That will teach them to honk at the policeman without his permission. A Hillsborough County Deputy Sheriff taught me a similar lesson a few years back. I remember it like it was yesterday.
How could they have known it was a police officer? He was off duty, in his own vehicle with his wife. They were not being stupid, they honked at a guy who was headed toward them in their lane.
I saw a cop directing traffic at a private company. They do that all over Houston. The company pays cops to stop traffic to let their employees out at the end of the shift. This guy yelled all kinds of obscenities at an old couple. I followed them home and told them I would be their witness if they wanted to file a complaint. They were still shaking and said they just wanted to forget about it.
So, I called the precinct and the head honcho denied having any patrolmen in the area. He was probably telling the truth. The cop wasn’t on official duty.
I grow to dislike cops more and more each day.
Why should police get special treatment versus the rest of the population when they are off duty and not in uniform?