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Yesterday, while driving to meet a friend for lunch, my wife had a bit of an incident. I'm looking to get some feedback from some police officers on what, if anything, should be done about this.
Heading east on 30 toward downtown Dallas, trying to get northbound on the Tollway. When you go from 30 east to 35 north traffic always slows down. The guy in front of her slammed on his brakes, she locked up hers, as did the person behind her... no wreck, no contact anywhere, no harm, no foul.
Well the guy in front of her took offense to this and started following her.
She was going to exit at Lovers to head to Breadwinners and had a feeling this guy was not going to leave her alone so she stayed in the middle lane until the last minute then cut across to the exit (no traffic in the R lane, don't worry) and he cut across and followed her, so suspicions confirmed.
He followed her down Lovers to the restaurant. She parked in a front row spot near the patio where people were eating and this guy pulled up behind her blocking her in the parking spot.
She wanted to get inside quickly so she got out of her car and then so did he, and he started approaching her. He was irate about what happened... though no one hit anyone else, and he almost hit the person in front of him just like she almost ran into the back of him.
Anyway, she was on the phone with her dad when she got out of the car and he was "on the phone with 911" (his words). She was scared shitless. When she got out of her car she had one hand in her purse on her pistol.
He asked if she was calling 911 then, for some fucking odd reason, identified himself as Lieutenant J______ S_____ with the _________ police department.
Clarification: he was in a porsche, not a police car, and was not in uniform
At this point my wife is scared and irate. She responded "I don't care. I'm a CHL carrier, I'll protect myself and I'm feeling extremely threatened by you right now."
He immediately changed his tune, said, "Well, I don't see any damage..." and got back in his car and left.
What the fuck.
I did some googling later and this guy is legit. He is actually a cop. I found a pic of him wearing a _______ PD shirt, on their site, and she confirmed that it was the same guy.
IMO that behavior is unacceptable. Is it worth contacting his department and filing a complaint? My wife said she would love to get an apology from the douchebag, but I'm not holding my breath.
So, what would DFWmustangs do?
Heading east on 30 toward downtown Dallas, trying to get northbound on the Tollway. When you go from 30 east to 35 north traffic always slows down. The guy in front of her slammed on his brakes, she locked up hers, as did the person behind her... no wreck, no contact anywhere, no harm, no foul.
Well the guy in front of her took offense to this and started following her.
She was going to exit at Lovers to head to Breadwinners and had a feeling this guy was not going to leave her alone so she stayed in the middle lane until the last minute then cut across to the exit (no traffic in the R lane, don't worry) and he cut across and followed her, so suspicions confirmed.
He followed her down Lovers to the restaurant. She parked in a front row spot near the patio where people were eating and this guy pulled up behind her blocking her in the parking spot.
She wanted to get inside quickly so she got out of her car and then so did he, and he started approaching her. He was irate about what happened... though no one hit anyone else, and he almost hit the person in front of him just like she almost ran into the back of him.
Anyway, she was on the phone with her dad when she got out of the car and he was "on the phone with 911" (his words). She was scared shitless. When she got out of her car she had one hand in her purse on her pistol.
He asked if she was calling 911 then, for some fucking odd reason, identified himself as Lieutenant J______ S_____ with the _________ police department.
Clarification: he was in a porsche, not a police car, and was not in uniform
At this point my wife is scared and irate. She responded "I don't care. I'm a CHL carrier, I'll protect myself and I'm feeling extremely threatened by you right now."
He immediately changed his tune, said, "Well, I don't see any damage..." and got back in his car and left.
What the fuck.
I did some googling later and this guy is legit. He is actually a cop. I found a pic of him wearing a _______ PD shirt, on their site, and she confirmed that it was the same guy.
IMO that behavior is unacceptable. Is it worth contacting his department and filing a complaint? My wife said she would love to get an apology from the douchebag, but I'm not holding my breath.
So, what would DFWmustangs do?
She shows ID and stuff, everything clears up and she drives her friend home.
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