The Reason Cops Touch Your Car’s Taillight When Pulling You Over | To leave fingerprints, as proof that they pulled you over in case you decide to flee
I've been in law enforcement a long time. I have friends that are cops in several states. I've never heard of this. We'll push down on the trunk to make sure its latched. And a lot of use are wearing puncture resistant gloves so we wouldn't leave any finger prints anyway.
winesceneinvestgator on August 30th, 2017 at 14:45 UTC »
Get a car wash after fleeing. Noted.
Rikou336 on August 30th, 2017 at 15:11 UTC »
Proof for whom? What's the point of that? They have cameras.
Edit: grammar as per comment below. Edit: fine I get it, they probably didn't have cameras
napiersworld on August 30th, 2017 at 16:05 UTC »
I've been in law enforcement a long time. I have friends that are cops in several states. I've never heard of this. We'll push down on the trunk to make sure its latched. And a lot of use are wearing puncture resistant gloves so we wouldn't leave any finger prints anyway.