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- From: fsars@acad3.alaska.edu (Allen R Sparks)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Really a policeman? (was Re: Unmarked COP Cars)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.102658.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 18:26:58 GMT
- References: <zdem0a.711898286@hgo7> <1992Jul27.174610.3184@crc.ricoh.com> <1992Jul28.035848.10644@cs.ucla.edu> <1992Jul29.141058.3281@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- In article <1992Jul29.141058.3281@mlb.semi.harris.com>, cbh@opus.mlb.semi.harris.com (Cherie Slasor) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul28.035848.10644@cs.ucla.edu> wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) writes:
- >>In rec.autos, Jeff Chilton described being pulled over by an out-of-
- >>uniform policeman in an unmarked car, and wrote:
- >>
- >> I guess my point is, that they (COPS) are out there in all
- >> kinds of dress, and all kinds of vehicles. Just because
- >> you are pulled over on the highway or wherever, it doesn't
- >> mean that it's a traffic enforcement officer . . . . My
- >> advice would be to keep the motor running, and the car in
- >> gear, with the window rolled down just enough to hear until
- >> you are shown some pretty authentic looking ID.
-
- In Fairbanks, the State Troopers do use unmarked cars to conduct
- traffic enforcement, and that includes using them to pull people over.
- However, they are still uniformed when they do this, as they should be
- when doing this kind of duty. === Al Sparks
-