Never Get Busted Again 1: Traffic Stops (2pc)
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Actor: Barry CooperDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Disinformation
DVD Reviews of Never Get Busted Again 1: Traffic Stops (2pc)
DVD Review: Informative but slightly flawed
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm a law graduate and an occasional watcher of COPS (hey, it's entertaining), so when I heard about this video on the news, I had to check it out. It's well produced, informative and entertaining, and if it can help straighten out a kid before he gets nailed for something stupid, so be it. Better to have this video talk some sense into them than have to system do it. However, there are some shortcomings.
The author/producer is a former cop with tons of experience busting dopers on the Texas highways. This in and of itself puts a unique perspective on the subject matter and is much more practical than well meaning but limited info put out by the ACLU. The lawyers at the ACLU might know what rights you have, but if that's all you know it won't be enough - you need street smarts. In fact, a lot of young kids probably get into deeper trouble using the smart-alec Alan Dershowitz approach.
Cooper explains what a cop does before during and after a search as well what he looks for when deciding to pull a car over. Unfortunately not all police officers operate with the same mission that Cooper had when he was a counter drug cop. He focused primarily on a stretch of highway known for drug trafficking and developed profiles that might not raise red flags with other police agencies in different situations. Reasonable suspicion for him might not be suspicious at all to another cop in another place.
He also contradicts himself in one part of the video where he suggests that if you are pulled over and really do have dope in your car, that you let the officer search. The rationale here is that the cop won't do a full on search of every crevice looking for dope if you come clean up front. Hoping the cop doesn't find your dope is not a smart gamble. As Cooper demonstrates, the rest of the video goes on to show just how far they will go to search you, your car, your belongings, and how futile it is to try to conceal dope from the law. I didn't really see the benefit to caving in and allowing for an officer to search the car under any circumstances, as he suggested earlier in the video.
The most glaring error was his explanation of the "plain feel" doctrine of criminal procedure. When a police officer is conducting a pat-down search of a person for weapons (also known as a Terry search). Cooper explains (incorrectly) that if you refuse to allow a police officer to search your vehicle during an ordinary traffic stop (pre-arrest, non felony stops; i.e., ordinary traffic violations) then the police officer can have you step outside of the car while he conducts a search of the drivers area of the car for weapons.
However, there is NO SUCH DOCTRINE for this type of search under these circumstances for the inside of an automobile. The "plain feel" standard he describes applies to people, not cars and is totally inapplicable here.
While the police can order you out of the car, a simple traffic stop itself does not grant the legal basis to conduct a Terry search for weapons, nor does it allow them to do any search of the vehicle absent probable cause or consent. Upon viewing this I attempted to email Cooper but received no response.
Other than that, the legal aspects appear to be correct, but you should consult with a criminal defense attorney in your state if you have questions.
EDIT: Mr. Barry Cooper responded to me in another review (Disinformation; Disinformation). Although I am surprised Amazon allows a "review" by the author of his own work versus a comment on an actual review, Mr. Cooper corrected me in one area and I appreciate that. But please realize he was wrong about the "plain feel" doctrine then, and he is even more wrong as of today (April 21, 2009). The Supreme Court just issued a new ruling in Arizona v. Gant that obliterates the type of searches Mr. Cooper describes in the video. See the text of the court decision or ask a criminal lawyer about its significance, its big. Mr. Cooper will probably address this in a future video release.
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