Alright so we're here with Detective Dan German. He's another one of our E-Bot constructors this year. So we're going to talk about push bumpers and why we use him so Dan you want to tell us a little bit about yourself? Absolutely. My name is Detective Dan German I've been with the Belly Police Department for about 11 years now. I started as law enforcement officer about 14 years ago. I'm the detective at the Special Victims Unit is my main job and then I'm an E-Bot instructor on the side. I train our department as well as new recruits coming through our Serphe Douglas Law enforcement academy as well. Okay so Detective German is going to talk about why we use the push bumpers. Yeah so the push bumpers are a great tool that we have most of our cruisers are equipped with them. Essentially we use them to get vehicles off the roadway traffic hazards especially in busy intersections keeps the traffic flowing we're able to push it off you know a block or two off the roadway and then that way we can get traffic back up and going. So when I'm trying to do in a push bump or push for vehicle off the roadway the officer is going to have the driver of the vehicle sign a release a liability waiver form prior to the push. Also the officer prior to the push is going to explain to the driver the location of where the officer wants that vehicle pushed off the roadway. The driver is going to be asked to put their hazard lights on as well as their headlights. The officer will instruct the driver to first place the vehicle in neutral. Keep their foot off of the brake when they're ready to be pushed while the push is actually underway. Drivers should note that there may be a loss of power to the vehicle which may affect the power steering and the brake function the vehicle which the officer will also explain to the driver the vehicle. The officer will relay some type of signal for the driver to show whether it be a thumbs up or a wave that there that the not only the driver is ready for the push that also the officers also ready to push as well. The officer makes slight contact to the rear bumper of the vehicle prior to the push. Once the officer begins the push the officer will make extremely slow contact and make sure they check for proper alignment on the bumper then the officer will operate the patrol vehicle at a slow speed during the push and without it'll then disengage the push once the is able to vehicle is off the roadway to the desired location. Yeah cool so yeah so in a nutshell that's why we use the push bumpers. Again thanks Dana. Appreciate it brother. Absolutely. Thank you.