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Originally Posted by Bagor
And when you call what is your expectation of the person receiving the call given that you're showing as private number?
You expect them to flat out believe you are who you say you are right off the bat? Because you say so and give a name and badge number over the phone?
Or, do you accept that treating you with skepticism and a thanks but no thanks isn't an irrational response?
Also, driver n not matching the registered owner? How m many vehicles are out there with multiple drivers?
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I mean I don’t know if I have any expectations. I definitely take no offence if someone doesn’t believe me. If it’s anything dire or important, they’re probably showing up to your door/work/etc in person to deal with it. CPS probably makes hundreds of outgoing phone calls (thousands?) in a day for a variety of reasons. There’s safeguards in place that if you don’t believe the person is a cop, you can phone and verify. I would say in my experience that is usually requested under 10% of the time. My interactions with the public are significantly less so maybe that’s risen.
I’ve said this before on this board but I would guess an average frontline cop could be running 100+ license plates in a day. 99% of those plates result in nothing more of glancing at the screen to verify information and then it’s done. There are an infinite amount of variables why this would be done. In a day and age of plate swaps, increasing stolen vehicles, re-vinned/fraudulently registered vehicles, that is one tool to determine the validity of a vehicle.
I have no idea why the OP had the experience they did. Maybe there was a vehicle that matched that description that was stolen, used in a crime, etc. I think it’s tough for the public to truly comprehend the absolute vast amount of information that comes in from a variety of sources and frontline has to be aware of sometimes. There is so much context to every police interaction that makes providing a definitive explanation to these stories nearly impossible without knowing first hand.