GOT IT?
Neighborhood Watch patrols have no special powers and no more right to stop and question someone than any random citizen..As a private citizen,even on watch patrol,you may ASK someone to stop and question what they are doing;and they are perfectly within their rights to refuse to co-operate with you ,and to report you for harassment if you persist .In my area,dispatchers routinely send officers to "verbal assaults" which sounds strange but means you don't start yelling at someone if you don't want the police to show up.
Neighborhood Watch is fine as long as the patrols stick to watching in a normal way,and confine themselves to reporting.Only if the Watch actually witnesses a crime being committed might they consider themselves taking action,and then under the same conditions as any citizen. Bad cops are a blight on the nation,and bad cop wannabees are no better.Good cops also resent cop wannabees causing problems.
If you are stalking someone you don't deserve to have a CCW, but following someone you suspect may be breaking into cars while on neighborhood watch isn't stalking someone is it?
“..As a private citizen,even on watch patrol,you may ASK someone to stop and question what they are doing;and they are perfectly within their rights to refuse to co-operate with you ..”
Which is exactly what happened.
“and to report you for harassment if you persist ..”
Which they didn't do.
“which sounds strange but means you don't start yelling at someone if you don't want the police to show up.”
I don't recall the article mentioning them yelling at the girls. Did you just make that up?