Has anyone known of a police officer to use his status to strong arm you?

Question

I'm going through a break up with a cop right now and he is threatening to have a restraining order on me and to call CPS on me and my 4 year old son.
This all stems from me buying him a truck (he has bad credit) him not paying the insurance and me requesting the truck be returned to me.
He dropped the truck off in a Target parking lot in the middle of the night...completely stripped.
He has NO grounds for the restraining order or the call to CPS..they would come to my house, laugh and then leave...he is wasting is time and resources.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience because I am worried that his status as a police officer would sway a judge or CPS in his favour and even though I did nothing to warrant his vindictive behaviour.

Answer 1

This is VERY common. There are things you can do about it. For your own protection, get an attorney. If you are using one for your divorce then just speak to that attorney regarding this.

Answer 2

I was driving from my college on the east coast about 4 years ago. I was stopped by a policeman. I was driving over the speed limit (15 mph OVER). He took my license, insurance card, registration and went to this vehicle. When he came back he told me he could hold my papers unless I agreed to go out with him and that he had my address so it would be best if I cooperated. Otherwise I could get a ticket. He was a big beefy guy, and I admit that I was intimidated. Actually I was scared to death. My parents had always taught me to be honest and to never compromise if I am in a bad situation. And so I told him as nicely as I could that I would really prefer the ticket. He tried to talk me out of it but I wound up with the ticket.
and yes, he did come by my house one night about three weeks later, and apologized.
Some of my g'friends told me that I could have gotten him in a lot of trouble. But I chose not to.
It wasn't exactly a 'strongarm tactic' but it taught me a valuable lesson
I never ever drive over the speed limit since then nor do I break any other vehicle-related laws.
(or any other laws for that matter.)
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and as for the question, if you did nothing, why are you worried? Sounds as if he's just mad that you wanted the truck back. Chalk it up as a bad experience and move on. And whatever you do, never ever BUY or co-sign for any man, cop or not!
You say he is wasting his 'resources'? Then let him buy his OWN truck.
..and try not to get involved with policemen in the future. Those men are under a lot of pressure, epecially the younger ones. THIs one as you say, had "bad credit". There's a reason he has "bad credit"? In other words, he's a 'risk'. There may be a good reason of course, but do you know what it was?