Fellow officers,
As a police officer, you should always look at the behavior of all drivers in Brighton. Some of them simply do not want to act according to rules - and this can not go unpunished! Today we will show you how traffic violations look like in Police Simulator: Patrol Officers and give you a few insights into the process!
But let's take a look in-game, first!
What's forbidden in Brighton?
In Brighton, drivers have to follow a bunch of traffic rules - if they don't, every street would only consist of pure mayhem. In the clip, we are highlighting a few of them: Turning without a signal, running a stop sign, running a red light, putting on underglow lights on a car, featuring tinted windows, having broken windshields and headlights... all these things are not okay at all.
After all, these are serious offenses that pose a risk to all road users and pedestrians.
I've spotted a violation - what now?
You are of course allowed to pull-over these cars, basically detaining them in the process. One option is the use of your Pull Over Sign which can be equipped via the tool menu should you currently be on foot patrol. This tool provides you with the ability to pull-over vehicles from traffic: Aim at the vehicle and... well, pull them over!
(It's not even Winter and you still have so many pull-overs... haha... get it? No? Okay.)
Good to know: You will receive intuition feedback, whether or not the vehicle will be pulling over. Always worth it! But, you have to keep in mind that drivers might not see you: When using the Pull Over Sign, your intuition will tell you whether or not your command has been seen. Make sure you're well visible but standing in a safe place, not in the middle of the road. Of course, make sure that you can even justify pulling them over - meaning, that they should have violated a traffic rule beforehand.
Of course, should you patrol by car, you can also pull over violating cars!
What happens afterwards?
You pulled them over? Good. Now you can, for example, perform a Drug Test! You are allowed to request the suspect to do one as the purpose of this test is to find out if they're driving under the influence of drugs (DUI), thus establishing probable cause. DUI is at least a misdemeanor - arresting the driver and towing the driver's car is completely justified in this situation.
It's allowed to order a driver to perform a drug test when the driver committed any traffic violation. Yes, even if the violation cannot be connected to a DUI suspicion. I mean, stuff like that is scary! Not behaving responsibly can lead to accidents, maybe connected even with serious injuries.
What you can not do is frisking the driver. No, committing a traffic violation is not enough, there must be other crimes involved...
So... can I ask them for an ID?
Yup! The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution regulates the right of the people 'to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures'. This includes the regulation when persons have to identify themselves towards police officers.
Apart from that, a lot of states have varying 'Stop and identify' laws. In the state of Franklin and city of Brighton, police officers are allowed to request the ID of people in certain circumstances, including traffic violations.
What can the punishment look like?
Well, you can either hand out a ticket or give them a verbal warning - both is viable. If you stop the person, you can sometimes also observe signs of other infringements or crimes which are not related to traffic. One example is the posession of an illegal weapon, or even that the person has an open warrant. Keep your eyes open for all law violations, you might have to arrest them!
That sounds pretty complicated...
It's 2021, basically the future™, and we're innovating at all times! Should you active the Casual Game Mode, you will receive intuition hints on traffic violations which are actively broken in that specific moment by drivers (example: driving over a red light). However, violations which are broken permanently won't be shown (like driving with a broken windshield).
But that's not all! We have also created a *huge* handbook with all details about basically everything! Are you unsure if your decision is lawful? Do you need to double-check if something is a violation or not? We got the solution!
Check out the official handbook for our new police rookies for more details - of course, you can also find it in-game! Feel free to use it for the creation of guides, wikis and other stuff as well. Highly welcomed by the entire team! :)
More to come!
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers launches in Steam Early Access on June 17, 2021! We're sharing a lot of gameplay content on our official Socials.
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