Yes! moishanb: I noticed, but merely thought it peculiar. It is indeed interesting how no-one is attempting to make any distinction between a 'peace officer' and a 'motor cycle cop' or a 'patrol car cop' or a 'law enforcement officer'.
Here is a case from Florida wherein the term 'peace officer' is used in an ambiguous correlation to the term 'law enforcement officer"; thus making the terms synonymous within the perspective of the court. Something still seems to be amiss in the courts analogy of the two terms.
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a
Jerry Carlos
Edited Info: Another interesting find relative to California status of 'Peace Officer' is found here;
http://www.geocities.com/tthor.geo/peaceofficer.html
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Originally Posted by moishanb
I hope a few of you readers notice how the focus has shifted away from "peace officer" to driver/driving.
First things first!!! Who is the one claiming authority? Where did that authority come from? Do I accept his/her authority? Was the authority granted properly. Is the authority being used properly? Has the authority been lost? Am I under the purported authority? When does the authority apply? Is the current situation applicable to the authority being claimed?
You see how many questions we can come up with, and need to ask ourselves, and the claimant of authority over us, before we can start making assumptions as to whether or not the "stop" was predicated on some infraction?
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