# Door Police Interaction ,  Chad's rights library

Learned 2026-10-26 from Chad's Drive folder "Incoming / new skills / DOOR POLICE INTERACTION". Two documents:

1. **"Understanding Arrest and False Imprisonment"** (Google Doc) ,  a plain-language primer:
   - An arrest = custody where a reasonable person would not feel free to leave: physical restraint or submission to authority, clear communication of arrest, actual or constructive custody, intent to bring the person into the criminal justice system.
   - False imprisonment = intentional confinement without legal authority, against the person's will, with the person aware of it. Even a brief unlawful detention counts (Manuel v. City of Joliet, 2017).
   - Three encounter levels: consensual (no justification needed; you may refuse and walk away), Terry investigative stops (reasonable suspicion: specific articulable facts; brief; pat-down only on reasonable fear of weapons, Terry v. Ohio), arrests (probable cause; full search; Miranda before questioning).

2. **"Transportation Stop Action Script"** by Eddie Craig (former deputy sheriff; FraudStoppers / Rule of Law Radio) ,  a memorized script for traffic stops:
   - Record everything, always; note names and badge numbers; keep a witness on an open phone line.
   - Control the exchange and your composure. Say only rights-protecting things. Never answer questions (where from, where going, "do you know why I stopped you").
   - Scripted sequence: name and badge; is this being recorded, audio and video, equipment working; what is the emergency; what probable cause; do you have a search warrant, an arrest warrant, may I see it; I am not operating for hire; am I under custodial arrest; if not, am I free to go; invoke silence and counsel; I do not consent to any search or to further detention; repeat the non-waiver line as needed.
   - Never consent to a search, even under threat of a canine unit. Windows up, doors locked; one window, open at most 2.5 inches.
   - Texas-specific references (Transp. Code 543, Penal Code 38.02 failure-to-identify limits) ,  treat as Texas law, not Tennessee or federal. Tennessee stops differ; flag the jurisdiction before relying on any line.

## Desk use
Background knowledge for the Rafael matter's framing (warrantless seizure, false imprisonment language) and for Chad's own encounters. It is educational material, NOT legal advice and not a substitute for counsel. Quote its lines only as the script's lines, attributed to Eddie Craig. Never present it to an attorney or a court as the desk's legal position without Chad's explicit word.