6. Notes aid you in court six months later - ✔️✔️Officer Notes on Tickets:
1. observe the traffic violation to ensure you have a valid reason
2. NOTIFY dispatch of your location and the vehicle license plate
---if no plate, give vehicle description
3. Give number of occupants and ask for backup if necessary - ✔️✔️The traffic violation:
1. Position your vehicle behind the violator
2. Turn on overhead light
3. If they refuse to pull over, give a short SIREN burst
4. As the violator begins to pull over position your car in the offset position
5. Offset the right half of the police vehicle in line with left half of the violator vehicle
6. *Stop 15-22 feet behind the violator vehicle*
7. Point spotlight into the rear view mirror of the violator
8. Unlock right side front door of your patrol car
9. Check traffic before exiting patrol vehicle - ✔️✔️The Basics of the Traffic Stop:
1. Exit the vehicle with only the necessary equipment (flashlight, leave citation book in
vehicle)
2. *KEEP WEAPON HAND FREE*
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