As I said to someone else on this thread, like them your very attitude on this thread causes cops problems.
And yes witness tampering. He went back to the woman and tried to intimidate her into remembering the situation the way he wishes it went down. He is simply a criminal with a badge and the fact that you defend him speaks very poorly of you.
And again, I call BULLSHIT.
The woman was ordered back to the car so the cop wouldn’t have to watch his back. If she didn’t, she’d have been a liability and then he’d have to deal with her in another way. Safer for her, safer for him. The cop then explains why it went down that way, in order to calm the woman down.
I will say this is another reason that I’ve always opposed single-cop patrols. A cop needs somebody to watch his back against an asshole driver or his bitchy wife.