Be careful if you are a Canadian in the US!

At the end if the video she admitted what she should have had with her, a current Passport!

This is what you SHOULD have with you when entering any other Country.

This officer was clearly an uninformed bully, he/she could have easily called in to have the information verified but instead threw the weight around. I sincerely hope this lady gets an apology and reimbursement. She had her passport but chose not to carry it. However, that would not have solved the problem.

What would of happened if it were the other way around?

Cummins12V98 wrote:
At the end if the video she admitted what she should have had with her, a current Passport!

This is what you SHOULD have with you when entering any other Country.

In this case even a passport wouldn’t have helped because the officer would’ve still insisted she was driving illegally!

Hope we are not treated the same way by Canada. Terrible.

I know times change but last I checked Canadian Driver's licenses were both confirmable from US law enforcement teletype terminals and valid in the US. Same for ours in CA. however that may not apply to all states or provinces (I dealt mostly with Ontario citizens in Michigan).

But I will say this.. I have, in my many years on this earth had friendly chats with many police officers.. From Michigan State Police to various city and county officers.. I've had dinner with 'em. Chatted with 'em in stores, and coffee shops. Gone to assorted meetings (Clubs) and such. and some of them are indeed well informed as to laws, rules and regulations.

Some are very lacking in said knowledge.. I mean I wonder how they qualify for a badge..

Example: I had one officer once, while we were looking up a law. we came across another law, he commented "Gee I did not know that I thought I was getting away with it cause I was the only cop around"... (I was only 20 years old at the time, waiting on a tow truck for my GF's car that would not start).

I have been issued a ticket for disregarding a traffic control device.. that did not exist and by the same cop for failure to signal a turn,, but I did not turn. (Both dismissed by the judge)

So though I know some very good Law Enforcement officers, Some who are very well trained. SOME WHO ARE ALSO LAWYERS... (Yup,, Just like Jamie on Blue Bloods the exist) ... I also know a few who do not deserve the badge.

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I understand the country needs to be protected from terrorist, but with the creation of Homeland Security & too many cops getting away with violating people's rights because they're used to doing it and getting away with it hiding behind "qualified immunity" granted by the courts, we're going to continue seeing more and more of this **** from ignorant cops power tripping.

The Thin Blue Line is really the thick blue wall. The mentality of the police is that there is them, and then there are the criminals and it's only a matter of time until you or I step out of line and become one of the criminals. I know there really are good cops out there, but it's a shame that the good cops won't step up and take the bad cops to task for fear of retaliation from the bad cops. So it winds up making them just as bad as the rest of the bad cops for doing nothing and going along.

I think hell's going to freeze over before she ever gets her apology.

Sounds like that cop went waaay overboard and should be taken to task for how he treated her but unlikely. OMG, she looks like such a criminal... :E Many police dept's lately are going out of their way to improve public relations and show that they are friendly and helpful and this sort of thing does not help. The current political climate sure doesn't help.

Despite what you hear nowadays, the vast majority of cops anywhere are great and do their jobs properly but there's always a few bad apples out there. A few CBP officers can be uneccessarily mean and nasty but you won't see them on the Border Security TV show.

I remember the good ol' days when you could cross the border with simply a valid DL and nothing else. No passport or anything else needed and you'd get a "welcome to the US" along with a genuine friendly smile and you could travel anywhere in the US without worries about the authorities. We've had NEXUS cards for 5+ years. Easy entry to the US or for travelling abroad and being a wallet sized card, is always with you. Best ID you can have for lots of other things too like when at a bank for ex. Things are so different nowadays and I blame much of it on the internet and smart phones and them dang Ruskies.

cbc report

According to this, the woman states that the officer was declaring that "Canadian licenses are not accepted". I think the officer was confusing the "entry into U.S. requirements" and "valid driver license requirements". She's heard so many times that "you can't use a driver license to cross the border" so she believed that made driving with the license illegal also.

As for having the actual passport on her, there is no requirement for her to carry it at all times and/or while driving. Many visitors (here and abroad) keep their passport in a hotel safe and only carry a copy while they are out and about.

As a Canadian Snowbirding in AZ (where there is a heavy presence of Boarder Patrol Agents) we were fore warned to always have our Passport on person whenever we ventured outside our Park Model.