How are you supposed to know who they are if they're unmarked? So how could you call the correct agency until you see their shoulder patch?
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How are you supposed to know who they are if they're unmarked? So how could you call the correct agency until you see their shoulder patch?
9 1 1, wouldn't be the first time a call like that would come in.Originally Posted by Wulf202
Do unmarked cars have special plates at least?
Knock on wood, I haven't been pulled over in years. However, given that anyone could install some red and blue lights, I find myself disinclined to pull over for an unmarked until confirmed through a dispatch; hazards on to acknowledge seeing his lights, and be in right lane in order to pull over quickly when confirmed, yes -- but just pull over cus of some Pavlovian response to blueberries and cherries? Not in this day and age. That would be a criminal's golden ticket to socially engineering a mark. To be honest, I find unmarked and/or plainclothes extremely dangerous for the officer and feel that such activities and modes of work should be relegated to specific operations rather than a modus operandi.
I also find the idea of saying, "well don't break the law" a bit asinine. I don't think anyone here has an objective problem with pulling over for a marked car, particularly when they know they pushed the limit and got caught. I mean, I haven't seen any of the "sovereign citizen" stupidity displayed here, so I assume we're all big boys who can admit when we get caught. But police need to recognize as well, particularly those who operate in unmarked cars, that they can't get bent about their dissimulation working too well and to the point someone continues to disbelieve they are a cop, until confirmed by an official third party. You can't "camo up" and then get mad when someone doesn't believe you are "hunter orange" on the inside. Seems like it would be safer to have an unmarked unit operate as a "hunter" and the marked be in "killer" mode.
Or maybe they are civil penalties for violating the traffic codes....
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It's been a long time since I carried a badge and it was in another state. In those old days unmarked cars were only used for special assignments and not traffic enforcement and there wasn't any such device as a cell phone lol, though lots of folks had cb radios lol.
Today with the semi-common cop impersonator out there just about anytime it's mentioned in the news the advice, as already brought up, is to also try to drive to a very public location (well lit at night) before stopping. If stopped and approached it's also acceptable to inform the officer you'd like to cooperate, have called 911 and are waiting for a marked unit to arrive.
Keep driving and eventually lots of marked cars will arrive.
All goverment vehicles ,City, County and State, have a small vertical GVT to the left of the letters & numbers on the plates.
The plates used to have gray letters & numbers, but they are green now, too easy to spot I guess.
Also, with the state vehicles, their are no registration expiration stickers. They are exempt. I am not sure about the lesser governments.
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Nope. I can identify my plates and UC plates that were produced at the same time mine were, but as a general rule, no. That being said, I don't conduct traffic stops as part of my daily business, but there have been events in the past which dictated me using my emergency equipment to conduct a stop before I could get a marked vehicle to do it for me. Not every situation can be planned for, nor can there be a black and white rule to them.
“Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.” Andrew Jackson
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
Yep, the CSP has blacked out Chargers.. See them all the time on 36 and have seen a few on 6 through Clear Creek Canyon and on 70 up in the mountains.
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