12/18/1985 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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General Order - Page 4 Use of Sobriety Checkpoints for OUI Enforcement F. If during this initial contact, the officer established a reasonable suspicion that the driver may be impaired, the suspect should be advised to pull into an adjacent area out of the traffic flow and then requested to perform a series of field sobriety tests. Persons who demonstrate to the officer that they are obviously not able to safely move their vehicle to the field test area should not be allowed to drive. G. If such reasonable suspicion does not exist; the driver will be allowed to proceed. Further Investigation A. Suspected impaired drivers shall be processed in accordance with 'Mashpee Police Department procedures (General Orders, Rules, Training Bulletins) . Contact officers participating in the operation shall administer such tests as practical and in accordance with their impaired driver detection training. As much as possible, the test pattern and conditions shall be uniform for all suspects. B. The officer making the initial contact with the driver shall remain with that driver throughout the investigation and ar- rest process (if an arrest is made) , and shall be responsible for conducting all field sobriety tests, and shall complete the necessary documentation reports, covering all phases of the sobriety checkpoint operation. C. If the contact officer subsequently determines through field sobriety testing that the driver is not impaired, then the driver shall be released. Supervisory Responsibility A. ' A supervisor shall be present at field sobriety checkpoints at all times. B. If the on-scene supervision of the checkpoint determines that a hazard is being created by an excessive back-up of stopped vehicles, he may terminate the checkpoint for a period of time in order to relieve congestion.