ANGELFIRE1 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Try been a truck driver, you get used to been followed by the rozzers for miles. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 They can tell you actually. In which case it's pointless having an unmarked police car - if by making a phone call to a police station they'll advise you you are being tailed by an unmarked car. They don't even have to advise this information if requested through legal channels, as it is detrimental to the police force and the genral publics interests. Details of at least one force policy: http://www.hampshire.police.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A2BE7927-5446-4CDE-B892-0D3F0E74F692/0/HC0003706.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Chaos Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 In which case it's pointless having an unmarked police car - if by making a phone call to a police station they'll advise you you are being tailed by an unmarked car.They don't even have to advise this information if requested through legal channels, as it is detrimental to the police force and the genral publics interests. Details of at least one force policy: http://www.hampshire.police.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A2BE7927-5446-4CDE-B892-0D3F0E74F692/0/HC0003706.pdf True i guess.I phoned them years ago because of a suspicious parked car with 3 occupants in it.They told me not to worry, as it is an unmarked police car and they are working ie stake out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alas_alas Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Put it this way: do you think it would be better if the police said they were investigating the car that trailed me, but then didn't actually do anything about it, even though I knew the registration number? So of course it's also in the police's interests to inform citizens of unmarked police cars operating in the area. On the same grounds, I think it would therefore be fair of the officers in the unmarked cars to identify themselves before confusion occurs, such as happened with me. If they suspected me of something, why didn't they ask to speak to me? If they didn't, then why did they follow me? It's unnerving for people walking around late at night to be followed by strange cars - the police should know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 True i guess.I phoned them years ago because of a suspicious parked car with 3 occupants in it.They told me not to worry, as it is an unmarked police car and they are working ie stake out Whoever told you that needs sacking! Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Put it this way: do you think it would be better if the police said they were investigating the car that trailed me, but then didn't actually do anything about it, even though I knew the registration number? So of course it's also in the police's interests to inform citizens of unmarked police cars operating in the area. On the same grounds, I think it would therefore be fair of the officers in the unmarked cars to identify themselves before confusion occurs, such as happened with me. If they suspected me of something, why didn't they ask to speak to me? If they didn't, then why did they follow me? It's unnerving for people walking around late at night to be followed by strange cars - the police should know that. I think it would be better for them to tell you nothing at all. It's in no ones best interests to know details of unmarked police vehicles that are active in an area. They could have been passing on your details to the cop shop to see if you were the person they were looking for. Why should they stop and make themselves known to you - if you were guilty you'd have known soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alas_alas Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Why should they stop and make themselves known to you - if you were guilty you'd have known soon enough. I'm sorry this doesn't make sense. They should make themselves known because otherwise you've got one confused/scared/intimidated citizen wondering why they're being trailed. The police are there to protect us, not to make us all suspects. If the police suspect someone of fitting a description, it's probably best to stop and question that person rather than just following them around for 15 minutes. It doesn't take 15 minutes and repeated passings in their car to check my details with their control. Simply put, the police should not under any circumstances add to fear and intimidation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I think it's generally considered best practice to talk to the 'suspect' rather than trailing them for 15 minutes in an unmarked black car. Then you think wrong. Lots of reasons for the police to keep their distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alas_alas Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Lots of reasons for the police to keep their distance. Yes, indeed, as I am of course the naked gun man, as Snook successfully argued earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm sorry this doesn't make sense. They should make themselves known because otherwise you've got one confused/scared/intimidated citizen wondering why they're being trailed. The police are there to protect us, not to make us all suspects. If the police suspect someone of fitting a description, it's probably best to stop and question that person rather than just following them around for 15 minutes. It doesn't take 15 minutes and repeated passings in their car to check my details with their control. Simply put, the police should not under any circumstances add to fear and intimidation. But you're intimidated because a car is following you - not because it is a police car. So report the offending vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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