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- Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:32 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Accident With Off Duty Officer
- Replies: 34
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Re: Accident With Off Duty Officer
Sometimes, all it takes is a sincere handshake and an "I'm sorry."
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:48 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Accident With Off Duty Officer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7971
Re: Accident With Off Duty Officer
I'm thinking that if he was still in his uniform that he wouldn't have had to flash a badge.mloamiller wrote:You stated he was in his personal car, but not if he was in uniform. Given the last comment about "could not truly identify him as a police office" it sounds like he was in plain clothes? If that is the case, then this is the scenario - you have an accident, the other driver starts yelling at you and when you pull over, he approaches you with his hand on a gun. Sounds like a good way to get shot. Staying in your vehicle (with your hand on your gun) and calling 911 was absolutely the right decision.jamminbutter wrote: This issue started immediately after the accident when he drove up beside me waving what appeared to be a badge. We got to a red light and he placed his personal vehicle in park and got out flashing the badge in his left hand and his right hand on the handgun in a ready to draw position.
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He never got close enough for me to determine if the badge was real or which department he may work for. He had also not verbally identified himself as an officer or the department he works for.
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We made our way to a safer location and he immediately exited his vehicle and commanded me to exit my vehicle.
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So my questions to pose are: Even though I could not truly identify him as a police officer should I have immediately shown my CHL?
In any case, an ISD officer would not have any authority to pull you over, much less arrest you, unless you're on school property, right?