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This Trooper’s Behavior Will SHOCK You! Traffic Stop Audit

I know you. >> You know me? >> I follow you on Law and Order, man. I watch your stuff. >> Appreciate you, man. Appreciate you. >> Dude, you do good work, man. >> Oh, no? Yeah. >> Really? >> My name's Shawn, yeah. >> Nice to meet you. >> I record the police. >> how you were just here on Law and >> Yeah. >> I mean, you can look at it. I don't want to argue at all, you know what I mean? I'm just Yeah, I'm good. >> So, I'm I'm getting underneath this truck and checking brakes and everything. >> Okay. This is a very thorough inspection. >> Is it as exciting as you thought it'd be? >> Hey, you didn't spit in my face. >> Why would I do that? >> I don't care who you are. >> Right now. >> YOU SPIT IN MY FACE. >> I'VE SEEN YOUR VIDEOS. You're one of the most respectful people I've ever seen. >> All right, so we're driving in the state of Corrupticut and we saw a law enforcement officer activate his emergency lights here. Connecticut State Police. >> All the wheels on the ground? I had to double-check that. All right, okay. You got your license? >> You got your license, sir? >> One second. I'm not driving. >> I know you. >> You know me? >> you on Law and Order, man. >> How you doing? >> I I watch your stuff. >> Nice, brother. Appreciate you, man. Appreciate you. >> Dude, you do good work, man. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Are you with him? >> No. So, as you can see we're about um I would say 15 ft away. Probably less. Maybe even 10 ft away from the law enforcement officer here. And he's doing a great job. He he has no problem with us exercising our First Amendment right, which is how it should be. You shouldn't have a problem with us exercising our rights because he swore an oath to uphold those rights and uphold the Constitution. So, so far he's doing the right thing. He has no issue with me filming. He engaged with me a little bit because he knows who I am. I'm sure he does. His uh former colleague, Brian Fahey, was a Connecticut State Police officer. We all know how the former Sergeant Fahey incidents went. I've been doing this for 5 years. I can definitely tell if uh a law enforcement officer is a tyrant most times just by looking at them, seeing their eyes, etc. Just like Officer Utter, the Danbury Police Department here in Connecticut, former Sergeant, disgraced Sergeant Brian Fahey. >> Yeah. >> Whole different process with a commercial vehicle, huh? >> Yeah, it's a little different one. So, so any any commercial motor vehicle on the road, we're allowed to pull over anytime to do an inspection for >> Okay, with without reasonable suspicion of any infraction? >> Correct. Okay. That's part of the uh Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's rules for they call it a Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. >> Okay. >> So, we're able to do that. >> Do you safety checks? >> Correct. >> Okay. >> At any time. >> What does a safety check involve if you don't mind me asking? >> different levels. So, there's a level three, which is basically uh we're doing almost like a paperwork check. We're checking their logs to make sure they had enough downtime and sleep, you know, so they're not a hazard on the road. >> Right, right. Makes sense. Right. >> Uh making sure the vehicles are registered and making sure they have the proper insurance. Cuz they have to have a certain amount of insurance for carrying loads. >> Okay. >> Um which you can imagine. >> Right. >> Um not only for the for the public in case they get injured, but also for the load itself. >> Right, exactly. Makes sense. >> you know, it may look small, but that might be a million-dollar piece of machinery. >> Right, right, right, right. Got you. >> So, making sure that their DOT number's active. And cuz the DOT also looks into their insurance and um safety >> A DOT is a federal number? >> The DOT, yep. And that's registered with the FMCSA. >> Okay. Cool. Yep. >> Yeah, it's a little different. >> Just curious, never seen a commercial stop before. Thank you. >> Yeah, most of the drivers are all professionals, so they kind of have a good rapport. >> Yeah, okay. Now, can any police officer pull over a commercial vehicle? >> have to be certified. >> Okay, so that >> certain people who have a DOT certification. Connecticut commercial vehicle safety division is is run through the DMV. >> And then there's also some state troopers that are certified also. >> He just told me to look in here. >> You guys got a new one and you can send it to your phone. I'll do that. >> I would like to go ahead. >> That's a new one? >> Come on, brother. Come on, guys. >> All right, guys. All right, we're working it out, buddy. I'll let you guys know what's up. >> I'm confused though because in Connecticut for me to have the flashing lights on, I need a vehicle in tow. >> I'll double check. >> Okay, okay. We're a hun- I'm a billion percent positive. >> Listen, every time I see that >> [laughter] >> I get this up at least 99%. >> Yeah. >> I don't know, but you might mess up. >> All right. >> I'm good cuz if that was the case, they would need lights on that vehicle. It's the same concept. >> No, cuz there's actually a statute about vehicles. >> I mean, you can look it up. I I don't want to argue at all, you know what I mean? I'm just Yeah, I'm good. You told me the inspection's out of date. The inspection's in date. You told me the insurance is out of date. The insurance is in >> Where you coming from, man? Looks like where you You were raised over there? >> Killingly, yeah. >> Oh, cool. >> Killingly. >> Okay, cool. You know, I wouldn't think that I'd run into a Connecticut State Police officer here. A former colleague of the infamous Brian Fahey and him say that I do good work. I mean law enforcement officers tell me that all the time. Normally, it's not on camera, I will say, but you know, we should all celebrate citizens exercising peacefully their first amendment rights, their fourth amendment right, their fifth amendment right. The Constitution should be celebrated, whether they're civilians, law enforcement, military, all citizens of the United States should celebrate the Constitution, not demonize it, not violate it, especially not violate it. It should be something that we celebrate as Americans, whether you're left, right, middle. Again, the way I see it, it's up and down. It's us versus them. The people in power who have the resources and the people who don't have the power and the resources. There's a lot more of us than them, so we need to stick together, not be caught in this back and forth where the powerful try and pin us against each other over these culture wars, you know, different ideology. We can have differences of opinion, but the one thing that we should all stand firm in as Americans is the United States Constitution and our freedoms. You might not like that I'm filming law enforcement officers on a traffic stop, that I happen to see a traffic stop, and I stopped, got out of my car to record from a safe distance, but you should respect it. You should celebrate it, because this is what makes our country great. In some countries, you go to film a law enforcement officer, and they will end your life. They'll put you in a gulag forever. But in the United States of America, we should celebrate our right to record law enforcement in public. That's what we should do. Huh? Oh, no. Yeah. My name is Sean, yeah. I record the police. Yeah. Yeah. I I saw you getting pulled I saw him pull behind you and I saw him put on the lights and I was like, "Oh, I'm going to go record, make sure everything was all cool." He knows who I am. Yeah, I just record the police. One of his One of his colleagues actually spit in my face. Fahey. Insane. Check it out. Long Island Audit on YouTube. Brian Fahey. Yeah. Yeah. What did He retired in disgrace, but he spat in my face. Disgusting. Okay. Right. That's got to be a vehicle hanging off of it, right? Okay. That makes sense cuz I I I heard you made the point like, "Well, then that that tractor trailer would need a same thing." Yeah, it makes sense. It makes sense. But he did say that he could He said I didn't know this cuz I don't drive commercial vehicles, but I didn't know that they can pull you over at any time for any for no reason to do an inspection. Okay. How long you've been doing it? Okay. First time. Hey, man. You got lucky. He's not going to have you up at He's not going to have me up with me here. >> [laughter] >> You know, I really love these positive interactions. I really do because I don't have to worry about getting unlawfully arrested, having to try and de-escalate an irate officer telling me to back up, back up. This is how every single interaction filming law enforcement should go. >> Question is >> Yeah. >> What does he do at this point? >> Yeah, maybe there's some sort of like check checklist that he has to go through. >> Oh, no, it's a level one inspection. They have to inspect the whole truck. >> Level one inspection? Oh, yeah, he told me there was different levels, level one, two, three. >> So three's easy for >> It's just paperwork. >> No, no, three's just like, "Oh, yeah, okay, yeah, you're good." Level one like they check the whole truck. >> Wow. >> I mean, I'm not afraid of it. >> Right, right, right, right. >> I drive a fast truck, why should I be afraid? >> Right, right, right. And these How are these fines, do you know? Like from talking I know you never did this before, but are they You don't know? >> I wish I did. >> Are they like huge? I would imagine, right? Commercial vehicle. >> That's how they get you. >> Yep. All the revenue generating service by the law enforcement officers here. >> Like 2 minutes later, that's when he came out. It wasn't even like >> Yeah. >> Seen him sitting there nice and calm. Mind my business. >> Yeah. I saw him get right behind you. I was like, "Oh, this guy's getting pulled over." I was like, "Perfect, cuz if you would have pulled over anywhere else, I can't just stop on the side of the, you know, the highway, so I was like, "Oh, they're going into a service stop, let me go record it." What I do. So, we're going to see this through till the end. We've been here for a little while now, but got to see it through till the end. So, this law enforcement officer goes under Law enforcement officer / mechanic. >> [laughter] >> So, I'll I'll get underneath this truck and check the brakes and everything. >> All righty. Interesting. >> Whole different aspect. >> Yeah. Never seen a level one commercial vehicle inspection, so if you haven't seen one, you were about to see one today or we're in the process of seeing one. >> I know. Hopefully rain pulled off. >> Yeah, hopefully. >> Hopefully that humidity and the smoke >> It's been Yeah, Long Island. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it was bad. >> I was having a hard time breathing. >> Yeah, it was pretty bad. This is a very thorough inspection. >> He told that leak is your wheel or your the hydraulics, but it's the same spot. So, all your brakes are good. This one here is right on the edge. It's not a violation, but you're going to want to have them adjust those. Very soon it's going to be out of service condition. So, we're done. I just got to write up that report, so that also takes a while. You can pull up the lights. >> He's done apparently. I >> Was it as exciting as you thought it'd be? >> Hey, you didn't spit in my face. >> Why would I do that? >> This is >> seen your videos. You're one of the most respectful people I've ever seen. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. I try and be. Thank you, sir. >> My hands are super dirty. Let me Let me take this off. >> I try and be, sir. Thank you. >> Yo, you're welcome. >> Appreciate it, okay? Take care. Take care. Good luck with everything. Take care, officer. All right, ladies and gentlemen. Well, inspection was done. I don't understand how some people can say I am the most the worst person in the world and then at the end of the day law enforcement officers tell me that I'm the most respectful person he's seen. I try and be respectful. I try and be cordial to everybody. I try and treat people the same way I I to be treated. I have no vendetta against law enforcement. I have friends that are captains, lieutenants that, you know, they see the system for what it is. It's the system that's bad, not not just every single officer. It's not It's not that. It's the system. Obviously, you're going to have law enforcement officers who engage in misconduct and violate the law. The problem is is that they're not held accountable. I find it hard to believe that this individual, this law enforcement officer, doesn't know about his colleague who spit in my face. But, you know, I don't expect him to actually opine on that while he has a badge on. Maybe a off-the-clock discu- discussion, but you know, I try and be respectful. I try and exercise my rights peacefully, but yet in the last 5 years, I've been arrested 13 times with zero criminal convictions. So, that tells you everything you need to know about the system. The fact that we have a video of me leaving the property, Brian Fahey's property, no signage posted, yet I'm still being maliciously prosecuted by a state's attorney with the same last name as Fahey, allegedly no relation, but John Fahey, the state's attorney, is still maliciously prosecuting me when the video evidence clearly, not only the video evidence, the police reports state that it wasn't clearly posted the sign, the private property sign. So, I've been exonerated by video and evidence and police reports, and yet I'm still being maliciously prosecuted, and I have a trial coming up on August 11th, where if I'm found guilty, I can be sentenced up to 90 days in the county jail here. So, you know, that's It's really unfortunate. It's really unfortunate. This indi- This man right here, I want to get his name and badge number before I leave. Officer, you mind if I get your name? >> Um yeah, Officer Matthew Zippoli. >> Zippoli. Thank you. It was nice meeting you, sir. >> You're welcome. >> So, Officer Zippoli here of the Connecticut State Police. It's cordial, respectful, professional, and most importantly honors his oath to the United States Constitution. Has no problem with me filming him. I was getting up to 3 ft, you know, super close to him. He didn't just have a phobia of a camera like most law enforcement officers do. So, it's good to see. It's good to see. He watches my videos. He knows who I am. So, hopefully I have uh effected some change here in law enforcement. People are more respectful, but Officer Zippoli seems like a respectful guy in his own. So, I appreciate his service to the community, and I appreciate, you know, the law enforcement officers who honor their oath and respect our Constitution. It's the most important thing. And as Americans, we need to come together. So, I know this one wasn't, you know, me getting spat on or arrested, but I think this is just as important cuz it shows that we're bridging the gap. It shows what an honorable officer looks like who respects our constitutional rights. So, let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. As always, stay safe. God bless. I'll see you in the next one. Long Island Audit. Peace. >> [music]