weird (M40 this AM)

[Hughesie2]

cruising along the M40 this am, 85ish, keeping up with if not slightly faster than the flow, dark blue "Unmarked" Mondeo, gives me a flash of the blues behing the grill, tells me to slow down, in a rather over exagerated kind of way, definitely not Traf pol as he was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, he then proceeded to do it with everybody seemingly doing over 80, whilst he was doing about a ton, before slowing to tell everybody to slow down.

Happened between Jcn 4-2.

RA54 VXL, anyone confirm or deny he was plod, Tony Rec etc etc etc...

Was he plod or a wanna be ??

[parrot of doom]

Any equipment on his dash? Personally, I'd report it to the police. There have been instances of cars being discovered with blues behind the grilles, for carjacking.

[sadako]

Didnt someone report a local who was taking the law into their own hands by putting blues behind the grill and pulling over people he thought were breaking the law? This behaviour does seem a little odd...

[Hughesie2]

parrot of doom said:

Any equipment on his dash?

Nope, he did have a 2nd door mirror on the passenger side, 1 on top of the other, which made me think it might be plod.

Everything else was screaming that it wasnt plod though...

[bandito001]

sounds like a wanabe cop

or a wanabe CID that thinks hes in traffic

>> Edited by bandito001 on Saturday 2nd April 19:48

[deva link]

It's a few years ago, but a colleague of mine got stopped on the road past Marlow that runs up to J4 M40 by a guy in an unmarked Vectra (flashing light on the dashboard). He was also in T Shirt & Jeans. Gave colleague a bollocking and let him go. Co-incidence?

[ledfoot]

deva link said:

He was also in T Shirt & Jeans. Gave colleague a bollocking and let him go. Co-incidence?

Perhaps it is the 'fashion police'

[^Slider^]

Probably metpol - we dont have mondeos. There are loadsa unmarked metpol at the mo due to the wedding and they will be in civvies not uniform.

[Hughesie2]

^Slider^ said:

Probably metpol - we dont have mondeos. There are loadsa unmarked metpol at the mo due to the wedding and they will be in civvies not uniform.

between Jcn 4-3, i doubt it mate !!

[HarryW]

Hughesie2 said:

Nope, he did have a 2nd door mirror on the passenger side, 1 on top of the other, which made me think it might be plod. Everything else was screaming that it wasnt plod though...

One of the very subtle spotting points for unmarked plod IMHO . However, just as easily copied if you are going to the trouble of fitting blues and twos though .
Surprised one of our regular friendly plod posters hasn't confirmed or denied the reg plate though . Unless its a SB/SF car, probably get dshot for looking up the plate , with an idiot on a day trip behind the wheel, but unlikely.

Might be worth reporting it to your local station to get them to confirm or deny if it is though. There are some sick people out there and if this is legit all well and good, if its not though, you will be doing someone a great favour in advance IMHO.

Harry

[ca092003]

deva link said:

It's a few years ago, but a colleague of mine got stopped on the road past Marlow that runs up to J4 M40 by a guy in an unmarked Vectra (flashing light on the dashboard). He was also in T Shirt & Jeans. Gave colleague a bollocking and let him go. Co-incidence?

The legislation states that only a constable in uniform can require a vehicle to stop. (Though I think there are other terrorist related Acts that *might* be relevant).

[Munter]

Unmarked in uniform at J2 yesterday afternoon was a metalic gold Omega. But I have seen dark blue Mondeos flying past with blues in the past on the M4 near Slough/Windsor... Also once saw a Black Range Rover on the hard shoulder with blues going and 2 guys in very long overcoats stood on the verge. Bet that was embarising!

[deva link]

ca092003 said:

The legislation states that only a constable in uniform can require a vehicle to stop. (Though I think there are other terrorist related Acts that *might* be relevant).

Is that correct? I'm sure a local Mag had the book thrown at him when he refused to stop for a unmarked car with non-uniform Bib. He turned around and drove the wrong way down a slip road to get away, saying he thought they might have been terrorists.

>> Edited by deva link on Wednesday 6th April 13:26

[juliet447]

Unlikely to be SB, Mil etc as its drawing too much attention to themselves, DP and RPS don’t often use Mondeos…

I quick look up of the reg "Regional Identifier" (first 2 letters) shows it to come from Nottingham, well thats where it was registered.

If it had been X or Y for the first letter I would say MET, but as its not then I have no idea. Short of PNCing it there is no way to find out (and that still might not tell me as it could be under a restricted PNC entry).

[juliet447]

Oh, and yes only an officer in uniform can stop a car.. well is meant to anyway..

[^Slider^]

Hughesie2 said:

^Slider^ said: Probably metpol - we dont have mondeos. There are loadsa unmarked metpol at the mo due to the wedding and they will be in civvies not uniform. between Jcn 4-3, i doubt it mate !!

Errm ok then. Lets see.. Royal wedding (run by metpol) Lots of unmarked cars which aint tvp cars.
Bear in mind some of the cars are running out of where i am working.

[Balmoral Green]

There was a lot of unmarked plod in the Salt Box cafe at Hatton this morning. Blue Mondeo, Blue 'S' type, White Omega.