“I think we all agree guns drawn on a traffic stop is a bit aggressive,” Bezar added. He also said the officer who removed his gun from his holster made his client feel unsafe. “A driver who doesn’t know why they are being pulled over, doesn’t know why they are being surrounded, doesn’t know why guns are drawn, immediately goes into a flight or panic situation.
“Better tactics could have improved the circumstances,” Captain Pasternak added.Īttorney Nadeem Bezar, who represents Jordan, said his client didn’t feel safe pulling over on Conshohocken State Road. But police brass acknowledges the primary officer could have de-escalated the situation better by waiting for backup, using the vehicle’s megaphone system to command the situation and use less forceful language. Police said Jordan’s Volvo had blacked out windows and she wouldn’t keep her window fully rolled down. These are all concerning,” said Captain Gene Pasternak of the Lower Merion police. “There is an unknown risk here, you have the pursuit, you non-compliance of the occupants.
The officer with gun drawn and pointed down engaged in a roughly two-minute conversation where she allegedly wouldn’t provide her license or registration and instead asked for a supervisor to arrive.
Police said she also bypassed multiple locations to pull over before she proceeded to the parking lot off Rock Hill Road. Jordan and the pickup driver pull over briefly and then drive off. Police said the incident began a mile down the road from the Wawa in Bala Cynwyd when an officer tried to pull Chaine Jordan over for allegedly tailgating a pickup truck. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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