Reference no: EM133492774

Question: The officer was trying to provoke a situation and had I not had the experience I did when the interaction occurred the situation could have gone very differently. The officer even went as far as using obscene language and absolutely puffed his chest up while approaching quickly out of his patrol car. The language continued after the disclosure of the other law enforcement officer that I was with at the time. Though we were both off duty and in a different part of the state it was jaw-dropping to witness his behavior. We attempted to de-escalate the situation with no luck and were even threatened to be taken to jail. At that time, we just let him say what he wanted, and we continued to our hotel room where his supervisor was called, and a formal complaint was conducted. After that interaction, it was no surprise that some of the public would feel they do about law enforcement. The interaction first occurred after the light started to change while we walked across the street on the crosswalk, a questionable minor infraction that could possibly hold a ticket offense at best.