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Originally Posted by daiheadjai
Actually my dad got tailgated and chased by an off-duty York Region Police officer, who then proceeded to get out and order him out of the car (despite not being in uniform or driving a police vehicle - it was a private vehicle). The cop just mashed his badge into my dad's side window and ordered him out - my dad refused, and waited for a uniformed officer to show up.
When an OPP officer later showed up, and took a statement, they ended up letting my dad off (and I suspect the OPP officer let the off-duty cop have a few words of advice about this sort of thing).
Even if it's a real cop, I think if they're not in uniform, you're within your rights to call 911 to get a real cop on scene.
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That was really stupid on the cops part. But your dad didn't handle the situation very safely. First mistake was not calling the cops first and telling them that "some crazy person is following me trying to get me to pull over". Second mistake was stopping for some person when you have no idea who they are or what their intentions are.
I've actually recently heard a news report of several instances were someone was pulling people over claiming to be a cop and taking money and harassing/threatening them.