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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="2-109" title_number="2" title_name="Law Enforcement Procedures; Arrest Process" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At the commencement of a traffic stop or other stop, absent exigent circumstances, a police officer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>display proper identification to the stopped individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide the following information to the stopped individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the officer’s name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the officer’s identification number issued by the law enforcement agency the officer is representing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the name of the law enforcement agency the police officer is representing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the reason for the traffic stop or other stop.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A police officer’s failure to comply with subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may be grounds for administrative disciplinary action against the officer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not serve as the basis for the exclusion of evidence under the exclusionary rule.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A police officer may not prohibit or prevent a citizen from recording the police officer’s actions if the citizen is otherwise acting lawfully and safely.</text>
  </level>
</section>
