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...
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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...
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.
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.
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)
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.
The GCSD harassing you?Quote:
Originally Posted by GilpinGuy
And if I refuse?Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Don't taze me, bro!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
Hands up don't shoot also works....so I've heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
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Originally Posted by Ah Pook
AM I BEING DETAINED OFFICER ??
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
http://www.break.com/video/ugc/iroc-...n-radio-317224
I LOVE this clip, and the title of the audio makes it all that much sweeter.
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Think of it like this...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
From the officer did he say, "Can you take your glasses off?" or "Take your glasses off."
Slip him a 10 spot...they love bribes...its science.
I try to do the same. Especially if I'm meeting someone for the first time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aardvark
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Youtube heros might take it personally... instead of being rational and decent human beings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
That is hilarious! And spot on...Quote:
Originally Posted by spqrzilla
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...
BTDT. I was taught that kindness, politeness, good manners and good grammar would go a long way in life. Hasn't failed me yet...Quote:
Originally Posted by foxtrot
lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Side note, it's ironical I recently posted something about ....."Luke, don't mess with the man with no eyes".
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".Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns