly at 2 am. It looks like you're either selling drugs or so drunk that you're non-functional in your car. LEO is just doing his job by investigating you.

Rather, sit in the lobby of a hotel or at a table in a cheap restaurant or in your residence. Not in your car.

2. As you've said, be nice and cooperative with the cops.

3. If you're detained/arrested when sober, ask for a breathalyzer test. However, they're also looking for people on drugs, so it may be a blood test down at the station. They won't get results instantly so it's a night in jail.

Basically, your car is not a place to sit around in at 2 am. Stay out of your car, unless you're actively driving.

Can you accidently get yourself in trouble without meaning to?

Could have happened to me. I left my pocketknife in my winter jacket. It had been 9 months since I wore it, so when the police officer asked me if I had any weapons, I confidently stated "No."

About 60 seconds later the officer tossed my knife across the hood of his cruiser after he pulled it out of my pocket.

Why did he end up doing a pat down?. Well, I freely consented expecting nothing.

Why did he want to talk to me? After going to Albertson's late at night, I walked down the store front and stopped to look in at the stuff in the window of another store. A store that had recently been burglarized several times. Granted I had pulled on the least upscale clothes and looked fairly scruffy,

I cooperated with everything because I didn't see any problem as I hadn't done anything. But, he could have gone the route of thinking I was "lying to the police" which is a crime. Fortunately, and possibly because I hadn't so much as a parking ticket on record, he didn't make an issue of it.

But it made me more aware of what are our rights.