Originally Posted by
CritEastwood
That wasn't even a good try.
Having been contacted by LE in Southern CALIFORNIA several times in the past five years (including by Long Beach PD) without identification on my person, you are flat-out wrong. Add in the fact that I am a former LE professional of fifteen years and your guessing game is even more null and void.
Good luck with all of that.
Then by all means why don't YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE POLICE WOULD IMPOUND the bicycle?
And as a police officer you should know the difference between simply contacting an individual and attempting to issue a citation--or are you claiming that someone can just give a cop a fake name (or refuse to give a name) and that said cop has no recourse other than handing the person a ticket with absolutely no means of enforcing it? If so, I'll remember that the next time I'm in Kalifornia...
There is also a phrase popular in some circles referring to the actual act someone may have committed when askew with the police; "Contempt of cop." It usually references the type of charge that magically goes away after causing a citizen a great deal of grief--usually after mouthing off to said agent of the state.