RG>Situation happened to me.  I was blissfully doing the pre-tests for a DUI
  >truckdriver when three Troopers and on County Deputy did a felony stop on 
a 
  >Vanbehind my patrol vehicle.
RG>I'm used to being on the "behind" end, not the "front end".  Luckily, I 
had 
  >large truck to get cover behind.
RG>Turned out to be the owner of the vehicle, he recovered it himself a week 
or
  >soafter the theft report was filed, and neglected to notify the PD he 
iled
  >thereport with.
Exactly the type of situation I was referring to.  But in this case, if
no special circumstances (age, senility, etc.) intervene there is no
problem using normal procedure and explaining why it was used after you
determined he was the real owner.  But what about the 70 year old 
grandma and grandpa (who maybe shouldn't even be on the road) who 
doesn't understand why all of this armed force is being used and why he
was pulled over.......................and who goes into a cardiac event 
because of the excitement?  How do you head that off while maintaining
officer safety?
CHARLES HUNTER
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