BeStVeldboon
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I live in Ca.
Not too long ago my husband was taking a stereo out from one of our trucks and putting it into another one of our trucks. He did this right in front of our house, and at 12:00 pm. A motorcycle cop and a cop in a car pulled up and asked what he was doing. He told them and they asked to see his drivers license. His license is current, and shows our home address (which he was currently standing in front of). Then the cop asked my husband if he had the key to one of our trucks. Of course my husband did, and showed the cop that the key he had opened the door to the truck in question. The cop then told my husband to turn around, and he padded my husband down!! The cop went on to say that someone had called about a possible suspicious character doing something in a truck. I have a problem with that as we have lived in our house for 20 years, and everyone around our neighborhood knows who we are. Also, my husband was doing this at 12:00 in the afternoon!!!
Was this a legal pat down??
Also, not long before that happened my husband went looking for a cop in order to have a fix-it ticket signed off. When he couldn't find one around town (or, surprisingly enough, at any donut shops) he decided to go to the police station. He pulled into the parking lot, saw a cop, and asked if he could sign his ticket off. The cop looked at his license and signed the ticket. My husband got back into his car, started it up, and heard the cop yelling at him to stop, which my husband did. He asked my husband to get out of the car, and stand next to it. All of a sudden about 10 cops dressed in civilian clothes came out of the police station, and basicly made a circle around him. My husband asked what was going on, and one cop went over to him and handcuffed him. As the cop was walking my husband to the back of his police unit (to sit my husband down on the bumper of the cops car) he told my husband that he was wanted for some "very serious" stuff!! My husband said that he had no warrants out for him, and that he had no idea what they were talking about. They detained him for about 45 minutes until finally one cop told the other cop to take of the handcuffs, that my husband wasn't the person. My husband has a very, very rare name. I have not seen another person with our last name listed anywhere (including the phonebook) here in San Diego. However, the cop told my husband that there was another person with his exact name (including middle name) who is wanted for some "very serious" stuff. They told him that they knew it wasn't him because he had a different birthdate than what my husband has. They never apologized, but just sent him on his way.
Now, if I was a criminal who was wanted for some "very serious" stuff, do you think I would be going to a police station to get a ticket written off. Or even be bother with taking care of a fix-it ticket to begin with. I think they just had nothing better to do that night then to mess with my husband.
When these type of situations happen I would like to think there was something I could do. If I go the put in a complaint with the police department, however, I feel like I'm just painting a bullseye on my back, and that it will give the cops more of a reason to mess with us.
Any suggestions???
Not too long ago my husband was taking a stereo out from one of our trucks and putting it into another one of our trucks. He did this right in front of our house, and at 12:00 pm. A motorcycle cop and a cop in a car pulled up and asked what he was doing. He told them and they asked to see his drivers license. His license is current, and shows our home address (which he was currently standing in front of). Then the cop asked my husband if he had the key to one of our trucks. Of course my husband did, and showed the cop that the key he had opened the door to the truck in question. The cop then told my husband to turn around, and he padded my husband down!! The cop went on to say that someone had called about a possible suspicious character doing something in a truck. I have a problem with that as we have lived in our house for 20 years, and everyone around our neighborhood knows who we are. Also, my husband was doing this at 12:00 in the afternoon!!!
Was this a legal pat down??
Also, not long before that happened my husband went looking for a cop in order to have a fix-it ticket signed off. When he couldn't find one around town (or, surprisingly enough, at any donut shops) he decided to go to the police station. He pulled into the parking lot, saw a cop, and asked if he could sign his ticket off. The cop looked at his license and signed the ticket. My husband got back into his car, started it up, and heard the cop yelling at him to stop, which my husband did. He asked my husband to get out of the car, and stand next to it. All of a sudden about 10 cops dressed in civilian clothes came out of the police station, and basicly made a circle around him. My husband asked what was going on, and one cop went over to him and handcuffed him. As the cop was walking my husband to the back of his police unit (to sit my husband down on the bumper of the cops car) he told my husband that he was wanted for some "very serious" stuff!! My husband said that he had no warrants out for him, and that he had no idea what they were talking about. They detained him for about 45 minutes until finally one cop told the other cop to take of the handcuffs, that my husband wasn't the person. My husband has a very, very rare name. I have not seen another person with our last name listed anywhere (including the phonebook) here in San Diego. However, the cop told my husband that there was another person with his exact name (including middle name) who is wanted for some "very serious" stuff. They told him that they knew it wasn't him because he had a different birthdate than what my husband has. They never apologized, but just sent him on his way.
Now, if I was a criminal who was wanted for some "very serious" stuff, do you think I would be going to a police station to get a ticket written off. Or even be bother with taking care of a fix-it ticket to begin with. I think they just had nothing better to do that night then to mess with my husband.
When these type of situations happen I would like to think there was something I could do. If I go the put in a complaint with the police department, however, I feel like I'm just painting a bullseye on my back, and that it will give the cops more of a reason to mess with us.
Any suggestions???