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Keeping up with bail-outs on stops

Depending on your department’s policies, the following helps with subjects that bail out at the sight of red and blue lights.

When you are getting ready to stop a vehicle, call in the tag and vehicle description and a block number, business area or combination. I never activate my overheads with a mic in my hand. That job is done before I start the traffic stop. This gives you a slight edge of several seconds if your operator and passengers really don’t want to talk to you and decide to take off.