texasag93 wrote:What is the 7 (or8) point stop?
Pardon the ignroance. I have been pulled over and I turn my engine off, lower my window, have DL (and no CHL) and insurance on the dash, interior light on, and hands resting on my door.
....or is it a process the LEO does?
thanks.
texasag
It is actually called a 7 step violator contact, and is how DPS teaches traffic stops. When done properly, it maintains the Adult-Adult ego states relationship.
1. Greeting identification of the police agency.
2. Statement of violation committed
3. Identification of driver and check of conditions of violator and vehicle
4. Statement of action to be taken. (Patrol officers should practice the technique of refraining from using the work “I� during the violator interview. Place the emphasis on the violator, and the violation committed, by using the word “you.� When the patrol officer states that, “I am going to...,� the action shifts from the violation committed to the action to be taken by the officer and affords the violator an opportunity to shift the blame from the offense committed to the action taken by the arresting officer. When the “you� technique is practiced, much unpleasantness is avoided)
5. Take that action
6. Explain what the violator must do.
7. Leave
(the above is from a TCLEOSE lesson plan)
This is in no way required by law, and no LEO or agency is under any obligation to follow it. I like it and used it.
