Chapter 9 Traffic Stops Flashcards
There are four current versions of the _____ _____ _____, which is the license issued to the state of Florida residents who pass the DHSMV test granting them the privilege to drive in Florida.
Florida Driver’s License
Creates a potential safety corridor where an officer can walk when approaching the violator’s vehicle.
Offset Position
Is the lawful, temporary detention of an individual in a vehicle by a law enforcement officer for an investigative purpose.
Traffic Stop
Required for drivers of vehicles transporting hazardous materials in sufficient amounts to require placards or vehicles designed to transport more than 15 persons (including driver), and with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of less than 26,001 lbs.
Class C
Required for drivers of any non-commercial motor vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating less than 26,001 pounds, including passenger cars, 15-passenger (including driver) vans, trucks or recreational vehicle 50 cc or less, such as mopeds or small scooters.
Class E
Printed on a Florida Driver License, may limit a driver from operating certain types of motor vehicles or require that he or she meet certain conditions when driving any motor vehicle.
Restriction
Refers to a stop in which the identity of the driver is not known.
Unknown Risk Traffic Stop
Is the unequal treatment of any person, including stopping, questioning, searching, detaining, or arresting a person, solely or primarily because of the person’s race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status.
Discriminatory or Bias-Based Profiling
Is a smaller segment of a population that differs from the majority in some characteristics and is often subjected to different treatment.
Minority
A driver with a ______ _______ license is limited to driving motor vehicles weighing less than 8,000 pounds. Must be accompany by a licensed driver 21 years old who occupies the closest seat right of the driver, and between hours 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Class E-Learner
The officer must decide whether to approach the violator’s vehicle or call the driver back to the patrol vehicle called the _____ _______ _______ to acquire information.
No Approach Tactic
Which are altering flashes of the vehicle lights, strobe, flashers, and other lights.
Wig Wags
The agency responsible for issuing drivers licenses, motor vehicle titles, license plates and vessel registrations as well as overseeing the Florida Highway Patrol.
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Are all used synonymously to mean gathering information for law enforcement purpose.
Querying (entering, running, vehicle check, records check, wants, warrants check)
When the officer believes that all occupants have been removed from the suspect vehicle and no one can be seen inside, he or she should use a bluff and command any hidden occupants to exit the vehicle.
“Plus One” Rule
Required for drivers of truck combinations with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 26,001 lbs or more, provided the towed vehicle is more than 10,000 lbs.
Class A
A Florida Driver License may also include _______ _______ that signal an officer about a person’s health condition or public safety status.
Informational Alerts
Is a special authorization printed on a Florida Driver License permitting a driver to drive certain types of vehicles or to transport certain types of property or number of passengers.
Class B
Is the general speed and direction of the vehicle or pedestrian movement.
Traffic Flow
The plastic housing around the column’s base has been popped open, exposing ignition bars that can be pulled forward to start the car.
Popped or Splatted Ignition
A special authorized printed on a Florida Driver License permitting a driver certain types of vehicles or to transport certain types of property or a certain number of passengers.
Endorsement
Wording printed on a Florida driver license that signals an officer about a person’s health condition or public safety status.
Informational alert
The alternating flashes of the vehicle lights, strobe, flashers, and other lights.
Wig Wags
A traffic stop position where the wheels of the police officer,s vehicles should be turned outward (toward the road) so the patrol vehicle may be deflected. Away from the violator’s vehicle if the patrol vehicle is struck from behind; this position creates a potential safety corridor where an officers can walk when approaching the violator’s vehicle.
Offset position
