From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CSSAMSU] Understanding ???unmarked police cars???
To: CSSAMSU@list.msu.edu
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:04:37AM -0400, Shuang Zhou wrote:
Hi Shuang,
> Thanks for the info. Share something from the internet. It could be
> wrong, but if an unmarked car is trying to stop you and you are not
> sure if it is a real police car, keep driving slowing, but do not
> stop amd call 911 to confirm if there is any police officer patroling
> in that areaa. This info could be wrong, please use caution.
Many personal safety experts recommend doing this, but I do not think
there is any police official policy that accepts this action. If there
is, then it is fairly new.
As for unmarked cars, there are various ways to be unmarked. Some just
do not have the obvious lights on top. Others do not have the lights
or any markings on the side or rear. In Michigan, most police cars
have the state owned license plate which has an 'X' in the middle of
the number, but an unmarked car may or may not have this.
A few years ago some people tried to fight tickets in court if they
were stopped by an unmarked car, but I think this has been finally
a lost cause. I am not sure, though.
The main point is that you should drive safely and carefully regardless
of the way cars are marked or decorated.
////jerry
>
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>
> ??? 2011-10-13???0:36???Calvin Sun <csun@CALVINSUN.COM> ?????????
>
> > ????????????
> >
> > This note discusses the practice, by police departments in the United
> > States, of using ???unmarked cars.??? I am sorry, but I cannot find a
> > translation for this phrase. I tried some terms of my own, but my friends
> > laughed when they read it, so I think these terms are wrong lol: ???????????????
> > ??? and ??????????????????.???
> >
> > In any event, an unmarked police car looks like any other car, for example
> > one that you or I would drive. That is, such a car, even though driven by a
> > police officer, will not have any special exterior light fixtures, colors or
> > markings. In particular, it will not have the word ???police??? written on
> > the car.
> >
> > This practice is important to you in two respects. First, of course, you
> > should be careful at all times when driving, because the ???ordinary??? car in
> > your vicinity might be a police car, and that car could stop you if you are
> > breaking any traffic laws. In such a case, depending on the violation and
> > other factors, you possibly might have immigration issues as a result.
> >
> > Second, for your own safety, you should know how to tell that such a car is
> > really a police car, not an impostor, ??????????????????????????????. The things I am
> > about to mention are true for many police departments, but not necessarily
> > all departments, and not necessarily for the police department that serves
> > the area where you are. Police departments can have different policies if
> > they are in different states, or even if they are within the same state or
> > the same county (or parish, in Louisiana).
> >
> > With regard to the use of unmarked cars, many departments have the following
> > policies:
> >
> > - The officer most likely will be in full uniform.
> >
> > - The department might use such cars only during daylight, not at
> > night
> >
> > - The department might deliberately NOT use such cars for traffic
> > stops. I have heard that the Los Angeles Police Department follows this
> > policy, but have not confirmed it. However, local police in the
> > Philadelphia area DO make traffic stops using unmarked cars.
> >
> > - An unmarked police car will most likely have MANY lights, mounted
> > inside the car, and usually red, blue and white. In addition, the
> > headlights might be designed to blink alternately. In other words, the car
> > probably will not have only one single flashing light, but probably instead
> > will look like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lol.
> > www.rockefellercenter.com/tour-and-explore/the-tree-at-rockefeller-center/
> >
> > I hope this information helps.
> >
> > Calvin Sun
> >
> > 610-296-3947
> >
> > csun@calvinsun.com
> >
> > www.calvinsun.com
> >
> > ??????17:15
> >
> >
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