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If concerned about being stopped use your cell phone and call the highway patrol. Asking the dispatcher if a officer is making a stop, report that you are concerned and going to stop in a well lighted area. The reason for calling before stopping is the dispatcher can confirm the stop also will advise the officer your intent to stop in a safe place.
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That's a good idea, Tony, but there's a potential problem in that.
A lot of jurisdictions have multiple agencies active in the same area. Here, we have the highway patrol, sheriff's dept., township police, and municipal police, and the right hand doesn't always know what the left hand's doing.
Our policy is, unmarked cars will not make traffic stops unless the situation is an extreme emergency, and a fully decked-out "Tijuana Taxi" is unlikely to be anything other than a legitimate LEO.