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This is my opinion and i'm in no way telling you what to do. I'm not sure of the NY vehicle codes, but in CA there are laws protecting citizens against unlawful detentions. Everyone here is telling you just to prove that your car is stock, that it's under a certain Db, blah blah blah. I would start looking at the class of crime they are trying to get you for (infraction or misdemeanor) and depending on the crime and class, if they even have PC (probable cause) to continue to detain you or demand that you have to do something. If you were not given a cite at the time of incident, which it doesn't sound like you did then more than likely they are not following their dept. policies and procedures. Good law enforcement officers are there to help people and educate about the law. Not to harass and make their own rules and unfortunately some lose sight of that.
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