OFFICERS PATROLLING THE AREA OF I-630 FRONTAGE AND LOUISIANA ST WERE STOPPED BEHIND VEH 1 AT A RED LIGHT. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, VEH 1 DID NOT ADVANCE FORWARD. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE A SUBJECT MANIPULATING A PHONE FROM THE DRIVER SEAT. THE SCREEN OF THE PHONE WAS FACING TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. OFFICERS UTILIZED THEIR HORN TO ALERT VEH 1 THAT THE LIGHT WAS GREEN, HOWEVER, VEH 1 STILL HESITATED TO MOVE FORWARD. VEH 1 WAS STOPPED AT THE GREEN LIGHT CLOSE TO 30 SECONDS. DUE TO VEH 1 IMPEDING TRAFFIC, A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED NEAR THE LISTED LOCATION. OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR. FRANKLIN, AN UNKNOWN WHITE FEMALE, AND MS. BRUCE.
AT FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, BOTH FEMALES IN THE VEHICLE WERE VISIBLY INTOXICATED. OFFICERS OBSERVED MR. FRANKLIN TO HAVE BLOODSHOT, WATERY, GLASSY EYES. MR. FRANKLIN ADMITTED TO HAVING BEEN DOING A “SNAP” (SNAPCHAT) WHILE AT THE LIGHT. MR. FRANKLIN WOULD BE ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE COMPLIED. MR. FRANKLIN CONSENTED TO A PAT DOWN FOR WEAPONS. OFFICERS COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF INTOXICANTS EMIT FROM MR. FRANKLIN AS HE SPOKE TO THEM. MR. FRANKLIN WAS VERY ARGUMENTATIVE AND WOULD FIXATE ON MATTERS SUCH AS OFFICERS’ ABILITY TO RUN A VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION STICKER. MR. FRANKLIN ADVISED THE GROUP WAS COMING FROM BREWSKI’S (BAR) AND ALLEGED HE HAD ONE BEER APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS PRIOR. WHEN OFFICERS WERE EXPLAINING TO MR. FRANKLIN HOW THEY WOULD LIKE FOR A SFST TO BE CONDUCTED, HE ONCE AGAIN BEGAN ARGUING WITH THEM OVER WHERE HE WOULD SIT.
AS OFFICERS WERE SPEAKING TO MR. FRANKLIN, THE TWO FEMALES EXITED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED. AFTER ADDITIONAL UNITS WERE REQUESTED, MR. FRANKLIN BECAME IRATE AND ALLEGED OFFICERS WERE LYING ABOUT THE SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH THE TWO FEMALES DID EXIT THE VEHICLE, WITH THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HAVING TO BE INSTRUCTED NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
MR. FRANKLIN WAS VERY ARGUMENTATIVE AND HOSTILE ABOUT HAVING A CHOICE TO DO SFST OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH OFFICERS INFORMED HIM NUMEROUS TIMES IF HE WOULD PARTICIPATE WITH A PROMPTED “YES OR “NO”. MR. FRANKLIN EVENTUALLY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SFST. DURING THE HGN PORTION, MR. FRANKLIN MOVED HIS HEAD TO FOLLOW THE STIMULUS AND HAD TO BE INSTRUCTED NOT TO DO SO. LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT, DISTINCT AND SUSTAINED NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION, AND NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO 45 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED TO BE PRESENT.
DURING THE WALK AND TURN, MR. FRANKLIN WOULD ARGUE ABOUT HAVING TO LOOK DOWN AT HIS FEET. MR. FRANKLIN GOT OUT OF THE STARTING POSITION AND ONCE AGAIN BECAME EXTREMELY IRATE AND HOSTILE. DURING THE TEST, MR. FRANKLIN USED HIS ARMS FOR BALANCE.
DURING THE ONE LEG BALANCE, MR. FRANKLIN SWAYED, PUT HIS FOOT DOWN, AND USED HIS ARMS FOR BALANCE.
MR. FRANKLIN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AS OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO SEARCH MR. FRANKLIN, HE REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND AND SPEAK TO A SUBJECT THAT WAS BEHIND HIM. OFFICERS HAD TO INSTRUCT MR. FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TIMES TO FACE FORWARD. AS OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO ESCORT MR. FRANKLIN TO A PATROL UNIT, HE BECAME IRATE DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SUBJECT. MR. FRANKLIN WOULD NOT WALK FORWARD AND ATTEMPT TO TURN AROUND. OFFICERS HAD TO PUSH MR. FRANKLIN TOWARD THE REAR OF THE PATROL UNIT. MR. FRANKLIN WAS ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES TO SIT INSIDE A PATROL UNIT, BUT HE REFUSED AND ARGUED WITH OFFICERS. MR. FRANKLIN WAS EVENTUALLY ESCORTED TO A DIFFERENT PATROL UNIT WHERE HE HAD TO BE FORCED INSIDE. MR. FRANKLIN THEN TOLD OFFICERS THAT HE WOULD “FIND YOU”. MR. FRANKLIN REQUESTED A SUPERVISOR, AND A DT SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED.
DUE TO MR. FRANKLIN’S STATURE, VOLATILE BEHAVIOR, AND HOSTILITY, OFFICERS OPTED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO TAKE A CHEMICAL TEST TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. MR. FRANKLIN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SUSPENDED DRIVER’S LICENSE. VEH 1 WAS TOWED TO THE LITTLE ROCK IMPOUND LOT PER LRPD POLICY. MR. FRANKLIN WAS TRANSPORTED TO PCRJ WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, IMPEDING TRAFFIC, USE OF WIRELESS PHONE WHILE DRIVING, DWI, REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO CHEMICAL TEST, AND REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO ARREST. MVR/BWC IN USE.
