Drunk Driver Hands Cop Her Neighbor's Police Union Card

At 2 a.m. on the Jersey Shore, a driver swings into oncoming traffic, then hands the officer a police union card she says belongs to her neighbor. This is the full DWI stop on bodycam, and what that card was actually worth. On April 29, 2025, an Asbury Park Police officer stopped a 2011 Hyundai Sonata after it passed another car by going into oncoming traffic on Memorial Drive, according to the case records. The driver, Caitlin Nolan, handed over a PBA courtesy card she said came from a neighbor. After field sobriety tests she was arrested; her Alcotest result was 0.160, twice the legal limit. Her car was held for 12 hours under New Jersey's John's Law, and she was released to a family member who signed a liability warning. On March 6, 2026, she pleaded guilty to operating under the influence: three months with an ignition interlock, 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center and $640 in fines. Seven other tickets were dismissed in the plea deal. Four months before this stop, New Jersey's State Comptroller reported that State Police troopers often gave a "free pass" to drivers who showed courtesy cards or claimed police connections. CHAPTERS 00:00 "No, no, no, the card. The PBA card." 00:47 The stop 02:27 The card 06:48 The tests 14:46 The car stays 19:27 The troopers' sample 21:07 The station 27:33 The sentence CASE DETAILS Agency: Asbury Park Police Department, New Jersey Location: Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey Date of incident: April 29, 2025 Footage source: Asbury Park Police Department, via New Jersey Open Public Records Act request Footage credit: Transparency Bodycam, Cop's Neighbor Thinks her PBA Card Will Sa... RESOURCES NJ Office of the State Comptroller, "New Jersey State Police Gave a 'Free Pass' to Motorists with Courtesy Cards or Ties to Police" (Dec. 18, 2024): https://www.nj.gov/comptroller/news/2... New Jersey 101.5 on the comptroller's report: https://nj1015.com/pba-card-perks-may... InsiderNJ, "The ABCs of PBA Cards": https://insidernj.com/the-abcs-of-pba... John's Law, signed April 20, 2001: https://www.nj.gov/transportation/abo... The HERO Campaign (designated drivers): https://www.herocampaign.org/ NHTSA, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing participant manual: https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov... State v. Chun (2008), the 20-minute Alcotest observation rule: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jers... NJ Motor Vehicle Commission, DUI penalties: https://www.nj.gov/mvc/license/duitab... SAMHSA National Helpline (free, confidential, 24/7): 1-800-662-4357 Photos by Wikimedia Commons contributors: Asbury Park boardwalk by Euthman, CC BY 4.0; Asbury Park Convention Hall by Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0; Asbury Park municipal complex by Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0; New Jersey State House by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0; U.S. Naval Academy aerial photo, National Museum of the U.S. Navy, public domain; map of New Jersey by David Benbennick, public domain. Some background scenes are AI-generated illustrations and do not show the real people or places in this case. DISCLAIMER This video is for news and educational purposes. A home address and a third party's name were removed from the footage audio. Blurred areas were blurred by the releasing agency. #bodycam #policebodycam #dui