Police Encounters, what every citizen, student and spring break(er) should know.

I am asked on a weekly basis, "what should I do if the police stop me?". Well here is a little information I acquired through this evenings research.

After preparing for the week of hearings and trials (http://www.donpumphrey.com/), I started doing random research (surfing) on the web and came across a clip from YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJrQBwJpqk. The clip is from an organization called Flex Your Rights.

From an educational standpoint, visual re-creations or re-enactments can many times emphasize what one should do, how to do it, and most importantly what not to do in a given situation. My practice is located in Tallahassee, Florida where we have two major universities (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: http://www.famu.edu/and The Florida State University: http://www.fsu.edu/ as well as a very large community college in Tallahassee Community College:http://www.tcc.fl.edu/) and a collection of school districts: http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/; http://www.gcps.k12.fl.us/ ; http://www.blogger.com/www.wakullaschooldistrict.org/ ;www.franklincountyschools.org/; http://jefferson.k12.fl.us/; http://www.lcsbonline.org/.

Every citizen should closely study the clips from the DVD "Busted" on the website Flex Your Rights (http://www.flexyourrights.org/). Although this is a short blog for this evening, you should forward this post to absolutely everyone you know and everyone who has children in high school or college. It will undoubtedly give them a correct perspective on how to behave and what NOT to do if they have an encounter with the police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV0g5B1blqk&eurl=http://www.flexyourrights.org/busted/movie_clips&feature=player_embedded

I like the clips because it exposes many tactics or tricks used, by a highly skilled and thoroughly trained officer, on the unwary citizen to gain access to that which is protected by both the Florida Constitution and the United States Constitution. We have better health if we exercise, we will have a better country if we exercise . . . our rights!

Your rights cannot help you if you fail to exercise them!