Man pretended to be police and pulled a woman over

I experienced a similar thing about 20 years ago.
Coming home from a late shift about 11pm, a car driving close behind me, then to the side of me. I carried on for a few miles before pulling over to let them past.
They pulled up behind me, one of the two men from the car approached my window, I opened it an inch, and proceeded to tell me I had gone through a red light, which I hadn't.
Asked me to get out of the car, I refused and said they can follow me to the police station or back to my work (as special branch were based there).

He said there was no need, just be more alert in future.
I reported it but the reg number of the car was false so not much else could be done.
The guy looked legit, vest, white shirt etc. Good job I was a gobby cow in my youth and took no shit.

Peterborough?! Shit that’s close to me too. Why is he not getting a proper punishment.

Edit:- sorry just read it properly. Corsham not Peterborough, but the fact he lives there is scary anyway

This has made me feel a bit sick. Suspended sentence, are you having a fucking laugh?! I would estimate the chances of him not reoffending at about zero. WHY are women still having to fight for our safety like this??

He had handcuffs and a baseball bat in his car and left when he saw she had a child with her.

You don't need to be a genius to work out what he intended to do to her.

Scary. He was a long way from home if he lives in Peterborough.

We had this in my area. Guy got off on his fake blue flashing lights at night, would stop women (and only women), pull out his fake badge and "give them a telling off/lecture" for 20 mins by the roadside, threaten them with arrest etc. He only got caught when two seperate women came forward with suspicions after the whole Sarah horror (and the police only then decided to actually make an effort to find the guy).

Yeah, I mean, it takes a woman to be murdered for the police to care...

I do hope Jess Phillips, the new minister to focus on tackling violence against women and girls and domestic violence, is aware of these crimes. And the sentences for them.

You're absolutely right, it was only a couple of months ago. Looks like that scumbag C***s (I can't bear to type his name) gave lots of men the same idea.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5070092-fake-police-officer-ordered-woman-to-stop-on-motorway-no-action?reply=135086310

I’m sure this happened to a woman on here. A man in a car tried to flag her over on the motorway waving a badge but she did t stop. She reported it and the police fudged the whole investigation and it ended with them having a word with the guy and that was that.
He had a contractor badge that he had been given during previous work with the police and had failed to surrender.

These men are clearly would be murderers. Terrifying.

Yes of course, we need to be more streetwise because obviously if we were this would stop all these arseholes getting away with it 🙄 fucking hell, how can women in 2024 be more unsafe than ever?

Terrifying.

A reminder of two disgraceful comments made shortly after Sarah Everard's murder:

Scotland Yard told women they needed to "flag down a bus" if approached by an officer they did not trust.

North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner told women to be more "streetwise" and educate themselves about powers of arrest, saying they should know "when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested".

But there is no way my mum, MIL or young niece would ever challenge police authority in this way. Police forces have clearly learnt absolutely nothing from the Sarah Everard case.

"Officers found an LED lightbar, handcuffs and a baseball bat in his car."

😮 and only a suspended sentence???

That’s horrendous after Sarah Everard especially

No, no, no. Men never pretend to be something they're not. It never happens.