Can the police give tickets in plain clothes showing only a badge and refusing to show further id?
There was an episode on Rescue 911 where a woman was driving and a man in a car flashed a badge at her when he pulled up beside her. She was concerned and had a car phone or cell phone or whatever. So she called 911 and started to report him. He fled and she followed and tracked him allowing the police to catch him He was not a cop at all and they did not know where he got the badge. Just because someone flashes a badge, there is no gaurantee in that situation that he/ she is a cop. Be very careful, alert the RCMP and if he does turn out to really be a cop, stand up for yourself in court. You had no way of knowing he was a cop so you treated him like any other person, you didn’t disrespect his authority because he didn’t have anything indicating his authority when you flipped him off until he flashed his badge after the fact. He shouldn’t be treated any better than anyone else, just because he is a cop, unless he is in the process of talking to you and you know he is a cop. Then you mu
