I was at the Buffalo, NY supercharge last night at 1 am when 2 police cars surrounded my car and accused me of "suspicious activity". Has this happened to anyone else? How did you handle this?
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Never heard of that happening before. Seems a bit odd.
As to how to handle it, I would think that if you explained that your car was electric, that you were charging it, and show them the screen display indicating it was charging, that would be sufficient.
So what did you do?
Tesla car plugged into Tesla SC = suspicious activity? Why would they think you were suspicious?
Nice to see them patrolling the SCs as some of them are in sketchy areas.
How did it resolve itself?
Sadly, I used to live in a neighborhood with, let's just say, overly cautious neighbors. Once walking home from school I forgot my keys were in my backpack, and in just a few minutes of digging out my keys a cop showed up saying a neighbor phoned in a burglary at my house.
I was at the Buffalo, NY supercharge last night at 1 am when 2 police cars surrounded my car and accused me of "suspicious activity". Has this happened to anyone else? How did you handle this?
I suppose that you ran into sadly low IQ coppers, fortunately nothing serious happened. If it was me I probably would be in jail or worse.I was at the Buffalo, NY supercharge last night at 1 am when 2 police cars surrounded my car and accused me of "suspicious activity". Has this happened to anyone else? How did you handle this?
Are you sure you should use the word "accused" which is judgmental and non-information gathering? Does not sound like typical police investigation, but as others have said, most patrol are on hyper alert. The 24 / 7 nature of charging stations is still new to most including law enforcement. Maybe best to have your insurance, registration and license out on the seat or dash next time you nap. I just might. Oh, and always keep one hand on the steering wheel and informing them as to what your movements will be.I was at the Buffalo, NY supercharge last night at 1 am when 2 police cars surrounded my car and accused me of "suspicious activity". Has this happened to anyone else? How did you handle this?
This hyper alert stuff is bull crap. It seams like it an excuse to harass people. Seattle Police has a bad history of shooting civilians.Are you sure you should use the word "accused" which is judgmental and non-information gathering? Does not sound like typical police investigation, but as others have said, most patrol are on hyper alert. The 24 / 7 nature of charging stations is still new to most including law enforcement. Maybe best to have your insurance, registration and license out on the seat or dash next time you nap. I just might. Oh, and always keep one hand on the steering wheel and informing them as to what your movements will be.
Just 6 years ago four police officers in Lakewood, Washington were shot in a local diner by a career criminal. So Friday I bought lunch for four Seattle Police officers eating in a restaurant in Fall City about 25 miles away. In order to do it correctly, it is always best to just do it without them knowing till the bill is presented. So [sigh] they won't be giving the next MX stop any extra quarter, but that is the way it should be. I hope it made their day better. Below is the incident cited which has troubled law enforcement around here ever since.
On Sunday, November 29, 2009, four Lakewood, Washington police officers were murdered at the former Forza Coffee Co. coffee shop, which was located at 11401 Steele Street South in the Parklandunincorporated area of Pierce County, Washington. One gunman, later identified as Maurice Clemmons, entered the coffee shop, fired at the officers as they sat working on their laptop computers preparing for their shifts, and then fled the scene. After a two-day manhunt that spanned several cities in the Puget Sound region, the gunman was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department officer in south Seattle after refusing orders to stop.
The shooting is believed to have been a targeted attack against police officers, and came less than a month after the murder of Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton under similar circumstances nearly 40 miles (64 km) to the north. Another shooting involving Pierce County sheriff's deputies occurred three weeks after in Eatonville, on December 21, when two deputies were shot and critically injured (one later died from his injuries) by a man, who was then shot dead. It is believed to be the most deadly attack on law enforcement in the state of Washington, and the deadliest attack on law enforcement in the United States since the March 21, 2009 shootings that left four Oakland, California police officers dead. The four were the first Lakewood police officers to be killed in the line of duty since the department's establishment in 2004.
Although the gunman was killed by police, six other people were charged in connection with the murders. All six are friends and family of Clemmons who aided him in escaping the scene and eluding capture. One was convicted in June 2010 and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. In December 2010, three of four accused suspects were found guilty of rendering criminal assistance.
They kept asking what brought me to "this area" I told them that I need to charge my car at part of travelling I-90. They could not understand why I had to do it now. I asked them if I was at a gas station, if there would be a difference? They said if it was closed. I then asked him that are the supercharges closed, because they are currently lit and working correctly, with no posed hours of use. When I got there, there was another car charging, but left 5 mins later, so I was alone. I was there less then 10 mins when all this happened. I have used this charger before, so it was not like I was hunting around for it. I tried to explain about electric cars, but they felt that "they did not need to be educated". I did noticed later, that there was a mall security truck in the parking lot behind me (the supercharge is no in the mall, but the parking lots are next to each other separated by a grass strip) so I suspect that he called to cops.