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GilpinGuy
08-19-2015, 03:39
If a LEO asks you to remove your sunglasses during a stop, are you obligated to do so?


Edit: mods please change title to "Sunglasses during a stop". Thanks. Fat fingers on the phone...
Bailey Guns
08-19-2015, 06:23
I don't think so. Not under the normal circumstances of a routine stop, anyway.

If the officer suspects you're DUI and asks you to remove them for SFST maneuvers (so he can see your eyes for the HGN test) you can probably be considered to have refused the test if you don't remove sunglasses or even prescription glasses.
Aardvark
08-19-2015, 07:39
Related, but fm another point of view: There was a study done in the UK several years ago, about the psychological impact of the police wearing sunglasses when interacting with the populace. In a nutshell, the populace viewed the police in a hostile manner when the police wore sunglasses, specially mirrored. The glasses gave the police a hostile, untrustworthy, and unapproachable appearance. Inversely, they would/could do the same when the populace wears them during any interaction. IMO, when approached by a police officer wearing mirrored glasses, I think of them as wanna-be 'Boss Hawg' and do feel uncomfortable, and when I wear shades, I'll take them off when talking to someone, out of a basic courtesy.
68Charger
08-19-2015, 09:16
My sunglasses are prescription- as in Crizal/photogreys (automatic tinting) so that would be my answer if they asked me to remove them...
"I can do that- but I won't be able to see well, Officer... they are prescription"

But I agree with Bailey that they'd have to be taken off for some DUI tests (follow the pen with your eyes only)
KevDen2005
08-19-2015, 09:19
I wear sunglasses when it's sunny.

i may ask you to remove them for sfst maneuvers or to compare you to your id picture better.
Ah Pook
08-19-2015, 15:21
If a LEO asks you to remove your sunglasses during a stop, are you obligated to do so?
The GCSD harassing you?


I wear sunglasses when it's sunny.

i may ask you to remove them for sfst maneuvers or to compare you to your id picture better.
And if I refuse?
Bailey Guns
08-19-2015, 16:42
And if I refuse?

Don't taze me, bro!
TEAMRICO
08-19-2015, 18:33
Don't taze me, bro!
Hands up don't shoot also works....so I've heard.
Great-Kazoo
08-19-2015, 18:47
The GCSD harassing you?


And if I refuse?


AM I BEING DETAINED OFFICER ??
KevDen2005
08-20-2015, 00:45
The GCSD harassing you?


And if I refuse?

I guess that would depend on if you are being contacted by a jail-able offense or not and I have probable cause to arrest you.
KevDen2005
08-20-2015, 00:46
AM I BEING DETAINED OFFICER ??

Yes
Irving
08-20-2015, 00:59
http://www.break.com/video/ugc/iroc-idiot-on-radio-317224

I LOVE this clip, and the title of the audio makes it all that much sweeter.
Ah Pook
08-20-2015, 01:01
I guess that would depend on if you are being contacted by a jail-able offense or not and I have probable cause to arrest you.
Thank you.
KevDen2005
08-20-2015, 01:16
Thank you.

Think of it like this...

From the officer did he say, "Can you take your glasses off?" or "Take your glasses off."
Rhino0427
08-20-2015, 14:12
Slip him a 10 spot...they love bribes...its science.
ray1970
08-20-2015, 14:29
when I wear shades, I'll take them off when talking to someone, out of a basic courtesy.

I try to do the same. Especially if I'm meeting someone for the first time.

Oh, and if the officer asks you (or tells you) to take your glasses off... just comply. It's not like he asked you for a rim job. You'd feel awful silly if you were beaten for not following a very simple request.
KevDen2005
08-20-2015, 14:33
I try to do the same. Especially if I'm meeting someone for the first time.

Oh, and if the officer asks you (or tells you) to take your glasses off... just comply. It's not like he asked you for a rim job. You'd feel awful silly if you were beaten for not following a very simple request.

Of all the things to ask for....can't say this request has ever come out of my mouth.
izzy
08-20-2015, 14:38
I've been asked, or told don't remember, to take off my sun glasses and compiled. I tend to listen and try to avoid making the situation worse when I'm dealing with cops.
cstone
08-20-2015, 15:56
Compliance is often the compromise that ends the encounter as quickly as possible.

Each of us will make the decision we believe is correct on any given occasion. We often do not know whether the choice we made was correct, but we will live with the consequences of that decision.

Be safe.
spqrzilla
08-20-2015, 16:28
60476
Bailey Guns
08-20-2015, 18:08
Trying to look at this from a completely objective point of view, I think it's a pretty minor issue. If the officer is pleasant and professional and asks you to remove your sunglasses, are you seriously gonna be offended, put out, or whatever by that request? Is it really an infringement of some right?
blacklabel
08-20-2015, 18:15
Trying to look at this from a completely objective point of view, I think it's a pretty minor issue. If the officer is pleasant and professional and asks you to remove your sunglasses, are you seriously gonna be offended, put out, or whatever by that request? Is it really an infringement of some right?

That's the tact I usually take. Don't make it difficult for anyone and I've gotten out of some potentially terrible situations by being reasonable.
HoneyBadger
08-20-2015, 20:29
Trying to look at this from a completely objective point of view, I think it's a pretty minor issue. If the officer is pleasant and professional and asks you to remove your sunglasses, are you seriously gonna be offended, put out, or whatever by that request? Is it really an infringement of some right?
Youtube heros might take it personally... instead of being rational and decent human beings.
Bailey Guns
08-20-2015, 21:07
60476

That is hilarious! And spot on...
68Charger
08-21-2015, 07:03
Yeah, I wouldn't mention that they're prescription to be difficult, but it would help explain why I'm bumping into sh... Er, stuff with them off...
sellersm
08-21-2015, 10:09
(I've done that before with a tinted visor on a motorcycle helmet, long story, no LEO interaction)

BTDT. I was taught that kindness, politeness, good manners and good grammar would go a long way in life. Hasn't failed me yet...
OtterbatHellcat
08-21-2015, 17:02
I try to do the same. Especially if I'm meeting someone for the first time.

Oh, and if the officer asks you (or tells you) to take your glasses off... just comply. It's not like he asked you for a rim job. You'd feel awful silly if you were beaten for not following a very simple request.

lmao


Side note, it's ironical I recently posted something about ....."Luke, don't mess with the man with no eyes".
GilpinGuy
08-22-2015, 21:08
Trying to look at this from a completely objective point of view, I think it's a pretty minor issue. If the officer is pleasant and professional and asks you to remove your sunglasses, are you seriously gonna be offended, put out, or whatever by that request? Is it really an infringement of some right?

This is my take. We had quite a debate at work the other day and thought I'd post it. The usual "f*ck the police" crowd were all "f*ck no I wouldn't".