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I understand that sentiment, but it's the trainer and handler, not the dog

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I know I’m way late to the party so this has probably already been said, but by not pulling over immediately your son acted like a criminal, which would possibly explain what happened when he did stop.

I wish there was video because I would be interested to see the entire interaction. Is it possible your son balked at the idea of exiting the car when he was told to?

Also, I know that you said you weren’t going to name the agency, but could you at least tell us if it was a municipal agency or a county agency? If this is something you have already answered at this point you can disregard.

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I know I’m way late to the party so this has probably already been said, but by not pulling over immediately your son acted like a criminal, which would possibly explain what happened when he did stop.

I wish there was video because I would be interested to see the entire interaction. Is it possible your son balked at the idea of exiting the car when he was told to?

Also, I know that you said you weren’t going to name the agency, but could you at least tell us if it was a municipal agency or a county agency? If this is something you have already answered at this point you can disregard.

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An hour is WAY to long to drag out  a traffic stop legally.

Drug cops are almost all assholes. Sure there MAY be a few decent ones but the majority are power hungry people with badges.

And if the dog alerted and no drugs were found, the dog is defective like most drug dogs are.

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I'm far from a cop hater

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What I find the most credible evidence. Not one cop disputed my calls and claims. You all are free to educate me on something I do not know. But I know there only a few K9 handlers on this sight, and I stand with them.

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My 21-year-old son has been on a road trip the last few days heading from ATX to Big Sky, MT.

He's a senior at UT in Austin and got a job for the summer working at the Big Sky Lodge, he has been stoked for weeks to get on the road and see that part if the country.  He and his girlfriend, and their cat left ATX yesterday.

I gave him some fatherly advice before he left, I let him know he was driving a known drug corridor with out of state plates and was going to be pulled over if he wasn't extremely careful with his driving.  Of course, I was right.

As they drove West out of Billings this afternoon, he noticed a Dodge Durango had been following them for about 30 miles.  At some point as he accelerated to pass a few trucks the Durango lit him up.  The vehicle was unmarked, so my son dialed 911 to confirm the car was actually a real officer, they confirmed that it was, and my son pulled over.

A plain clothes officer with a canine approached the car and immediately commanded my son the exit the vehicle, did not ask for license, or registration, just demanded that he exit the vehicle (I get it the cop was pissed he didn't pull over immediately). He was cuffed and placed in the back of the unmarked unit, meanwhile the girlfriend is hysterical in the passenger seat.  The officer call for a female back up to search the girlfriend, which takes an hour, and then she is cuffed and placed in the back of the Durango. While that was going on the dog alerts on the vehicle, or maybe just got excited by the cat in the car, and the officer decides he has cause to perform a search.

The officer and the backups spend 3 hours removing every piece of luggage and searching every item in the luggage (the car was stuffed full as he was staying for the summer), and finally, after finding nothing, and leaving all their belongings on the side of the road writes him a ticket for 10 over and tells him to slow it down.

I get it, it's a drug corridor but my kid does not fit the profile, both had paperwork that they were employed for the summer, they had a real destination, my son has a clean driving record, and no criminal record, they had the cat, driving a Honda Pilot, the search was just not necessary in my opinion.

I'm far from a cop hater, I respect the police, they have a tough job, but sometimes they just do shit that I don't get.  

I guess we should be happy that he didn't bring any cash with him for them to relieve him of.

I know, cool story, Bro.

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Dogs are incredibly unreliable.

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Sounds like the one where he ran and jumped on the hood and then shot her.

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The story of calling to confirm a real cop is copaganda used to calm women after police might learn of an impersonator in the area.

No cop, and I'm gonna bet a $1, no cop is going to turn calm after attempting to pull over a vehicle that to them turns to a pursuit and side with the victim on "staying safe" and not pulling over until the cop is verified. Sorry folks. That's just bullshit put out there to calm women from thinking they're going to be raped., No cop thinks "oh gee they think I'm an impersonator so they're calling 911 to see if I'm real, I'm gonna let this one slide!"
A person not pulling over is hiding contraband, planning an attack, or simply not wanting to get caught. You're not going to convince anyone of anything else and you have a nearly 100% its going to escalate to a search after being pulled out of the car because in every over statistical scenario normal people pull over for police lights, the only people who don't are crooks. And you're not going to change that opinion, no matter how many pregnant women ASP PITs

In my area, they don't say stuff like that, they say pull over, crack your window and they say ask for police identification, no real cop will not have department issued photo ID upon asking and then if your still concerned phone 911 for confirmation. They don't tell people to keep driving down the road while on the phone with 911, who maybe have to query multiple agencies to find the one doing a traffic stop in the area

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You should read more legitimate news.  It happens quite a bit.  Posers pulling people over.  It's a real thing.

And how statist do you have to be to side with a cop on this?  

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I'd love to get an attorney but apparently this was not State Police but a local agency.  I doubt it would be worth the trouble and expense, I'm sure they do this daily and get away with it.

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Dude I aint sideing with the cop, I said cop ego.  I drive a CVPI with Whelen lights and strobes, I know how easy it is be to be an impersonator. I could be one myself If I took the initiative.

All I said was that people pulling over for a cop under suspicion should call 911 while they pulled over, no cop can really take the ego hit of someone claiming they aren't a cop because they deal with scumbags all day long so they aren't thinking that way that a civilian could be suspicious of them

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The story of calling to confirm a real cop is copaganda used to calm women after police might learn of an impersonator in the area.

No cop, and I'm gonna bet a $1, no cop is going to turn calm after attempting to pull over a vehicle that to them turns to a pursuit and side with the victim on "staying safe" and not pulling over until the cop is verified. Sorry folks. That's just bullshit put out there to calm women from thinking they're going to be raped., No cop thinks "oh gee they think I'm an impersonator so they're calling 911 to see if I'm real, I'm gonna let this one slide!"
A person not pulling over is hiding contraband, planning an attack, or simply not wanting to get caught. You're not going to convince anyone of anything else and you have a nearly 100% its going to escalate to a search after being pulled out of the car because in every over statistical scenario normal people pull over for police lights, the only people who don't are crooks. And you're not going to change that opinion, no matter how many pregnant women ASP PITs

In my area, they don't say stuff like that, they say pull over, crack your window and they say ask for police identification, no real cop will not have department issued photo ID upon asking and then if your still concerned phone 911 for confirmation. They don't tell people to keep driving down the road while on the phone with 911, who maybe have to query multiple agencies to find the one doing a traffic stop in the area

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Except the cops also acted like a criminal by pulling somebody over in an unmarked car.

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Following advice from police departments makes you look like a criminal.  What a world we live in.  

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Fuck cop egos over my freedom.  The dispatcher can tell them to calm their tits or they can listen to person they pulled over.  

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You should read more legitimate news.  It happens quite a bit.  Posers pulling people over.  It's a real thing.

And how statist do you have to be to side with a cop on this?  

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And the TBL begins in less than 1 page.

True heroes.

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The story of calling to confirm a real cop is copaganda used to calm women after police might learn of an impersonator in the area.

No cop, and I'm gonna bet a $1, no cop is going to turn calm after attempting to pull over a vehicle that to them turns to a pursuit and side with the victim on "staying safe" and not pulling over until the cop is verified. Sorry folks. That's just bullshit put out there to calm women from thinking they're going to be raped., No cop thinks "oh gee they think I'm an impersonator so they're calling 911 to see if I'm real, I'm gonna let this one slide!"
A person not pulling over is hiding contraband, planning an attack, or simply not wanting to get caught. You're not going to convince anyone of anything else and you have a nearly 100% its going to escalate to a search after being pulled out of the car because in every over statistical scenario normal people pull over for police lights, the only people who don't are crooks. And you're not going to change that opinion, no matter how many pregnant women ASP PITs

In my area, they don't say stuff like that, they say pull over, crack your window and they say ask for police identification, no real cop will not have department issued photo ID upon asking and then if your still concerned phone 911 for confirmation. They don't tell people to keep driving down the road while on the phone with 911, who maybe have to query multiple agencies to find the one doing a traffic stop in the area

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I'd love to get an attorney but apparently this was not State Police but a local agency.  I doubt it would be worth the trouble and expense, I'm sure they do this daily and get away with it.

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And that's why I will never, ever again attempt to find a safe place to pull over if I am ordered to stop.

Mr. Policeman can figure out his own safety.  I don't give a shit anymore.

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As I stated in my above post, a local podunk one horse town police department has an unmarked dark gray Durango with a setina push bar in it. He usually sits in the middle of 169 trying to catch a speeder. Gotta generate revenue for the one horse town.

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And that's the problem.  They need to calm their tits if somebody is verifying the stop.  PERIOD.  Dispatch should tell them to calm their tits because they seem to need that help.