Originally Posted by BailJumper

Yet again Anderson proves he hasn't a clue. On the streets, unless the officer has probable cause you don't have to tell them squat.

I had this come up a few times over the years. Once an officer told me to go back inside my house when he was in my neighbors yard regarding a argument between my elderly neighbor and a man from a few streets away. I reminded him he had no authority to make me leave and I was acting as a witness since the cop was trying to refuse to allow my neighbor to make a report.

The next time was in Norman and a police officer asked for my ID. I wasn't driving, I wasn't with any alcohol and no crime had been committed so I politely told him 'no.' When he got in my face I took my PDA out of my pocket and placed it on the counter. He asked what I was doing and I told him it had an audio recorder feature and that for both of our protection I was going to record our conversation. That pretty much stopped it right there and he turned around and left.

The last time was when an elderly family member got into a car accident downtown. He called me since I work in the area and told me it seemed the person who hit him was known to the cop and the cop was acting like he wasn't going to issue the guy a ticket. I walked over and started taking pictures of the accident for record. The cop tried to tell me to stop. I told him unless he could prove I was somehow hurting his investigation to just leave me alone. The officer did not issue the man a ticket and tried to write up the report as if the accident was both driver's fault. The photos proved otherwise and I was glad I didn't let the officer bully me.

I was always taught, if you know you're right you'd better stand up for yourself because no one else is going to.

Originally Posted by BailJumper

Yet again Anderson proves he hasn't a clue. On the streets, unless the officer has probable cause you don't have to tell them squat.

I had this come up a few times over the years. Once an officer told me to go back inside my house when he was in my neighbors yard regarding a argument between my elderly neighbor and a man from a few streets away. I reminded him he had no authority to make me leave and I was acting as a witness since the cop was trying to refuse to allow my neighbor to make a report.

The next time was in Norman and a police officer asked for my ID. I wasn't driving, I wasn't with any alcohol and no crime had been committed so I politely told him 'no.' When he got in my face I took my PDA out of my pocket and placed it on the counter. He asked what I was doing and I told him it had an audio recorder feature and that for both of our protection I was going to record our conversation. That pretty much stopped it right there and he turned around and left.

The last time was when an elderly family member got into a car accident downtown. He called me since I work in the area and told me it seemed the person who hit him was known to the cop and the cop was acting like he wasn't going to issue the guy a ticket. I walked over and started taking pictures of the accident for record. The cop tried to tell me to stop. I told him unless he could prove I was somehow hurting his investigation to just leave me alone. The officer did not issue the man a ticket and tried to write up the report as if the accident was both driver's fault. The photos proved otherwise and I was glad I didn't let the officer bully me.

I was always taught, if you know you're right you'd better stand up for yourself because no one else is going to.