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- From: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: dealing with a phony police officer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.214932.12120@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:49:32 GMT
- Article-I.D.: henson.1992Dec30.214932.12120
- References: <9212301641.AA06363@zippy.cs.UMD.EDU>
- Organization: Western Washington University
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- C08926RC@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu (Rob) writes:
-
- >This advice was given by police in a local county after it became
- >known that they now have plainclothes officers in completely unmarked
- >cars pulling people over. They also recommend that if you are unsure
- >if the car pulling you over is an officer's car, drive to the closest
- >area with a lot of people or a police station befire stopping. This
- >does not, however, guarantee that you won't get an additional citation,
- >although most officers would understand.
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- I thought that it was a citizen's right to wait to pull over in a
- habitated area if he or she was worried about phony cops or having
- witnesses to the transaction. Maybe it is different in different states.
-
- What's the law in WA and IL?
-