Good video.
Raising your visor is akin to making someone in a car lower their window. They claim that it's a lawful order upheld by the supreme court. I had several officers and a supervisor claim they could make me lower my window at my last DUI checkpoint.
I would have also thrown in with the 'no questions' part, stating you choose not to answer any questions without an attorney, and that you are invoking your right to silence, and that you understand checkpoints like these in NV are consensual and that you do not consent. There's an argument that these stops be unconstitutional based on they try to get people to self incriminate before being read their Miranda rights.
I think asking "am I being detained" is a good question. Others argue it's not. I think when they clearly state to you that you are, you have a clear marker, for the 1 hour time limit they have to arrest you, and that they then, at that time, need to have RAS or PC. Remember, they do not need to tell you the RAS/PC...only explain it to a judge in court should it go that far. They can detain you the full hour and never tell you why - but getting them to declare that they are detaining...keeps you from 'fleeing' charges should you leave, etc. Then, once you're officially detained, stating your name, and invoking your right to silence, and asking for an attorney, and getting them to explain why...that's all in your favor. Even asking to be read your rights - that shows them that you're not just handing them complete control. They seem to think that once you're detained they can do what they want...but to me that immediately starts the offensive game for people who know and exercise their rights....just my 2 cents.
It sucks he made you show your ID. There was no reason at all for him to do that. He by protocol should have first determined some suspicion you were under the influence, like look at my finger, or asking you to breath into his hand etc. At least you weren't handcuffed and had your ID taken from you without consent. I never got sent to 'secondary screening' type thing...where you were sent. They surrounded me and kept demanding I lower my window. They brought a supervisor to me, and threatened me with arrest all while holding up traffic.(which I'm sure they'd have likely charged some crime against me had they not released me when I eventually lowered my window). The raise visor...show me your id - it's their little power trip. They slowly creep in further and further on infringing rights.
Possibly stating your name, rather than giving him a license would have been a good first step - as required by state law that IF he claimed to have RAS, all one must do is state their name. However he would have likely asked for your licence, since you were indeed driving.
Demanding anything is likely to cause trouble. So you asking for an incident number the way you did seemed appropriate to me. All you can try is to fill out an internal affairs report, you had the supervisor's info, who from then on was in charge, and responsible for the first officer...and can try to follow that up and show how they detained you unlawfully. Really - this sort of activism is best. Without damage, they're not likely to change, and that's sad. But a video like this shows us all how to respond and gives us great example to mimic.
I have a 8 year old cell, which is falling apart, and I'm going to be purchasing a new one...that I can hopefully tape stuff like this and upload. These resources are invaluable! It so bugs me that even when you asked the first officer why you were pulled to secondary screening, he didn't really have an answer (or i couldn't hear one). The sgt seemed professional, but him asking for your ID was lame - but as soon as he got that part of you to give in...he said you were free to go. It's just sick how they seem to get off on their power grab from small things.
