I think this is a terrible idea. My blood runs cold when a siren starts up behind me, even when I've done nothing wrong. This will scare the pants off of most teens.
Besides, there has been a history of people pretending to be the PD just so that they can stop and rape, molest, or kidnap pretty young girls. I would advise my teens to never stop for a cop alone on a lonely road -- drive directly to the Police station where there are witnesses.
In addition to movie tickets, the cops will also hand out napkins to mop the urine off the driver's seat.
So if the kid breaks the law, the cops can pull him over, check his papers, ask him questions, and look inside the car. And with the new program, it the kid doesn't break the law, cops do exactly the same thing.
Screw probable cause. Screw the kid's personal freedoms. We're cops, we're intrusive, get used to it.
No.
I'm starting to believe in understaffed, poorly funded police departments, that only have time for the important stuff. When a police department starts trying to pull crap like this, they are begging for downsizing.