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DEFENDANTS ADDRESS: NA
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RANK: Captain
BADGE NUMBER: 6520
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OFFICERS NAME: Grace Steel
RANK: Detective I
BADGE NUMBER: 13542
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CHARGES BEING APPEALED:
- WM03 - Possession of Weapon Modifications.
- WF03 - Possession of Illegal Firearms/Weapons.
- VC08 - Failure To Yield (to a TCD).
I was driving the speed limit while being tailed by Captain Steel, after being followed for about a mile he pulled me over on Las Lagunas Blvd and conducted a 10-55 while requesting multiple units to assist him. I was compliant the whole time and offered no fuss at all, I have never been convicted of a violent crime but Jason still saw fit to withdraw his Carbine rifle which goes against the ATD Carbine rifle deployment but I digress. Once he got to my vehicle he immediately ordered me to get off my motorcycle. I began to argue, I am aware of probable cause and told him he had no reason to ask me to step off the bike, he did not inform me at all of what I was being detained for nor the reason of the traffic stop. When I explained to him that he cannot tell me to get off my bike unless I am under reasonable suspicion of an arrestable offense. (Which is still standing according to my knowledge).
When I explained this, Mr. Steel began to get irate and raised his voice, ordering me once again. With the fear of getting a failure to comply charge I got off the bike and walked to the side walk. After a short conversation to which I was only told "I committed a serious traffic violation" I was placed in cuffs for "my own safety" I once again protested and explained that a citation is not enough probable cause to get somebody off their vehicle and search them. When I asked what crime I was suspected to having committed they, they simply told me "In regards to a DB case-file".
In terms of the "serious traffic violation", I was told that I had committed a failure to yield to a TCD which is completely untrue. I slowed down at the intersection just before the location of the 10-55 and another vehicle came blazing through causing me to have to slam my breaks on even more and swerve. I believe the reason for the traffic stop was completely bogus and unfounded and there was 0 evidence to suggest that I have committed any crime or traffic violation. I once again voiced my complaint to Detective Grace Steel that the search was unlawful to which she responded very arrogantly with "Welcome to the criminal life Felix". Affirming the search was illegal but because I have past convictions, I deserve it.
Once I had been searched, an illegal firearm and a silencer was found in a bag that was stored inside of my bike. The search was completely unlawful and goes against not only the Police Departments own Probable Cause protocols but I would argue that my human rights were violated by being forced off out of my vehicle and placed in cuffs due to a simple traffic violation which I did not commit along with it being fruit of the poisonous tree, making the charges that were placed onto myself consequently null and void. I will be forwarding a copy of this IA report to the Justice Bureau and intend on taking this further than just a simple Internal Affairs report.
((I also have the footage of the incident for your own use when the RP is completed of gathering the body-cams from each officer involved. I understand that doing /me and /do for CCTV, the information can sometimes be mis-leading or conveyed incorrectly. Please note that I do not have bodycam and have no RP'd putting 1 on. This is simply to be used to ensure the validity of all RP that is given hence forth. ))
This is a direct copy of the statement from the IA report that I placed again Detectives Jason and Grace Steel. In summary:
- I feel the search was unlawful, I was taken off my bike and placed in cuffs whilst being pulled over for a simple traffic violation which I was not informed of until after the fact and to which I deny. I was searched illegally and was under no suspicion of having, currently or going to commit a crime as per the penal code of Los Santos. Due to the nature of the search being unlawful, all evidence found during said search being fruit of the poisonous tree, the charges that I faced should be dropped and I would like to pursue the charge of GM22 - False Imprisonment to be placed on Mr. Jason Steel and Mrs. Grace Steel.
The Penal code states under said charge "No person may restrain, detain, or confined another person without his/her consent unless such action is in relation to legal detainment done by a civilian (citizen's arrest), police, or certified medical personnel." They key word being 'legal', due to the nature of the detainment being a made up reason (that of a traffic violation I did not commit) I whole-heartedly believe the detaining of myself to be illegal in itself.
Felix Noonham