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Surviving a Police Encounter as a Concealed Carrier
If a law enforcement officer stops you and you are legally carrying a firearm on your person or in your vehicle, should you inform the officer? And if so, how should you tell them? Every patrol officer fears being shot in the line of duty, and every time an officer initiates a traffic stop, they…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 4 Complying with the Officer
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 4: Complying with the officer The world learned the name Philando Castile after his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live-streamed the immediate aftermath of the police shooting that took his life. “We got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back,” she says on the video. The camera reveals Castile slumped…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 3 Communicating with the Officer
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 3: Communicating with the officer South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Sean Groubert stopped Levar Jones in the parking lot of a gas station for a seat belt violation. Jones was just stepping out of his vehicle when Groubert pulled up in his cruiser. “Can I see your license, please?” the…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 2 Caring
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 2: Caring About the Officer’s Safety On January 12, 1998, Deputy Kyle Dinkheller pulled over a speeding motorist in what, at first, appeared to be a routine traffic stop. Dinkheller activated his dash camera, and over the next three and a half minutes, it recorded every patrol officer’s worst nightmare.…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 1 of Communication, Caring, Compliance
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 1: Caring, Communication, and Compliance Stories about police brutality hit the headlines weekly these days. Stan Campbell, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement and founder of D.O.P.E. the Movement, says he believes that the number of incidents is not on the rise, but thanks to the proliferation of body cameras and smartphones, the public…
Read MoreJanice Harper PIT Maneuver Case: The Importance of Promptly Pulling Over
Lessons from the Janice Harper PIT Maneuver Case Well after dark on a summer night in 2020, Janice Harper, a pregnant woman traveling alone, sped down Arkansas’s U.S. 67/167 highway. A state trooper clocked her driving 84 in a 70-mph zone. He switched on his flashers, signaling for Harper to pull over. The three-lane highway…
Read MoreD.O.P.E. Spotlight Interview – Civil Rights Attorney Lorenzo Banks
A Mathematician Turned Lawyer How does a mathematics major with a low opinion of lawyers become a criminal defense attorney? It starts when he gets sued over a dispute with a credit card company. “I was not trying to be a lawyer,” Lorenzo says. “I knew nothing about lawyers, but I knew I couldn’t afford…
Read MoreHelping Autistic Teens and Police Officers Avoid Negative Encounters
Autism is not a life-threatening diagnosis, but when law enforcement officers unknowingly encounter a person with autism, they can confuse the behaviors associated with autism with non-compliance, and the results can be tragically fatal. In 2016, mental health therapist Charles Kinsey was shot in the leg by a police officer after trying to intervene during…
Read MoreThe Importance of Providing Proper Context in 9-1-1 Calls
When someone calls 9-1-1 to report “a suspicious person,” they are setting into motion an encounter between law enforcement officers and a citizen. The information that the caller conveys to the 9-1-1 operator, and the information that the dispatcher provides to the responding police officers establishes the context for the inevitable encounter. If the information…
Read MoreThe Elijah McClain Tragedy
The Elijah McClain Case Officer patrol encounters with someone who is “different” A tragic encounter between a citizen and police officers began at 10:40p.m. on August 24, 2019 after a 9-1-1 caller reported an individual who“looked sketchy” and was wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while walking through an apartment community in Aurora, Colorado.…
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