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Originally posted by yelcab1
Dude, let me clue you in.
A traffic ticket in California has to be given by an officer wearing a uniform and driving a car emblazen with insignia. There are exceptions.
So, the Detective driving the unmarked car to work noticed you being "stupid" and just wanted to give you a warning. Which is fine!
His ticket, if challenged in court, would have gotten tossed in 30 seconds.
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This is not true in California. An officer does not have to be in a marked car, nor in uniform to issue a citation. The benefit to wearing the uniform and driving a marked car is to quickly identify that he is in fact a law enforcement officer. However, if he was in a "slick car" (as we refer to them) and in plain clothes, his primary duty was probably not traffic enforcement. He was probably an investigator enroute to something else.
David