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My friend was messing with his friends who were at a party. His plan was to impersonate a cop by placing red/blue lights in his car and drive up to them. On their property, he turned the lights on. A state cop saw him and stopped him. Was it illegal?

Asked by Bubba76 about 12 years ago

Sounds like it. Impersonating a police officer is illegal in most (all?) states. Installation and use of certain revolving, blinking or flashing lists on a car is also illegal in most (all?) states.

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Just in case you'd be interested (or anyone else) here's the San Diego study/report on single vs. double units: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/patrol-staffing-san-diego-one-or-two-officer-units-0

Asked by Jet almost 12 years ago

Thanks for listing it!

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is it legal in Minnesota for a man to video record my 16 year old son in his own back yard? We find it hard to enjoy our backyard for fear he is recording us.

Asked by cathy mauer almost 12 years ago

Call your local police department and ask for their assistance. They will know what to do.

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Can you go into more detail about the procedures that help officers in trouble get on the radio if there is less important talk going on? (You said "yes" but not examples.) Thank you!

Asked by 123 over 12 years ago

Some things I will not share as it could impact officer safety. Thanks for your understanding.

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If police just show up to a girls house, and speak with their mom, and they tell her she has to come into the police station as a summons, and the mother says that 1 minute before they showed up she saw her ex drive past the house, what is going on?

Asked by DS almost 12 years ago

I don't know. You should ask the officers on scene.

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So it's okay that they put down concrete on their lawn, 10 feet into my property, which caused water runoff that flooded my basement more than once? Plus they leave lit camp fires outside over night right next to building supplies.

Asked by Jackson almost 12 years ago

As was probably already explained to you, it is a civil issue. Contact an attorney and sue them if you so desire.

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i live in texas and thinking of going to the angelina college regional police academy as soon as i get fit and when in dont with that would i have to do training and what would i expect in training.

Asked by monica duncan over 11 years ago

This is a good starting point: http://www.sjpd.org/BFO/FieldTraining/home.html

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My friend was messing with his friends who were at a party. His plan was to impersonate a cop by placing red/blue lights in his car and drive up to them. On their property, he turned the lights on. A state cop saw him and stopped him. Was it illegal?

Just in case you'd be interested (or anyone else) here's the San Diego study/report on single vs. double units: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/patrol-staffing-san-diego-one-or-two-officer-units-0

is it legal in Minnesota for a man to video record my 16 year old son in his own back yard? We find it hard to enjoy our backyard for fear he is recording us.

Can you go into more detail about the procedures that help officers in trouble get on the radio if there is less important talk going on? (You said "yes" but not examples.) Thank you!

Also on Jobstr...

If police just show up to a girls house, and speak with their mom, and they tell her she has to come into the police station as a summons, and the mother says that 1 minute before they showed up she saw her ex drive past the house, what is going on?

So it's okay that they put down concrete on their lawn, 10 feet into my property, which caused water runoff that flooded my basement more than once? Plus they leave lit camp fires outside over night right next to building supplies.

i live in texas and thinking of going to the angelina college regional police academy as soon as i get fit and when in dont with that would i have to do training and what would i expect in training.

Police Officer

Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

My friend was messing with his friends who were at a party. His plan was to impersonate a cop by placing red/blue lights in his car and drive up to them. On their property, he turned the lights on. A state cop saw him and stopped him. Was it illegal?

Just in case you'd be interested (or anyone else) here's the San Diego study/report on single vs. double units: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/patrol-staffing-san-diego-one-or-two-officer-units-0

is it legal in Minnesota for a man to video record my 16 year old son in his own back yard? We find it hard to enjoy our backyard for fear he is recording us.

Can you go into more detail about the procedures that help officers in trouble get on the radio if there is less important talk going on? (You said "yes" but not examples.) Thank you!

Also on Jobstr...

If police just show up to a girls house, and speak with their mom, and they tell her she has to come into the police station as a summons, and the mother says that 1 minute before they showed up she saw her ex drive past the house, what is going on?

So it's okay that they put down concrete on their lawn, 10 feet into my property, which caused water runoff that flooded my basement more than once? Plus they leave lit camp fires outside over night right next to building supplies.

i live in texas and thinking of going to the angelina college regional police academy as soon as i get fit and when in dont with that would i have to do training and what would i expect in training.

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