Haggis
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 3,096
- Points
- 1,140
In my agency it's a Code of Conduct violation - and officers have lost their jobs in extreme cases - to use one's position or identification to gain any advantage or to avoid a ticket or the payment of duties and taxes.I’ve only been pulled over once, but I absolutely will not identify myself as a cop at a traffic stop until and unless it’s clear the interaction is done and I’m free to go, and if I was eating a ticket I wouldn’t do so at all. Were I to be catching a warning for something, after it was done if it was clear there was scope for conversation I’d say what I do and thank the member on the road for doing the tougher work I rarely do anymore.
Anyone trying to tin me at a traffic stop is challenging my integrity and I would see it that way.
I was "outed" once crossing the land border when the officer at primary recognized me because I trained him at our College. Other than that, I STFU.