Stopped in motor home for going too slow on I-80
This just goes to show how things can escalate to a huge problem when you are just driving along minding your own business. Kinda hard to believe this goes on. Motor home stopped for going too slow
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I was a police Highway Interdiction Instructor, so I taught these officer how to do what they're doing.
I understand what they were doing, they did it wrong and that's why the judge sided with the plaintiff. Was he a criminal transporting drug money? Most certainly. Did the cops get to the money the wrong way? Most Certainly.
Why did they lose the case (yes I read the judges decision on this case), the officers got caught lying about the facts.
The government got caught not presenting all the facts in the case to the judge.
Their basis for the search warrant contained lies and when they got the search warrant they did not go immediately to the area (outside lower compartment) that was subject of the search warrant.
The K9 hit on that compartment and the driver gave permission to search that compartment, a fact that was omitted. The committed a few of very basic principals of interdiction stops.
Their communications between officers did not match their statements in testimony and search warrant application.
"When he radioed ahead he said that he was sure that the motor home was carrying a large amount of cash."
This statement is false as he could never know that and the money that the driver did produce was not a large amount.
I understand what they were doing, they did it wrong and that's why the judge sided with the plaintiff. Was he a criminal transporting drug money? Most certainly. Did the cops get to the money the wrong way? Most Certainly.
Why did they lose the case (yes I read the judges decision on this case), the officers got caught lying about the facts.
The government got caught not presenting all the facts in the case to the judge.
Their basis for the search warrant contained lies and when they got the search warrant they did not go immediately to the area (outside lower compartment) that was subject of the search warrant.
The K9 hit on that compartment and the driver gave permission to search that compartment, a fact that was omitted. The committed a few of very basic principals of interdiction stops.
Their communications between officers did not match their statements in testimony and search warrant application.
"When he radioed ahead he said that he was sure that the motor home was carrying a large amount of cash."
This statement is false as he could never know that and the money that the driver did produce was not a large amount.
