So, if you get a felony stop for driving the car the plate and registration match something is definitely wrong. That is, the vehicle is not reported stolen, the plate is. While caution may be warranted, guns drawn is not.
I do get the point though and yeah, if you report the plates stolen, ground the vehicle until you secure new ones.
No need to ground the Vehicle Smurf. The Officer should tell you when he takes the report to remove the other Matching LP and return it to DMV. Keep a copy in the glove box, that will cover you until DMV issues a new set.
The Stolen LP will be entered into NCIC and the local jurisdictions CJIS.
Naturally Every Car Stop is different (Car stops, DV calls and Arrest situations are the leading causes of LOD Deaths) you obviously take the TOTALITY of the circumstances, ie: The LP returns Stolen but vehicle info matches what’s in front of you, 2019 Lighting Blue Raptor with Extremely Handsome, Elderly, RO (Registered Owner), a Felony car stop is obviously not warranted.
A gentleman above stated that he left his rear plate on after reporting Front LP stolen, Officer made a mistake. The gentleman was under the impression that they would just replace the stolen one with the same. No can do, those LP’s are dead.
If he believes the LP fell off, using his Raptor as intended
, it would be indicated in the report and shown as such on the NCIC return upon the LP being run by an Officer on the road.
Many Stolen vehicles are recovered Felony arrests made by good Police work, plain old running LP’s. In a moment of free time, extremely rare now a days, Officers will drive through Flee Bag/ Known Felony harboring apartment complex’s, neighborhoods ext. running LP’s, many crimes are solved and New Friends made
Upon running the Stolen LP the Officers MDT in his vehicle will light up snd make all sorts of alarming, bothersome noises, indicating you have just hit bingo
, raising your blood pressure and your situational awareness. Usually before you get a chance to read about your “bingo”, Dispatch will tell you the “Hit” is on a Stolen LP, Not a stolen vehicle, since it’s extremely easier and safer for Dispatch to read the details, they would advise you, Plate stolen from a 2019 Lightning Blue blaa Blaa, I have a Blu…, different stop than, I have a black late model BMW. I hope this clears it up some. I understand your in CO Springs. A good friend of mine is a Commander there in the Patrol Division. His father was my NCOIC on the Army Shooting Team. A great man that I owe a lot, he was a 2nd father to me, as good a Good Ole Texas Boy you will ever have the honor of crossing paths with…