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Re: Police cars--A must read.



At 18:41 8/25/98 -0400, Alex Tomic wrote:
>>  I wouldn't stop if it didn't look at all like a cop car. There was a
>>string of incidents back east where people were getting pulled over by
>>"unmarked" cars that weren't cops at all. Women were raped, men beaten and
>>robbed. This happened to a good friends grandmother. So if an "unmarked"
>>car tries to pull me over, he has to catch me first. Screw the legal
>>ramifications of it. If I am not 100% sure its a real cop, they won't get
>>me stopped. I've had questionable cars attempt to pull me over before,
>>attempt being the key word.
>
>Legally, if an unmarked car doesn't have the siren thing to put on top of
>the car, are they allowed to pull you over? Would you be charged with
>resisting arrest..? I wonder... maybe consult a cop on this one!

I've heard that an unmarked car CANNOT pull you over for a simple traffic
violation.  If you're not sure about the vehicle trying to pull you over,
go to a fire station.  There's always one of those nearby unless you're in
the sticks, in which case they're probably aren't any unmarked cars.  Food
for thought...

Dan
'86 8v red martian

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