1.  As officer, advise dispatch that a vehicle/driver matching the profile has been spotted and request additional info.  If it is a domestic dispute/custody issue, the suspect's identity and probably vehicle specifics should be known to the complaining party.  Pull over suspect and establish identification.  When non-match is confirmed, explain the reason for the stop, apologize for the inconvenience and clear suspect to leave.


2.  As driver, I would thank the officer for doing his/her job in a professional manner and acknowledge the safety of the child is of greater importance than the potential inconvenience to me.

3.  Depending on the personalities/temperaments of both officer and driver, it could also go wrong about a hundred different ways.

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(06-05-2020, 09:51 AM)DragonFury Wrote: I'll add my two cents here before this thread goes to pot like all the others have: None of the people on this forum have the training to deal with situations like this. And one of the problems that have lead to these protests is that most of the police hasn't had that training either. Becoming a police office in the US requires a high school diploma and less than three months of training, after which not only are you fully qualified to use deadly force, you're now also in a position where you're functionally immune from virtually any abuse of power.

That opinion is not worth the full two cents you're charging.

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