Re: FFX Co. Cop follows me home, but I closed the garage before they approach
Date: January 24, 2009 01:49AM
Let's just say you got lucky.
But, I would be extremely cautious for a while, because that particular cop may keep his eye out for you when he's patrolling around your neighborhood. If he sees you, he may look for any reason to pull you over.
I pulled out of a bar parking lot once, and saw a cop pull out of a one-way street 20 or so yards away, the wrong way, and start to follow me. Luckily, there was a 24 hour Giant around the corner, so I carefully drove to the Giant, pulled into the first spot, turned off the car and pulled the keys out immediately, and my passenger and I got out and went into the Giant.
The cop that was following me pulled into the parking lot and sat a few rows away, and about 10 minutes later, another cop car pulled up next to him, and they sat there.
I had only had 3 drinks over the course of about 4 hours, but not wanting to take any chances, I called a cab, and waited for 45 minutes for the cab to show up. Both cops sat there the entire time.
My guess is that in both my situation and in your's, the cop never saw enough to give him reason to pull you over, but enough to make him suspicious. In my case, having pulled out of a bar parking lot, the cop was willing to stick around figuring there was a high probability that I had been drinking. In your case, he knew you were home, at least, so, first, there's not much he could do if he hadn't already seen enough to pull you over and, second, you're already home so even if you were shit-faced, blackout drunk, at least you made it home and would most likely sleep it off. (and he probably parked around the corner with his lights off for a while to see if you were dumb enough to go back out for a joyride.)
BTW, really obvious move, turning off all your lights. That just made the cop even more suspicious. Why would you even do that? Do you think the cop's going to believe that nobody's home? All you did was tell the cop you knew he was there and you were guilty of something. You just called attention to yourself. Leave the lights on, act like you are totally unaware that there even was a cop behind you and if he did happen to ring your doorbell, answer holding an open bottle of Jack Daniel's or something, and take a big swig from it as you're talking to him (and don't step out on your porch, and don't allow him in no matter what.)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2009 03:26AM by Bob.