From Traffic Stop To Power Trip: How Policing Breeds Distrust

About this episode

The episode explores how policing practices during traffic stops can lead to distrust, focusing on the inadequacies of field sobriety tests and the impact of aging and disability on perceived intoxication.

We examine a couple of traffic stops, like an older driver who refuses field sobriety tests yet offers to take a breathalyzer, but the cop refuses. He’s a little unsteady, his words slur a bit, and his life experience shows in his posture. BUT! None of that proves intoxication. We break down why field tests are easy to fail even when sober, how aging and disability skew “clues,” and why objective measures should come first when safety allows. Our take is simple: measure truth before you...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Xander

Topics covered

• policing
• traffic stops
• distrust
• field sobriety tests
• intoxication
• aging
• disability

Keywords

• traffic stop
• policing
• field sobriety tests
• intoxication
• distrust
• aging
• disability

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