Question for Lawyers/LEO

[1911 DeadHead]

So as I was heading home from work around 3:50pm heading eastbound down 80/94. Coming up to 65 traffic was slowing down and I noticed a small hyundai sports car creeping into the right hand shoulder. All of a sudden I hear a siren going off from the vehicle and he passes me. I noticed this unmarked car had IL plates. Then a lil further down the road I seen the same car and two other cars pulled over. One was another unmarked car with strobes and IL plates. The other was obviously a pedestrian vehicle as I noticed an officer approaching the passenger cautiously with his hand on his sidearm.

So the question is are IN state police using unmarked cars with IL plates, and is it legal, and if so, is it legal for them to make traffic stops? Honestly if it was me being pulled over I would ask for one of their supervisors and a marked car. And refuse to talk to them until they provided them. Just seems real shady to me.

 

[threefiftyfour]

I want to keep up with this one

 

[churchmouse]

Could they have been in pursuit since Ill.

 

[scooterb]

Something doesn't sound kosher here... Now I'm interested

 

[1911 DeadHead]

Not sure about it being a pursuit. Stateline is probably a good 8 to 10 miles and traffic was kinda heavy.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Could it have been the Feds??? FBI, DEA, TSA??

 

[Bunnykid68]

tagged

 

[mrortega]

Yes they can have out of state plates. And yes they can pull you over. BUT, if a LEO is in an unmarked vehicle he/she MUST be in full uniform. That law applies all the way from ISP down to Barney Fife in Armpit, IN.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Very interesting to be sure. Since the vehicle was unmarked, was the officer in uniform? In Ind the officer must be in uniform or a fully marked car to pull you over.

Interstate arrests are more common than we are led to believe from movies/TV. A simple radio call and EPD or KY police can cross the bridge here in Evansville in hot (lights on) or soft (lights off) pursuit.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Whoa... Three guys from Evansville just posted on a LEO thread in a row... Anyone hear SWAT yet?

 

[Ted]

Yes they can have out of state plates. And yes they can pull you over. BUT, if a LEO is in an unmarked vehicle he/she MUST be in full uniform. That law applies all the way from ISP down to Barney Fife in Armpit, IN.

Though it isn't applicable to the Feds.

 

[Tony7141]

Though it isn't applicable to the Feds.

Can you tell me what the code stating this is, I would just like to read it. Thanks!

 

[j706]

Yes they can have out of state plates. And yes they can pull you over. BUT, if a LEO is in an unmarked vehicle he/she MUST be in full uniform. That law applies all the way from ISP down to Barney Fife in Armpit, IN.

Sorry but that is wrong information. A officer has to be in uniform if in a unmarked car to conduct a TS for traffic offenses only. The key words are traffic offenses.

 

[Ted]

Can you tell me what the code stating this is, I would just like to read it. Thanks!

No problem.

Article VI, clause 2
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

[WC Deer Hunter]

 

[Bunnykid68]

Whoa... Three guys from Evansville just posted on a LEO thread in a row... Anyone hear SWAT yet?

That same blue car is parked in front of my house again......

 

[Ted]

That same blue car is parked in front of my house again......

Those are detectives from the city Sex Crimes Unit, staking out your house again.

I told you to get rid of those sheep.

 

[Ted]

Wise guy.

 

[mrortega]

Whoa... Three guys from Evansville just posted on a LEO thread in a row... Anyone hear SWAT yet?

Just a minute. A large black van just pulled into my driveway. I wonder who it could....ACK, CRASH, FLASH BANG, BOOM, RATA TAT TAT.

 

[Classic Liberal]

Just a minute. A large black van just pulled into my driveway. I wonder who it could....ACK, CRASH, FLASH BANG, BOOM, RATA TAT TAT.

The A Team?