EDDIE CRAIG TRAFFIC STOP SCRIPT (With Additional Notes)
EDDIE CRAIG TRAFFIC STOP SCRIPT (With Additional Notes)
1. When you see the lights come on behind you and as you are pulling over, roll your
windows down to air out your car then roll them all back up as you pull over.
1. Right off the bat, when you are pulled over, you are under arrest. (HAVE A RECORDING
DEVICE AND FILM EVERYTHING!!!) The act of being stopped from pursuing your life,
liberty and happiness is an ARREST. The cop will not tell you you are under arrest, and
he will not read you your Miranda rights because once you know you have been
arrested, most people won’t volunteer the information he can manipulate to accuse you
of a crime. When he fails to read your Miranda rights as soon as he approaches your
window, he is already committing a crime himself pursuant to: People v. Ceccone, 260
Cal. App. 2d 886, 67 Cal. Rptr. 499 (1968). See Mathis v. United States, 391 U.S. 1, 4,
20 L. Ed. 2d 381, 88 S. Ct. 1503 (1968).
“. . . once an investigating officer has probable cause to believe that the person confronted has
committed an offense, the officer cannot be expected to permit the suspect to leave his
presence. At that point, interrogation becomes custodial and the suspect must be warned of his
rights.”
1. When you come to a stop, LOCK ALL YOUR DOORS and only crack your window about
2 inches, do not open any other windows. This prevents a cross-breeze which the officer
can use to say he smells pot or booze.
NEVER ASK A QUESTION YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO. YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ASKING, DON’T JUST RECITE FROM MEMORY WHAT
YOU SHOULD SAY. UNDERSTAND IT. AND IT IS BEST TO HAVE THESE POINTS
MEMORIZED SO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU WANT THE
OFFICER TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND YOU COMPREHEND
WHAT YOU ARE STANDING FOR, AND NOT THAT YOU ARE JUST READING OFF A PIECE
OF PAPER. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY, BUT IT STILL WORKS TO
BE READING IF YOU HAVE TO.
TIP: Create a small reminder list to keep visible in your car, icons or words;
THE SCRIPT:
“OFFICER, COULD I GET YOUR NAME AND BADGE NUMBER, PLEASE?” (You might also
want to ask him to fill out your NOTICE OF INQUIRY AND/OR REPORT OF DETAINMENT
form.)
“OFFICER, ARE YOU RECORDING AND IS YOUR VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT
PROPERLY WORKING?”
“OFFICER ______Badge #_____, can any of the information you are demanding form me be
used against me in a court of law or be used to incriminate me in any way?” (This is basically
telling him that you are aware that he should have already read you your Miranda rights.)
(IF OFFICER SAYS YES OR SIMPLY CONTINUES ASKING YOU FOR DRIVER’S LICENSE
AND REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS SAYING YOU
MUST COMPLY AND GIVE HIM WHAT HE ASKS FOR, SAY:
“OFFICER______Badge #_____, are you asserting that a statute can compel me to waive a
fundamental protected right to comply with your demand?”
“OFFICER _________ Badge#________, ARE YOU STOPPING ME FOR A CIVIL
INFRACTION OR AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL OFFENSE?”
(IF HE SAYS “CRIMINAL” AND HE SITES SOMETHING FROM THE TRAFFIC CODE, THEN
WE’VE GOT HIM FOR INCOMPETENCE: HE DOESN’T KNOW THAT THE LAW DEFINES
THE ALLEGATION HE MADE IS A CIVIL INFRACTION. HE ILLEGALLY STOPPED YOU
WITHOUT A WARRANT FOR A CIVIL INFRACTION, WHICH MEANS HE DIDN’T HAVE
PROBABLE CAUSE OR REASONABLE SUSPICION, BECAUSE THOSE ONLY ATTACH TO
CRIMES.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING A FOUNDATION YOU CAN BUID ON TO GET THEM TO
ADMIT CERTAIN THINGS. RATHER THAN ASK HIM ABOUT PROBABLE CAUSE, WHICH HE
WILL SAY HE HAS, FIRST DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE UNDERSTANDS HOW
PROBABLE CAUSE IS OBTAINED. (In other words, any citation for a “traffic violation” is a civil
infraction, NOT a crime. If he says he has stopped you for a crime, then he must have probable
cause for the crime you committed, are committing, or are about to commit—YOU’VE
TRAPPED HIM.)
(if he says he has a warrant, ask to see it. If he has a warrant, he has to furnish it within a
reasonable amount of time after he throws you in a cage, which they usually do without taking
you before a magistrate first, which is lawfully required.) No warrant? Continue…
(Officer may now be saying that the law requires you to produce documents—this is
intimidation. INVOKING YOUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS CAN NOT BE CONVERTED INTO A
CRIME, so if they charge you falsely for “obstruction” you get to sue their pants off because
what they did was just punish you for invoking your rights.)
(This is telling the officer exactly what you expect him to do, and it is now a part of the official
record. You will be showing that all you did was invoke your rights, and all he could do was
threaten you with violence.)
(Just keep repeating this like a skipping record. INVOKE YOUR RIGHTS AND STAND ON
YOUR RIGHTS.)
[If the officer then tries to get you out of the car with false allegations, such as saying he smells
marijuana, IMMEDIATELY say:]
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE:
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(IF YOU ARE NOT A COMMERCIAL DRIVER, YOU ARE NEITHER A “DRIVER” NOR ARE
YOU “OPERATING” A “MOTOR VEHICLE.”
If he wants you to sign his debt instrument (ticket), you can tell him you do not want to enter into
contract with him and you are not signing anything. NOTE: A flesh-and-blood man or woman
does not write a “signature.” That is what the Straw Man does. You, the flesh-and-blood man or
woman, gives an “autograph.”
If he persists, is acting violent, or if for any reason you are afraid for your life and safety, give
your autograph under duress like this (do NOT underline, for emphasis only):
John Doe, Under Protest / With Prejudice / Without Acceptance / Of Necessity or all of the
above;
. . . V. C. Mr. John Allen Smith, III (Under Duress / With Prejudice / Without Acceptance / Of
Necessity
NEVER ALL CAPS (Straw Man), always use upper and lower case letters.
DURESS: “Unlawful pressure exerted upon a person to coerce that person to perform an act
that he or she ordinarily would not perform.”
“Actus me invito factus, non est meus actus.“ – An act done by me against my will, is not
my act. [Bouvier’s Law Dictionary]