BluesBear, good points!
My (now) ex-wife was followed by a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy one evening after she left Roseville to come pick me up at my barracks on McClellan AFB. He followed her all the way through Antelope and down Watt Ave, finally pulling her over as she was signalling to turn right into the main gate of McClellan AFB, just shy of the guard shack, right in plain view of the Security Police on station. She had been watching him tail her the entire trip, wondering if there was a broken taillight on her Volvo 164E or something like that. Once he hit the blue lights, she pulled over, he walked up to the driver's window, and to her surprise he just asked her for her phone number and a date. She somehow got out of her face that she was meeting her fiance' on the base. The SP's were intrigued and asked what the stop was all about. She told them, and they asked her if she wanted them to find out who he was. She was too unnerved to press it any further, we were already late for our dinner engagement. But if I had a badge number or squad car number to go on, believe me I would have been calling Internal Affairs in a heartbeat.
Not that it matters but I can recall there being instances of people impersonating police all of my life. Every year or so there's a local report of someone being pulled over by a fake cop. This is nothing new. Does it really matter whether it's a rapist pulling over a woman at 2am or three thugs invading a mobile home looking for drugs? Proper police officers WILL have ID. That's why I have always advised women to not pull over for ANYONE unless they are 100% sure they are the Police. If it's an unmarked car then drive slowly until you find a safe place. Do NOT try to outrun them unless they are trying to force you off the road.
My (now) ex-wife was followed by a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy one evening after she left Roseville to come pick me up at my barracks on McClellan AFB. He followed her all the way through Antelope and down Watt Ave, finally pulling her over as she was signalling to turn right into the main gate of McClellan AFB, just shy of the guard shack, right in plain view of the Security Police on station. She had been watching him tail her the entire trip, wondering if there was a broken taillight on her Volvo 164E or something like that. Once he hit the blue lights, she pulled over, he walked up to the driver's window, and to her surprise he just asked her for her phone number and a date. She somehow got out of her face that she was meeting her fiance' on the base. The SP's were intrigued and asked what the stop was all about. She told them, and they asked her if she wanted them to find out who he was. She was too unnerved to press it any further, we were already late for our dinner engagement. But if I had a badge number or squad car number to go on, believe me I would have been calling Internal Affairs in a heartbeat.