srothstein wrote:Flintknapper,
It really does depend on the situation. I don't know how the courts would look at it as I have never yet seen a case make it that far. Cops tend to either not believe it when someone does ask and laugh about it or think the person is being a wise guy and get mad.
One of the weird problems with laws is that in many cases, if the officer is in uniform, then it is presumed that you know he is an officer. But you also have the right to verify his actual status and courts will recognize it, especially if there have been a lot of police impersonators recently.
The only time I had any case similar to it, I was working for SAPD and my partner and I happened to be covering a friend who was with Castle Hills PD on a call in his city. The man at the house tried to ignore the CHPD officer and talk to us saying he wanted to talk to the "real" police officer. We started laughing and told him that in this case, the CHPD officer was the real police and we had no authority to handle the call. I will add that irritating the officer who is handling your situation is not the way toa void getting arrested on domestic violence calls.
Seems like a patently bad idea to me.
And Steve, you've been here for 2 years now....we have probably had hundreds of conversations, you can just call me "Flint".
It will save you some typing too.