Timeline for What is the meaning of a police car with no department or logo in the USA?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 15:00 | answer | added | supercat | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 23:26 | answer | added | hildred | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 19:42 | comment | added | FreeMan | God bless you @DeanF.!! So many sheep will do whatever speed the cop's doing, no matter how far under the limit he's going. I do the same thing you do (passing at the speed limit) and have never had an issue with it! | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 18:52 | comment | added | bta | FYI: Regardless of whether or not local laws require you to pull over and stop for an unmarked vehicle, you're pretty much always required to yield the right of way to an unmarked vehicle (police or otherwise) when it's using its lights/siren. Some positions (fire chief, etc) have portable light units on the dash of their personal vehicles so they can respond to emergencies after hours from home. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 17:38 | comment | added | Berend | @quora-feans Exactly what I was thinking; anything that exists at a certain location could be travel related for someone who is not from that location. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 17:18 | history | edited | Xnero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 17:01 | comment | added | Dean F. | @ΦXocę웃Пepeúpaツ - That is very true. Not every cop car, whether marked or unmarked, is going to stop you. In my area, cop cars have cameras that can read your license plate connected directly to onboard computers. The officer can get your registration and vehicle history way before deciding to pull you over. The cops in my area regularly drive under the speed limit to coerce other drivers to slow down. I, on the other hand, drive right by them without slowing down. As long as I am not breaking the speed limit or any other laws (expired registration, insurance, etc), they don’t pull me over. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 15:46 | comment | added | ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ | and not every cop car is behind me to stop me and tell me it is a cop | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 15:20 | comment | added | Dean F. | @ΦXocę웃Пepeúpaツ - in the US, Law Enforcement Officers have to identify themselves before attempting to detain you. They can, however, gather evidence to use against you in a court of law without identifying themselves. This is usually done by wearing a uniform or displaying a badge and/or ID. This is not as important as the fact that LEOs are almost always armed (even off duty). If someone with a firearm tells you to do something (and is close enough to use it), it really does not matter whether they are a police officer or not. Your options are limited. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 12:36 | comment | added | Quora Feans | @Berend Seems like a case of programming in a boat : meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14470/… | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 8:17 | comment | added | ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ | For me as tourist is relevant and important to be sure that those who Identify as people with the aim to enforce the law, actually ARE such, even if they don't look like... in east Europe is quite common to get robbed using similar tricks... | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1272408522949525505 | ||
| Jun 15, 2020 at 3:03 | answer | added | Ryan | timeline score: 46 | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 2:54 | comment | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | Did you happen to notice specifically whether they had government license plates? | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 0:29 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 14, 2020 at 20:49 | comment | added | phoog | @Berend someone who is unfamiliar with these cars in the southwestern US is most likely to be a visitor. | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 19:17 | answer | added | Dean F. | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 19:14 | answer | added | Nate Eldredge | timeline score: 53 | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 17:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 14, 2020 at 16:23 | history | asked | Village | CC BY-SA 4.0 |