Recently, I was driving on South 101 going to Gilroy for shopping when I seen an unmarked patrol car with blue light who had pulled over this individual and the weirdest thing was that this Officer didn't have his CHP uniform on. He looked like a normal guy in a normal car with blue lights. I thought that guy was either an imposter trying to look like a CHP officer or he was off duty going to work. I heard on Bay Area news few months ago about creepy guys pretending to be CHP officer's pulling over unsuspected drivers, but does anybody know if CHP is using new tactics to pull over drivers like what I mentioned above about unmarked patrol cars and officers not wearing their appropriate brown uniforms? I know their car is usually black and white with red, white and blue lights. Does anybody know?
2006-09-08 20:43:16 · 4 answers · asked by Bobcat9 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
i used to be on a city council, and that i fought against umarked autos the full time that i replaced into on it. If human beings see a police vehicle, they are going to decelerate in the event that they are dashing, or velocity up in the event that they are in command of a few thing else. Police autos ought to be fantastically seen. the only reason i ought to be certain for utilising a police vehicle in site visitors administration replaced into to get sales from tickets. They theory that by way of being sneaky with an unmarked vehicle they might seize greater speeders. I argued "do you opt for for human beings to decelerate or do you opt for for the money from the tickets?" we might park an empty police vehicle at a distinct spot each and every day. only the sight of the vehicle made human beings obey the site visitors rules, and we did no longer get a recognition for being a velocity catch city.
2016-12-15 05:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't doubt chp is doing this however i would not pull over for one of these guys unless they were backed up by a vehicle i knew was a legitimate cop. i dont think they could charge you with eluding, they didn't in my state when i didn't stop. i didn't even get a ticket when a marked car joined in on the chase and i stopped. i thought the undercover was a bad guy.
2006-09-08 20:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by derf 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes, yes. And unmarked police cars are legal.
But people should always be careful of imposters as well.
2006-09-08 21:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not legally.
2006-09-08 20:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋