How do undercover police/MI5 avoid being pulled over?
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AIUI some types of undercover policing like surveillance potentially involves driving very quickly. Are there "secret signs" and things like that that mean a car will be left alone, or is the truth something more mundane like radioing ahead? Or maybe they do get pulled over routinely? Or are they mostly on "their patch" so their colleagues recognise the cars? Or is it just that there's so few police they're unlikely to be picked up?
Somewhatfoolish said:
edthefed said:
There are various "ways and means" of minimising the risk of being stopped BUT not for discussion on a public forum.
Are these things that in principle a "civilian" could do? (Obviously don't explain what they are).Sebring440 said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
edthefed said:
There are various "ways and means" of minimising the risk of being stopped BUT not for discussion on a public forum.
Are these things that in principle a "civilian" could do? (Obviously don't explain what they are).
Sebring440 said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
edthefed said:
There are various "ways and means" of minimising the risk of being stopped BUT not for discussion on a public forum.
Are these things that in principle a "civilian" could do? (Obviously don't explain what they are).
A former colleague used to work the Benefits Agency (which shows how long ago this was).
They were running a joint operation to catch illegal workers, but they ended up rural fields picking crops so could be anywhere in Lincolnshire. They decided to follow the minibus which they knew picked up in certain locations.
Ex-colleague somehow ended up doing the following of a surprisingly fast moving minibus and PC traffic decided he liked the look of her car..
Apparently he did not believe her that she was part of a multi agency operation and would not even ring Inspector **whatever his name was**
Result was they lost the minibus and the operation was bust. Inspector **whatever his name was** was not happy. Ex-colleague got 3 points and a fine (before courses). She was able to claim the fine back on expenses... The points were the points....
They were running a joint operation to catch illegal workers, but they ended up rural fields picking crops so could be anywhere in Lincolnshire. They decided to follow the minibus which they knew picked up in certain locations.
Ex-colleague somehow ended up doing the following of a surprisingly fast moving minibus and PC traffic decided he liked the look of her car..
Apparently he did not believe her that she was part of a multi agency operation and would not even ring Inspector **whatever his name was**
Result was they lost the minibus and the operation was bust. Inspector **whatever his name was** was not happy. Ex-colleague got 3 points and a fine (before courses). She was able to claim the fine back on expenses... The points were the points....
Somewhatfoolish said:
Sebring440 said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
edthefed said:
There are various "ways and means" of minimising the risk of being stopped BUT not for discussion on a public forum.
Are these things that in principle a "civilian" could do? (Obviously don't explain what they are).surveyor said:
A former colleague used to work the Benefits Agency (which shows how long ago this was).
They were running a joint operation to catch illegal workers, but they ended up rural fields picking crops so could be anywhere in Lincolnshire. They decided to follow the minibus which they knew picked up in certain locations.
Ex-colleague somehow ended up doing the following of a surprisingly fast moving minibus and PC traffic decided he liked the look of her car..
Apparently he did not believe her that she was part of a multi agency operation and would not even ring Inspector **whatever his name was**
Result was they lost the minibus and the operation was bust. Inspector **whatever his name was** was not happy. Ex-colleague got 3 points and a fine (before courses). She was able to claim the fine back on expenses... The points were the points....
This seems odd as in the past, people doing this sort of work would have their vehicle registered via Home Office as being used for this purpose. And would be carrying a warrant card/ID which they could've shown. There are limits though and perhaps their driving was too fast or they hadn't had the appropriate training. They were running a joint operation to catch illegal workers, but they ended up rural fields picking crops so could be anywhere in Lincolnshire. They decided to follow the minibus which they knew picked up in certain locations.
Ex-colleague somehow ended up doing the following of a surprisingly fast moving minibus and PC traffic decided he liked the look of her car..
Apparently he did not believe her that she was part of a multi agency operation and would not even ring Inspector **whatever his name was**
Result was they lost the minibus and the operation was bust. Inspector **whatever his name was** was not happy. Ex-colleague got 3 points and a fine (before courses). She was able to claim the fine back on expenses... The points were the points....
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