- Try to-- try to get this car stopped when we get in a better
spot up there.
They pulled out of the gas station with no lights on.
And now that they finally put them on,
they got broken tail lights.
[dog bark]
How we doing?
- Hey, I don't have a license.
- All right. How come?
- I'm driving because--
I was only driving because the power steering went out on her.
- [inaudible] - All right.
Is it suspended, or you just never had one?
- My license is suspended, yes.
- Just for tickets? - Yeah.
- OK.
How long has it been suspended?
Two years?
You ever been written any violations for it
or been arrested for it?
How many?
10?
- That's what they said over 20 years.
- OK. All right.
- Like I said, I wouldn't even be driving if the power
steering didn't go out on her.
- I gotcha.
Does your wife have an active license?
- Yes.
- OK.
All right, give me a minute here, OK?
The dog's like, I told them not to drive.
- Yeah, I know.
- Yeah, he knew this was going to happen.
Let me-- let me run him quick.
Unfortunately, now for him, if he
has three or more convictions for that,
then we're going to have to bring him in.
We used to be able to just give him a violation.
But now it's-- it's an arrestable offense.
James, would you be able to hop out real quick?
- Yep.
- Why don't we step over here so we don't get run over.
All right, so, uh, you are correct.
It is suspended.
Most of these problems for DUI back in the day?
- Well, it was one DUI.
And then it was the SR-22, and you know, it was just--
I never got the SR-22.
- Snowballed from there.
- But that's all done away. - OK.
- And I haven't had the money to get it back since.
And as you can see, we're pretty much living in the car
right now, and--
- Right.
OK.
What did they say then about getting them back?
- I got to go down and more or less pay to get it reinstated.
- How much do you owe?
- Oh, like $800.
- Oh, that's-- that's not too bad.
- That's not too bad, but--
- I've seen a lot worse than that.
- Living in the car right now, and trying to find work, and--
you know?
- What do you normally do?
- Whatever I can really.
- Yeah.
- You know, it's one day at a time.
So--
- OK, let me-- let me just talk to her real quick.
Is the dog OK if I go up through to the window here.
- Yeah, [inaudible].
- All right.
So what-- what's the situation with you guys
now as far as living arrangements and stuff?
What's that?
You're living out of the car?
OK.
So here's what I'm going to do tonight, all right?
You guys are on hard times here.
If you're living out of the car, obviously,
a license is the last on your-- your list, right?
Food, and shelter, and everything else.
So based on his criminal history,
I should be taking him in in handcuffs tonight, OK?
But I'm not going to do that.
All right?
So you can't let him drive, though.
You're going-- are you able to drive this with no power
steering?
All right, why don't you hop out real quick.
- Charlie Robert.
- So James, I'm going to cut you some slack tonight, all right?
You guys are obviously on tough times here.
I'm not going to make things worse, all right?
It's not going to help anybody by taking you
in on this, all right?
- Appreciate it.
[inaudible]
- I hope you fall on better times.
- Me too. - All right, brother?
- You guys have a wonderful night.
- [inaudible]
- Have a good night.
- So this is one of these situations where we use officer
discretion.
These-- these two are on hard times.
They're living out of the car.
They're trying to do the right thing.
Hopefully they find money to-- to get themselves out
of this situation they're in.