MA Police Training Manual - OUI Stop Field Sobriety Tests
only constitutes
one clue. Failure to perform test should
be recorded as “eight” clues observed.
In the section
labeled “other,” record any facts, circumstances, conditions or observations
that may be relevant to this test.
- suspect verbally miscounts steps;
- suspect utters incriminating statements.
• Examples of
conditions that may interfere with suspect’s performance of the
Walk-and-Turn test:
--wind/weather conditions;
—suspect’s
age, weight;
—suspect’s footwear.
8. Taking Field Notes on the Combined
Interpretation of Nystagmus and Walk-and-Turn
By combining four or
more clues of HON with two or more clues of the WAT test, suspects can be
correctly classified as above 0.10 BAC 80% of the time.
9. Taking, Field
Notes on One-Leg Stand Testing
The section on the
One-Leg Stand test appears
midway down the page.
By recording when
things happen as well as what
happens, you will be able to prepare a more descriptive arrest report.
You will place check
marks in or near the small boxes to indicate how many times you observed each of
the clues. You will do this separately for the test on the left leg (L) or on
the right leg (R). In addition, if the suspect puts the foot down during the
test, you will record when it happened (write the count on new note guide). For.
example, when standing on the left leg the suspect lowered the right foot at a
count of “one thousand and thirteen”, and again at “one thousand and
twenty”. Your diagram should look like the
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