Do rent cops have same rights as cops

[CdwJava]

Fat Tony thx for posting article

Homeguru you seem to be contradicting some what CdwJava said.

"If they are police officers, on marked units, then they CAN issue citations. If they are in security uniforms on escort motorcycles, then they can TRY to stop someone, but your failure to yield would not necessarily be a crime."

If they are cops they are cops but if i am reading cdwjava post they can't really pull me over as i have to pull over only if i see red lights behind me and escort not supposed to have red light on there motorcycle.

Too many hypotheticals.

In CA a peace officer has his status 24/7. The officer would have to be in uniform for you to be charged with failing to yield your vehicle to an officer. And unless he was on a marked unit, the use of red lights to the front would not be permitted by the vehicle code in CA.

However, the penal code makes it a crime to delay, resist or obstruct a person you should have reasonably known was an officer. So, even if you aren't subject to the provisions of the vehicle code, you still would (arguably) have a duty to yield if you have - or should have had - a reasonable belief he was a police officer.

- Carl