Brianna Longoria was driving in Phoenix when she was pulled over for running a red light on December 29, 2024. The officer who conducted the stop, a woman by the name of Annette Hannah, pulled her over claimed that she had red, bloodshot, glassy eyes, a sign of marijuana intoxication. Accompanied by her partner, Annette Hannah, they put her through sobriety tests, a breathalyzer, and then arrested her for DUI, saying there were signs of impairment. Brianna had just gotten married the day before, and had to cancel her honeymoon in order to use the money for her legal defense. The arrest also caused her issues with her employment as a nurse, and she lost her driver’s license for 6 months.
She blew a 0.00 breathalyzer. Later, blood tests would show no drugs or alcohol in her system. None. You can beat the charges, but you can’t beat the ride.
Later, her attorney requested body camera footage, which would show that the light was green, so there was no probable cause or RAS for the traffic stop. The officer performing the stop was assigned to the city’s DUI unit, and her body camera caught this:
Her partner, officer Mary Methany: “Triple zeros. Just like I thought.”
Hannah: “They’re going to kick me off squad if I don’t get a DUI. But I seriously pulled like so [unintelligible] …”
Metheny: “No. No. There’s nights where I don’t get any. You’re fine.”
Hannah: “But I’m like, I can’t just conjure one up. I have tried.”
Metheny: “You can. You can.”
Hannah: “I hung out on Seventh Ave., by those bars.”
While Longoria was being arrested, her husband was talking to another police officer who said even if Longoria’s blood alcohol level was 0.0, “the city can do whatever they want to do with those results.”
The police department investigated themselves and found no signs of wrongdoing, and released this statement:
The Phoenix Police Department does not have DUI quotas. DUI enforcement assignments are based on operational needs, and officers assigned to impaired‑driving enforcement are expected to take action when their observations and training lead them to believe a driver may be impaired. Officers are required to base enforcement decisions on observed driving behavior, indicators of impairment, and the totality of the circumstances.
I’ve written about this before- police departments claim not to have quotas, but a few have admitted it. Whether the department has an official, written quota or not, every cop knows that if you don’t write enough tickets, your career is in danger. She certainly wants to protect a career that is paying her $36.90 an hour, and all she has to do to keep it is lie and destroy people’s lives.
Qualified immunity needs to go. Officers need to carry malpractice insurance so the taxpayer doesn’t have to fund this sort of open corruption. Any department found to have quotas, whether they be written or defacto, should result in the lead officer of the department losing their jobs and any law enforcement licenses.
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ghostsniper · April 25, 2026 at 8:58 am
I’ve been long convinced that people that become law enforcement officers of any stripe have mental/personality disorders. They like to boss people around. They like to be in control. It’s been about 15 years since I was last pulled over and I was pretty certain the jackboot was just making stuff up. He claimed I pulled into a parking lot to avoid stopping at the red light up ahead. The parking lot was at a CVS where I was going to pick up a prescription. Fucking asshole.
McChuck · April 25, 2026 at 10:00 am
“Any department found to have quotas, whether they be written or defacto, should result in the lead officer of the department losing their jobs and any law enforcement licenses.” In addition to being jailed and prosecuted for conspiracy to violate civil rights.
This sort of activity won’t stop until the level of pain increases beyond their threshold of tolerance.
Toastrider · April 25, 2026 at 11:12 am
And now Phoenix PD is getting sued.
Grsydog · April 25, 2026 at 12:01 pm
I hope Mrs. Longoria is able to get a check in high 6 figures from the City of Phoenix For this official criminality. The two cops in question and their immediate supervisor should be fired forthwith, and forbidden from taking employment in any capacity of “law enforcement” anywhere in America ever again. None of this is going to happen of course. But it should.
rick · April 25, 2026 at 6:53 pm
I was stopped for reckless driving. (I swerved to avoid collision because some stranger ran up on the dirt shoulder to try to run me off the road. It was night, just two vehicles on the highway.)
I blew 0.0. Deputy had me recite the alphabet backwards, said I missed the letter M. Took me to county hospital to draw blood. 0.0
Took me to county jail. I blew 0.0.
Charged with ‘wet reckless’, alcohol related reckless driving.
Cost me $600 to make it all go away. Attorney told me anything alcohol related for next seven years will show as a habitual drinker. I replied I hadn’t had any alcohol. Att said, That’s what they all say.
I wonder if there is collusion between the Sheriff, the courts, and attorneys. What a racket.
This was around the same time a local judge hit a girl riding her bicycle. She died. He had seven prior stops for drunk driving. This time he was found passed out behind the wheel, car up on the sidewalk, engine still running.
TCK · April 26, 2026 at 3:28 am
And to think, some cops actually have the gall to complain about how no one gives a shit anymore when one of them gets shot in the face during a traffic stop.
Jonesy · April 26, 2026 at 9:57 am
Quotas exist. My state, in an effort to not spread state cops too thin, provides funding for cities to patrol sections of interstate that pass through their municipality. In order for the funding to be justified for the local PD overtime, a certain number of tix must be handed out. Can 1-2 violations per hour be found during that duration? Maybe. So far it hasn’t raised any questions.
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